Cops were called to Mayfield's property on Saturday night, after neighbors heard someone yelling and banging on the front door. When the arrived they found Lisa Mayfield, drunk as a skunk and threatening everyone in sight.

"According to the officers she was pretty high," Cook said. "The officers took her to jail on public assistance ... to make sure she didn't cause problems to anybody or herself.

The Mayfield Mom also allegedly kicked a couple of the neighbors, one of whom was pregnant, and threatened to come back and kill Jeremy's wife as the cops dragged her way. She was charged with public intoxication, simple assault, and second-degree trespassing. Mayfield still hasn't filed the wrongful death lawsuit that he claims will prove that Lisa killed his father (she has her own countersuit), but this drunken, violent rant won't add a ton of credibility to her claims about her stepson's meth habits.

There's only way to solve this dispute. A reality show. "Methin' With The Mayfields," Tuesday mornings at 4 a.m. on Versus.

Lisa Mayfield, Jeremy Mayfield's stepmother, arrested at his home [ESPN]

You see, just because Lisa Mayfield told NASCAR that her stepson is tweaked out on meth, that doesn't automatically give him the right to say she kills people. (Unless she does kill people! But that's why we have judges, right?) She's seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages, plus other "relief as the court may deem just and proper."

For his part, Mayfield The Younger is standing by his words, but still hasn't filed his wrongful death suit accusing her of killing his father, like he said he would. The "basically a whore" thing is more a judgment call, I guess.

Jeremy Mayfield of NASCAR sued for civil damages by stepmother Lisa Mayfield [ESPN]

Mayfield is accused of being a gigantic meth head, a charge he vigorously denies. He claims to have multiple clean drug tests from independent labs and that NASCAR spiked his failed drug tests. (This will be in court for awhile.) However, if you're trying to convince the world that you're a sober, level-headed citizen it won't help your cause to have people dig up old videos of you lighting random fires, packing watermelons with explosives, throwing M-80s at men with guns, and blowing up cans filled with gasoline. That doesn't exactly scream "responsible death machine operator."

Now we would also never allege that everyone who likes to blow shit up is a meth addict ... but if you are a meth addict, chances are you don't mind seeing shit blow up. Unless it's your meth lab. That's no fun at all.

Jeremy Mayfield Blowing Stuff Up! [YouTube, via Brooks]
Report: Mayfield claims NASCAR 'spiked' sample [Fox Sports]
Behind a Court Battle Over Mayfield's Suspension, Questions on Nascar's Drug Policy [NY Times]

To recap: Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines on May 9 and was suspended from driving on the circuit. He sued in protest and a U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction on July 1, lifting the suspension. On July 6, NASCAR administered another drug test that he also failed (again because of meth), so they went back to court yesterday to get the ban reinstated. In a surprise twist, their legal filing included a signed affidavit from Mayfield's stepmother, claiming that she has personally seen him use the drug at 30 times.

Well, Jeremy did not like that at all. He's filing a wrongful death suit against Lisa Mayfield, claiming she killed his father in 2007. (The death was officially ruled a suicide.)

"She knows what we've got on her," Mayfield said. "For her to come out and do this is pretty ballsy. Everybody that's ever known me knows I never, ever have been around her for more than 10 hours of my life. She's a gold digger. I knew that from Day 1." ....

"She's basically a whore," he told ESPN.com's David Newton. "She shot and killed my dad."

Oh my. This has certainly taken an unexpected turn. There are two possibilities here. Mayfield is right, and his gold digging stepmom killed his father and then ratted him out to his bosses—who are determined to destroy his career over some unexplained grudge. Or two: Mayfield is seriously whacked out on crank.

Or I suppose it could be both? Just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

"Brian France out there talking about effective drug policy, it's kind of like Al Capone talking about effective law enforcement. And that's the way I feel about it. The pot shouldn't be calling the kettle black, you know what I'm saying? And I think the world needs to hear that, too."

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"They're playing this high school [expletive], they better be ready," Mayfield said of NASCAR. "I'm coming after them in a big way. I'm prepared to go all the way and have the backing to do it if it takes everything I've got. I'm not going to back down for something I didn't do."

Well, he's definitely excited about something. No sponsor would touch Mayfield before yesterday and no matter what the truth is, this won't help. You may now commence the "redneck soap opera" jokes.

Jeremy Mayfield accuses stepmother Lisa Mayfield, NASCAR of lying [ESPN]
Mayfield vs. NASCAR gets real bizarre, Part II [Birmingham News]

In court filings today, NASCAR asserts that in addition to the test that led to his suspension in May, Mayfield failed a random drug test on July 6, with meth again showing up. You'd think after the first "false positive," Mayfield would have stopped taking Adderall and Claritin-D together. But you know how addictive those A.D.D./allergy medicine cocktails can be.

In addition, NASCAR filed an affadvit from Mayfield's stepmother, claiming she personally saw him use methamphetamine at least 30 times over seven years, first cooking it up himself, later buying it from others.

Mayfield's sticking to his guns, though:

"I don't trust anything NASCAR does, anything (program administrator) Dr. David Black does, never have, never will," Mayfield told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

"Now they got this lying (expletive) to tell lies about me, someone I am embarrassed even uses the Mayfield name. She's tried everything she can do to get money out of me, I won't help her, so I guess she found a way to get money from NASCAR by giving them an affidavit full of lies."

The legal wrangling over Mayfield's ban may be moot, as he's been unable to find a sponsor willing to let him race for them. May we suggest Carl Edwards' #99 Claritin Ford Fusion?

NASCAR: Mayfield again tests positive for meth [AP]

French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for banned substances as announced by the FFT. An insider says the substance was cocaine but Gasquet insists he was just hopped up on brie.

Sprint Cup Series driver Jeremy Mayfield became the first driver suspended under NASCAR's new drug testing policy. He is suspended indefinitely after testing positive for a banned substance last week. He is, of course, using the ol' "prescribed medicine" defense.

I think it's time for a new go-to excuse, wouldn't you say?