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]

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]

Button managed to keep it in his pants long enough to collect his trophy on the podium and then sit through a post-race debriefing with his crew, but immediately after that nonsense he sought out his underwear modeling special friend, Jessica Michibata, pulled her into a team office and ... well, I'm not sure that I can describe what happened next on a family blog, but I think the more tactful writers of The Sun can sort this out for us:

The playboy emerged with a sly grin and admitted: "It got a bit steamy in there."

An insider said: "His eyes were only for Jessica."

They held each other and kissed in the team office - it was clear he fancied popping a second cork.

I have no idea what that means, so never mind. Maybe Jenson can explain?

He said: "This is a fairytale - I'm chuffed to bits."

Well, that's just disgusting.

Jenson Button 'debriefs' girlfriend after F1 win [The Sun]
Media Waits While Racer "Celebrates" w/Girlfriend [SbB]

Organizers in the Netherlands, along with a lot of very excitable teens toppled 4,354,027 dominoes on Friday, setting a new world record. They also broke nine other domino-related records, including "fastest topple of 30 metres of domino stones." Just to up the ante, Churandy Martina, a 100/200m champ from the Netherlands Antilles, raced the little blocks all the way to the end. He won easily, which is ... impressive? Take that, you stupid dominoes!

Anyway, if you skip to the three minute mark you can see the race, but the whole thing is actually pretty entertaining. Bright colors and shiny objects are always good for a giggle.

Domino Day [Wikipedia]
Records tumble on Domino Day [In The News]

What isn't clear is exactly how the man "drove". The article mentions Costermans being accompanied by "an instructor and a navigator", but that seems like a bit of a cop-out. Is it really "blind driving" if someone has two people next to you telling you which direction to go in? Shouldn't that just be called "driving with assistance"?

Blind Belgium breaks speed record [BBC]

If you're looking for him, he'll be starting 19th. I think he's in a yellow, green, and white car with a big "WM" Waste Management logo on the hood. A bit unfortunate that a driver doing something so historic is actually sponsored by garbage.

I, of course, hope he wins, which would likely create a scene in victory lane reminiscent of the scene in Blazing Saddles when Sheriff Bart strolls into town. I hope he takes the checkered flag, gets out of the car, hops up onto the podium and says... "Where the white women at?"

HERE COMES 'BILLY SUNDAY' [BlackAthlete.net]
Lester staggered by support [Crash.net]

Then, in the thirteenth stage, a 10-year-old Guinean boy was killed after being hit by one of the cars in the competition.

And yesterday, in the fourteenth stage, a 12-year-old boy was killed in Senegal after being hit by a support truck.

The race ends tomorrow, thank the fucking stars. I think I speak for all of us here at Deadspin when I say that we're against car races that kill people at about the same rate as Total Recall. If any of you out there are planning on attending the final stages of the Dakar Rally, be sure to take the appropriate precautions, like staying home and playing Scrabble instead.

Racing Star Danica Patrick Gets Hitched [The Huffington Post]