"I agree with it if and only if Jeremy Mayfield-or anyone that has tested positive for drugs-can be tested soon enough, often enough to assure that he can never be on the racetrack at a time when he would test positive for drugs," Burton said. "If it's 72 hours ... if that's how long it takes to get a result, he should be tested. Twenty-four hours after that he should be tested again, and 24 hours after that he should be tested again, and 24 hours after that he should be tested again.

"I don't consider that harassment. The fact of the matter is, he failed a drug test, and that opens the door to questions. I deserve to 100 percent know that he is 100 percent clean. So he should be tested soon enough, early enough, often enough to where he can never be on the racetrack while using drugs."

Ryan Newman had his doubts about the granting of the injunction.

"When you release somebody, as the federal judge released somebody to go back and do that (race), without necessarily-in my eyes-clarifying everything, that's not cool," he said. "People make mistakes. I just hope the judge didn't make one."

In the aftermath of Mayfield's filing, which also questioned the methodology of NASCAR's testing programme, Kasey Kahne said the process of being tested has been lengthened and complicated.

"I would go and get tested, and it was like kind of in and out," Kahne said of tests earlier in the year. "I got tested at Sonoma (late June), and it's a process now. Every little step, you have to sign your name or initial-work with the person that is taking the sample.

"To me, that's because of the whole Mayfield incident and just clarifying everything and making sure that ... the driver and the person taking the sample are on the same page. I'm totally behind NASCAR. So if he's on the track, you have to race with him."


by Reid Spencer