Jeremy Mayfield wins Livonia 602 show

[Hoosier]

Mayfield Motors To Black Friday Shootout Win At Lavonia
BY BRANDON REED – NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Jeremy Mayfield snapped a 13 year dry spell on Sunday afternoon at Georgia’s Lavonia Speedway.

Mayfield led wire-to-wire en route to the win in the 602 division feature as a part of the Black Friday Shootout at the North Georgia 3/8-mile clay oval.

It marks the first win of any kind for the Owensboro, Kentucky native since August of 2005, when he scored the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory at Michigan International Speedway.

Mayfield has driven the Safety Plus Racing Rocket owned by Commerce, Georgia’s Taylor Griffith all season, competing at several North Georgia race tracks, including Lavonia, Toccoa Speedway, Hartwell Speedway, Winder-Barrow Speedway and on the Alpha Art Company 602 Thunder Series tour.

While the team had seen several strong runs, that first victory remained elusive.

On Sunday, it all came together for the No. 49 team, as Mayfield drove to the win and a $1,200 payday.

“It feels great to get these guys into victory lane,” said Mayfield. “We’ve come close several times, and finally we get to snap that win drought. These guys put a great car under me today, and I couldn’t be happier.”

Griffith said the car, a 2015 Rocket chassis purchased from Georgia racing veteran Clint Smith, had recently switched to Bilstein Shocks prepared by Daniel Martin with Martin Motorsports.

“That made a big difference in performance,” Griffith said. “Clint Smith has been helping us with the setup since we bought the car two months ago, and Daniel Martin was at the track with us to help get it dialed in. Today it all just came together. I’m so happy to see Jeremy Mayfield in victory lane with our car. We have been digging hard and moving closer to this win all season. This is a great way to cap off 2018, and it gives us a ton of momentum heading into 2019.”

[RayCook53fan]

And cue the peanut gallery in 3...2...1....

[B_K]

And cue the peanut gallery in 3...2...1....

This one is too easy. I'll leave it for the amateurs.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Cherry picker...

[Kwd1253]

Why do people hate on mayfield for?

[chopter]

good deal. i hope hes sober and the drugs are in his past.

[fastford]

why , surly there not drug testing this little amateur class.......

[balljoint]

He runs a good line.

Car was on rails. So was he.

just kidding JM. God bless

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[Kwd1253]

why , surly there not drug testing this little amateur class.......

Bloomquist showed the blue print how get around the professional drug test. Just don’t take it and get your doctor say you are clean lol.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

He runs a good line.

Car was on rails. So was he.

just kidding JM. God bless

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I like the first sentance lol

[pink floyd]

i'm just hoping he is clean, drugs have taken the lives of far too many people. a win is a win, congrats.

[Barbecueboy]

Why do people hate on mayfield for?

Same reason they hate on the hypocrite that ran him out of nascar for being an addict.

Cool that he is competitive again.

[donavon]

Parked beside them for the race at Gaffney a few weeks ago...He appears to be clean and sober and well mannered...The whole crew were very nice down to earth people..

[T3GJason47]

He has been reinstated by NASCAR and will run in the truck series in 2019.

[Mams]

Still love when he rattled Ironhead’s cage at Pocono a few weeks after Ironhead took out Terry LaBonte .

[chupp n bloomer fan]

The hospital is who said Bloomer was clean. Is what it is, shouldn’t have ran if they enforced the rules correctly.

Mayfield got nailed for I believe the same things Brian France was doing as BBQ said. He went as far as stealing stuff at his low point. I’m all too familiar with what drugs do to people. I hope Jeremy is clean and can find success and happiness in life again. He was pretty good till he spiraled outta control.

[CageFaraday]

Congrats to JM, long road and lots of hurdles to get back.

[crownman25]

Give ole Jeremy some slack theres always another side of the coin.I have a friend that was a motor changer on a cup team.He told me what got na$car on jeremy was that they had a company that made films as a potential sponsor and nasc. didnt approve of this type of films.j pushed the issue and nascrap took jeremy out to solve the probb...