NASCAR gives teams list of substances banned under drug policy
21.01.10
CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR has added a muster of banned substances for its drug testing policy to the 2010 rulebook that all teams have been provided, the consistency's vice president of racing operations said on Thursday.
"What we've done is enchanted the list of substances we provided to owners at the beginning of last year," Steve O'Donnell said. "We've included that in the rulebook. We've also, for a limpidity standpoint, included our entire policy in the rulebook for 2010 as well.
"We're growing to continue to vigorously and aggressively defend ourselves on behalf of the teams and facts that are out there believing we have the toughest management in sports. If we can make that better we will, and I believe we've done that this year," O'Donnell said.
The directory was added a year after the drug-related suspension of Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield . At the formerly, several drug-testing experts questioned the validity of the policy because it lacked a muster.
Penn State professor Charles Yesalis, who has written several books on effectuation enhancing drugs and testified before Congress on legislation related to the dominate of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone abuse, called the management without a list "loosey-goosey."
Source: ESPN