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NASCAR chairman defends drug policy

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Brian France defended NASCAR's drug testing policy as the toughest in professional sports, despite a federal judge's ruling that overturned driver Jeremy Mayfield's suspension.

Mayfield was indefinitely suspended May 9 for what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamines. He sued to be reinstated, and a federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday that allowed Mayfield to return to competition based on Mayfield's argument that NASCAR's testing system is flawed.

U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen questioned the test results, saying the possibility of a false positive was "quite substantial" and ruled the harm to Mayfield significantly outweighed the harm to NASCAR.

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Double-file restarts debut in Nationwide at Daytona

(Sporting News) - Kyle Busch endorses the Nationwide Series using double-file restarts for the first time Friday in the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

"Daytona is a good place to do it since there is less chance of having trouble on the starts since it takes a little bit for us to get up to speed there and there are multiple grooves," Busch said. "It was good for NASCAR to wait until Cup and Nationwide were together on the same weekend again. (MORE)

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NASCAR Schedule

Sprint Cup SeriesCoke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola

Jul. 45:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: TNT

Nationwide SeriesSubway Jalapeno 250 Powered By Coca-Cola

Jul. 35:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: ESPN

Camping World Truck SeriesBuilt Ford Tough 225

Jul. 184:18 PM PT5:18 PM MT6:18 PM CT7:18 PM ET TV: SPEED

NASCAR Leaders: Points
Rank	Driver	Points	Wins
1	Tony Stewart	2524	1
2	Jeff Gordon	2455	1
3	Jimmie Johnson	2355	2
4	Kurt Busch	2254	1
5	Carl Edwards	2157	0
6	Denny Hamlin	2132	0
7	Ryan Newman	2127	0
8	Kyle Busch	2108	3
9	Greg Biffle	2106	0
10	Matt Kenseth	2054	2
11	Mark Martin	2052	3
12	Juan Pablo Montoya	2049	0
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