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Thought your name was Mr. Snot Nose. Unfortunately he is somewhat right this time. I still think Fick was an aberation.

It's just idiotic for NASCAR to NOT randomly test. I highly doubt that they'll find anything, but at least they can say legitimately "We're Clean".

NASCAR should drug check every driver every month! As Trainwreck said, then they could say 100% that NASCAR is clean!

thought you had to be part crazy to drive trucks or cars that fast....turns out you just need to be high.

I'm just shocked that there isn't a policy. After the Tim Richmond situation and now Fick. This isn't like baseball or football where if one guy is doing it, then it only really affects him. With 43 cars on the track doing over 190mph and one guy off due to drug or alcohol use could injure, or worse kill, several people. NASCAR needs to do something now.

Like i said yesterday ... they check the cars after the race ... they need all the drivers after each race to have a drug test.

Why not have drug tests? Almost every other sport has one. Its just good that Mr. Fike didn't kill anyone with his retarded decision. He may be an aberration ,but WHY take the chance?

ClintDFW...why do the drug test after the race? Then it may be too late. They need to be tested before.

Good for the drivers. They should demand drug tests. They already are in a dangerous occupation and the last thing they need out there with them is a driver (like Fike) high out of his mind driving a killing machine at 200 miles per hour.

I think drug testing after a race would be too late if someone was high. It needs to be before to be most effective.

I'll be honest here. I've done drugs, not as hard core as heroin or coke but it blows my mind that the crew helping drivers strap into their cars and walking around with them before the race that no one could detect that Fick or any other driver for that matter could be high getting in a car. When I used, my friends could tell the minute I walked through the door what condition I was in. No crew member could tell? That's almost as scary a fact as him being high on the track!

Tribe....Very good point there.

By the God it's about time ALL the drivers stuck togather
on this one = it will save somebodys life I"LL bet
(((good for our 4 wheeled hero's)))

I have known heroin users and was unable to tell they were users. I thought I could tell when someone was high too but it is not that easy . This was a person I thought I knew well.

joefordnproud === I know what you mean - my son was a user
and I didn't know at all until he was arrested for it = pretty sad
crap isn't it??

tribe see your fanmails
the dr.

Tribe - we are not going to be your counselors in here.....lol
I think its fairly easy to recognize coke users...grinding teeth, up all night, disappears to do a line often, no appetite or loss of weight, often runs to the ATM etc........I guess Herion is more laid back. To me POT is no different than alchohal.....legalize and tax it.

I'll agree I've never seen a heroin user before but isn't it a halucigen(sp). Got to be freaky driving that way if it is. As for Pot, Ironically enough after doing it for so many years I then joined the Coast Guard. And I have to agree with you Jackman. You can buy cigarettes, and the govt. taxes the crap out of it. You can buy alcohol and the govt. gets its cash off of it as well. But don't you dare grow a plant in your own back yard or in your house that has the same affect of the two put together. How moronic is that. Guys that were running drugs in the ocean had faster boats and better radar equipment than we had. Hell, they knew where we were before we even arrived there.

http://grantwcooper.com/timrichmond.html
read about tim richmond and decide for your self... he was not a drug user....he was one of the most tallented drivers and likeable people who ever held a wheel....
and he was a friend of mine...
the dr.

Driving Bush series cars he wins 20% of the time and finishes in the top ten 40% of the time. He has victories at all three racing venues of NASCAR (short track, road course, and superspeedway). Named Rookie of the Year by United States Auto Club (USAC). He raced in the Indianapolis 500, led the race and he was named the Rookie of the Race. During the his 2nd full season of full time Winston Cup driving he swept both spring and fall races at a California track. During a single season he: placed in the top ten 59% of the time, top five 45% of the time, and finished in the winners circle 24% of the time.

who is this you ask????
Tim richmond.....
yeah some one stepped on a nerve....
the dr.