Mayfield Takes Out TRO On Mayfield

That would be Shana on Lisa... this time...

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The wife of Jeremy Mayfield on Tuesday took out a restraining order against her husband's stepmother ((pictured, thanks Catawba County Sheriff's Department)) and principal witness for NASCAR's case against the suspended Sprint Cup driver.

Shana Mayfield filed the request at the Iredell County sheriff's department.

"She will be served as soon as they can find her," Shana told ESPN.com.

The order was sought three days after Lisa Mayfield showed up intoxicated at her stepson's home Saturday night and arrested on four counts of simple assault and for trespassing.

According to the arrest warrant, Lisa physically confronted the husband and wife caretakers living on the property, their daughter and her boyfriend. She is scheduled for trial on Sept. 14.

"[She] told our caretakers she would come back to kill us, she wasn't done," Shana said.

FoxCharlotte's Brien Blakely has more details:

Madeline Bone, who works on the Mayfield property with her husband Damien says Lisa Mayfield "was cussing my husband, calling him racial slurs while hitting him. I pointed my finger at her, we had some words, and, she kicked me in the crotch. (Lisa) Mayfield told me several times she was going to kill me and Shana Mayfield.. she'd be back to get us."

Records indicate Lisa Mayfield gave a home address in Statesville, but, that's not exactly what Fox News found when we arrived at 143 Taxidermy Road in Statesville.

William Eppinger says he rents the house from Lisa Mayfield's son. "I'm just the tenant yeah I rent it from her son and then he went to jail and then she showed up out of nowhere. We paid her rent and she was all like out of it." said, Eppinger.

No Employees Left At Mayfield Motorsports

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The last remaining employee at Jeremy Mayfield's race team said Wednesday he resigned because he doesn't believe Mayfield Motorsports will return to the track.

Bobby Wooten, general manager of the first-year team, said his resignation had nothing to do with Mayfield's ongoing battle with NASCAR over a failed drug test. Mayfield was suspended May 9 for testing positive for what NASCAR said was methamphetamines.

A federal judge lifted the suspension earlier this month, but Mayfield did not return to the track in the two races since his reinstatement.

Mayfield ((pictured, thanks al.com)) has denied ever using the illegal drug and blamed his positive test on the combined use of Adderall for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Claritin-D for allergies.

"I think Jeremy is telling the truth. I back him 110 percent," Wooten told the Associated Press. "I don't believe Jeremy is a drug addict. I do believe he could have taken one too many over-the-counter drugs, and now this situation has popped up."

Wooten, who spent nine years as a police officer in North Carolina, said he knows from his time on the job that drug users are capable of hiding the abuse and fooling those around them. But he said since his February hiring, he never suspected Mayfield of being under the influence of an illegal drug.

He testified to that in a sworn affidavit that U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen took in to consideration when he lifted Mayfield's suspension.

"I have never seen Jeremy under that pretense," Wooten said. "And he was around us four and five days a week, 12 hours a day. Typically, if you are an abuser of this particular drug, you can't go without it for that long of a time. I did not ever see that in Jeremy."

Wooten said he stuck by Mayfield because he believed the failed drug test would be resolved and they would eventually get the team back on track. He said in conversations with Mayfield, it did not seem as if the owner had any interest in getting Mayfield Motorsports back up and running.

"Basically, Jeremy just wanted to go in a different direction than I wanted to do," he said of his Monday resignation. "There are cars ready to go to the race track; all we needed was five or six days to get everything back up and running. But I believe what Jeremy is attempting to do is to just totally get rid of Mayfield Motorsports, that's his intention."

Ownership of the No. 41 was transferred to Shana Mayfield after her husband's suspension, and she told the AP last week the couple is considering selling the team.

"He's got six completed race cars, equipment, a tractor trailer -- assets to sell," Wooten said.

Mayfield Considers Selling Team

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Unable to find funding since his suspension for failing a random drug test, Jeremy Mayfield ((pictured, thanks NASCAR Images)) is considering selling his race team.

Shana Mayfield said Thursday she and her husband are considering selling their remaining inventory because they don't have the cash to field a race team. Mayfield transferred ownership of the No. 41 Toyota to his wife following his May 9 suspension.

"We are looking at all options at this point, since we cannot get sponsorship," Shana Mayfield said.

Jeremy Mayfield told ESPN earlier Thursday that he had a meeting scheduled with a potential buyer on Monday when NASCAR summoned him for a drug test. It was the first indication he might not bring Mayfield Motorsports back to the track.

A federal judge issued an injunction last week that lifted the indefinite suspension and allowed Mayfield to return to competition. But Mayfield has not traveled to the two races since the ruling.

NASCAR, which has said Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines, has asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen's decision and impose the suspension.

Mayfield said after Mullen's ruling that he intended to travel to last weekend's race at Daytona International Speedway. He instead issued a statement hours before the start that said the tight turnaround left him unable to prepare a car in time to make it to Daytona.

He said he was "working around the clock" to get the team to Chicago.

"Shana and I, as well as everyone at Mayfield Motorsports, will do everything in our power to race next weekend."

John Buric, an attorney for Mayfield, said Mayfield won't make it to Chicago. He said the driver has been viewed as a "pariah" since his suspension and can't find sponsorship or a team owner willing to give him a ride. Without funding, Buric said Mayfield doesn't have the money to get his team up and running.

"You need employees, people to do the work for you, people to get the car to the track, food and lodging for the people you bring to the track," Buric said. "With no sponsor, that's not something he can do right now. Not when you are spending a ton of money on lawyers in a fight against NASCAR."

Mayfield said in an affidavit he's laid off 10 employees since the suspension, borrowed money from family and sold personal assets to meet his living expenses.

He's also being sued for $86,000 by Triad Racing Technologies for parts, pieces and chassis work he allegedly owes the company.

It's not clear what Mayfield has to offer a potential buyer. He only started his team in January and said at the season-opening Daytona 500 he only had 15 employees. He leases his shop space, and likely doesn't have anything to sell beyond cars and the points he earned from the 11 races he entered.

Shana Mayfield entered J.J. Yeley in the two races following Mayfield's suspension, but she has not sent the car to the six events since then.

ESPN's Nicole Manske caught up with Marty Smith on the "NASCAR Now" program to discuss Mayfield's interview with Smith on Thursday.

Mayfield had "all he can stands, he can't stands no more," thus the interview with Smith