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After Fike's heroin revelation, drivers want testing
AVONDALE, Ariz. - NASCAR's stars are serious about fighting drug use in the sport - even if it means regular, random testing.
In the wake of revelations by former Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series driver Aaron Fike that he was addicted to painkillers and sometimes used heroin at the track on race day, drivers at Phoenix International Raceway yesterday were dismayed.
"I cannot believe it," two-time reigning Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said. "It's absurd."
Fike was arrested while shooting up heroin last July 7 in the parking lot of a Cincinnati amusement park. He was eighth in the truck standings and racing for rookie of the year at the time.
Fike, who got probation and now gives anti-drug talks in schools, revealed in the April 21 ESPN The Magazine he used heroin on the day he finished a career-best fifth in a truck race in Memphis, a week before his arrest.
"I've never been asked to take [a drug test], yet, and I think it should be mandatory that we have random drug-testing all the time, I think nonstop through the year," two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart said. *
