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 Jeremy
Mayfield first raced at the age of
four in the backyard of his
grandmother's house. An eager young
Mayfield ground an oval into the
yard running laps on his motorcycle.
By age 10, Mayfield was racing for
real, tooling BMX bikes at a local
track in his hometown of Owensboro,
Ky. After that, Mayfield assaulted
the go-kart scene, sometimes racing
up to three nights a week in
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Mayfield finally moved to Nashville
at age 19, where he went to work as
a fabricator at Sadler Racing. His
determination eventually paid
dividends, as six months into the
job; the Sadlers gave Mayfield a
Late Model car to race. In 1987,
Mayfield moved to the ARCA Series
where he finished the season with
eight top-five and ten top-10
finishes. When he also earned Rookie
of the Year honors from Kentucky
Motor Speedway, several in the Cup
community began to take notice.
The following year, Earl Sadler
agreed to back Mayfield in four Cup
attempts. He made his debut on Oct.
10, 1993, at Charlotte Motor
Speedway. He finished 10 laps down
in 29th position. Nonetheless,
Cale Yarborough came calling at the
end of the season, and Mayfield made
the jump to full time Cup racing
with Yarborough in 1995. He finished
31st in points that season, with one
top-10 finish in 27 starts.
The next season, Mayfield garnered a
pair of top-five finishes before
being released late in the year. He
went to race for Michael Kranefuss
for two years with minimal success
before latching on with Penske
Racing late in the 2000 season.
In
2001, Ray Evernham picked the
charismatic and speedy Mayfield to
pilot his No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge.
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