Life after NASCAR
Mayfield was working as a delivery person while waiting for word on his appeals.[9] By 2011, tax officials in Catawba County, North Carolina were on the verge of foreclosing on Mayfield's 388-acre spread there because he owed $82,000 in back taxes.[10] In 2012, Mayfield was evicted from his home. On January 6, 2014, Mayfield was convicted on two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count for possessing stolen items, receiving 18 months of unsupervised probation, and was ordered to pay $88,124.41, adding an extra $1,100 in court costs.[11]
Mayfield currently races in the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Tour, making his debut in the series' inaugural race at Hickory Motor Speedway.[12] In May 2014, Mayfield released a video, titled The Mayfield Story, to explain the substance abuse controversy from his point of view.[13]
In July 2014, Mayfield returned to organized racing competition, driving in a Pro Cup Series event at Tri-County Motor Speedway and finishing seventh of the ten cars that started.[14] On September 29, 2014, Mayfield announced he would compete full-time in dirt and Super Late Model racing for 2015.[15] On October 8, 2014, Mayfield started a Dirt Late Model team with plans to compete full-time in the World of Outlaws, with Mayfield as driver of the J2 car and Aaron Thomas as owner; Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Humpy Wheeler is an assistant for Mayfield.[16]
