Mayfield Misses Deadline to Enter Car at Daytona

"We all like Jeremy, there's no doubt about that," he said. "The unfortunate thing is the last couple months here, he's gone through his struggles and it's not going to help him in the business world of racing, that's for sure."

Plus, finding work or getting his own team back to the track will be a difficult challenge.

"He didn't have a job prior to this," Jeff Burton said. "I don't think (team owners) Rick Hendrick or Richard Childress were going to call him, anyway. I'm not being ugly; it's just the truth. Without a doubt, there's now an asterisk next to his name, and that's going to make it a whole lot harder."

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