Fike wants to return to racing, but will NASCAR let him?

Aaron Fike says he has turned his life around after being arrested back in July for shooting up on heroin.  After the arrest, the Craftsman Truck Series driver was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR and replaced by his team, Red Horse Racing. 

Fike says he realizes that the arrest saved his life and after four months of rehabilitation has returned to his home in Illinois and filed incorporation papers for his nonprofit "Racing Against Drugs."

"It will be dedicated to helping others, particularly young people, to avoid the terrible mistake I have made," Fike told the judge in his proposal.

Fike plans to set up an information tent at each NASCAR track, give motivational speeches on staying clean, make presentations at schools and mention the anti-drug campaign in every interview. He expects to have a Web site running next month.

Until the racing suspension is lifted, Fike will be barred from tracks. He hopes NASCAR will give him a temporary license that will lead to full reinstatement.

Along with is nonprofit organization, Fike really wants to return to racing, but the big question is when and if NASCAR will lift the suspension?  NASCAR has had driver suspensions before and generally seems to try and push things under the rug, saying their drug policy is fine and no changes to it are necessary.

NASCAR has indicated it will go slowly in recertifying Fike.

"It's possible, but he's got some work to do before we get there," NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said. "After he's completed the legal process, he will have to undergo an evaluation by our substance abuse experts and follow a prescribed program that they would set for him."

Poston said NASCAR has no timetable other than "when we're confident he's ready to return." Fike said he'll do whatever it takes.

It sounds like there is a possibility of his return, at least from what NASCAR and Poston are saying.  They mentioned the legal process, so it sounds like they won't think about it until after his probation is over with, which was stated at two years, so that's another year and a half away.

Your thoughts?  Should NASCAR allow Fike to race again?