Cleetus McFarland’s 2025 NASCAR Racing Schedule
What’s Happening? Garrett Mitchell, better known by the screen name Cleetus McFarland, has been one of the key storylines of the…
Garrett Mitchell, better known by his persona Cleetus McFarland, will race in his third ARCA Menards Series race on Friday, May 23, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Per a post on his Facebook account, Mitchell will once again race for Rette Jones Racing in the No. 30 Ford Mustang.
This will be Mitchell’s third ARCA race of the season. So far, the 30-year-old has entered races at Daytona and Talladega. This will be his first start on an Intermediate, or 1.5-mile oval; he also has a scheduled short track start on Sept. 11 in the ARCA Menards Series East finale at Bristol Motor Speedway.
In his ARCA Menards Series debut, he crashed early and finished 30th. However, he recovered from an early mechanical issue at Talladega to finish 10th. His races in ARCA have drawn massive amounts of attention to ARCA, NASCAR, and Mitchell, with some dubbing it the “Cleetus McFarland Effect.”
The green flag for the ARCA Menards Series’ General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will drop at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, May 23, and will air live on FS1.
With over 4.34 million subscribers on YouTube, Mitchell, who goes by the screen name Cleetus McFarland, found his way into NASCAR via his relationship with former NASCAR champion Greg Biffle. Biffle helped Mitchell, who has a history of racing in oddball events at his short track, the 3/8-mile “Freedom Factory” in Bradenton, Florida.
Mitchell’s work in ARCA is all aimed at the goal of racing in the Daytona 500 in 2027. However, he has recently claimed that his adding more ARCA races to his schedule, along with considering doing some Xfinity Series racing, has come with him realizing how hard it is to master racing a stock car.
What’s Happening? Garrett Mitchell, better known by the screen name Cleetus McFarland, has been one of the key storylines of the…
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