Cleetus McFarland

Garrett Mitchell (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Cleetus McFarland, is an American YouTuber and professional stock car racing driver. As of August 2026, he has over 4.8 million subscribers. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Richard Childress Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Niece Motorsports, part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 30 Ford Mustang GT for Rette Jones Racing, part-time in Asphalt Pro Late Model competition, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro for McFarland Racing, and part-time in Dirt Super Late Model competition, driving the No. 13 for Race DRT.

YouTube career On January 28, 2009, Mitchell started his YouTube channel, around the same time he became the social media manager for car media company 1320Video. He eventually left 1320Video to pursue a full-time career with his own YouTube channel. and later renamed the track to Freedom Factory.

Racing career Stadium Super Trucks On April 6, 2022, it was announced on The Checkered Flag that Mitchell would make his debut in the Stadium Super Trucks at Long Beach, California, racing the No. 1776 truck as Cleetus McFarland. In the weekend's second of two races, he was leading on the final lap, poised to take the victory until the last jump, when he spun out after his truck hit the ground, leaving Robby Gordon to claim the win.

Another attempt came at the Music City Grand Prix in August, but he was involved in crashes in both races; the second race saw him get squeezed into the wall while racing Gavin Harlien and Robert Stout, causing him to flip onto his roof.

He invited the trucks to his Bristol 1000 at Bristol Motor Speedway a month later, where he finished third in Race 2.

Drag racing On November 6, 2022, Mitchell & his crew won first place after eliminating Carlos Olivo in the McLeod Racing Warriors VS Tres Cuarto category of the 26th Annual Haltech World Cup Finals Import & Domestic Drag Races in the four-day event. His Chevrolet El Camino (Mullet) managed an elapsed time of 6.474 seconds at a top speed of 222.95 mph on the final round of the elimination race.

Returning to the event in 2023, Mitchell won in the Grannas Racing Stick Shift class driving his body-less Chevrolet Corvette "Leroy" with time of 7.325 and speed of 203.95 mph in the finals.

ARCA Menards Series 2025 In 2025, it was revealed that Mitchell would participate in the pre-season test for the ARCA Menards Series at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing as Garrett Mitchell. On January 15, it was announced on Facebook that Mitchell would drive in the season opener at Daytona for RJR also as Garrett Mitchell. He finished in 30th after being involved in a multi-car crash over a quarter of the way through the race. Mitchell would continue to announce that he would return with the team at Talladega, Charlotte, and the ARCA Menards Series East combination race at Bristol.

2026 After the race at Bristol, it was confirmed that Mitchell will return to ARCA in 2026 on a partial schedule. He ran the season opener again at Daytona and finished 11th. He competed in the East Series race at Rockingham alongside his friend George Siciliano (referred to as "LS George" or "Squirrel McNutt"), where he would finish in fourth place. They both ran at Kansas, where McFarland finished twentieth. They also ran at Talladega, where McFarland finished second.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2026 On February 4, 2026, it was announced that McFarland would begin testing at Rockingham Speedway to attempt to get approval to make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 4 for Niece Motorsports. He started 12th at Daytona but got loose off turn 4 on lap 6 and hit the inside wall, finishing 37th.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series 2026 On March 4, 2026, it was announced that McFarland would drive three races in the No. 33 for Richard Childress Racing starting at Rockingham in April. At Rockingham, he finished thirty-second. McFarland planned to run the Spring Talladega race, but was not approved due to lack of experience in NASCAR. He ran at Nashville but finished thirty-fifth.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2026 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR32 BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH35 POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2026 Niece Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY37 ATL STP DAR CAR BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH25 COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2025 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY30 PHO TAL10 KAN CLT9 MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI17 SLM KAN TOL 40th 110 2026 DAY11 PHO KAN20 TAL2 GLN TOL MCH14 POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -*

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2025 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI17 61st 27 2026 HCY CAR4 NSV TOL IRP FRS IOW BRI -* -*

Stadium Super Trucks (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.) Stadium Super Trucks results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2022 LBH10 LBH9* MOH MOH NSH10 NSH9* BRI12 BRI3* 9th 84

Season in progress.