Why NASCAR denied Cleetus McFarland chance to race at Talladega as YouTube star
His fans wanted to see this happen.
Why NASCAR denied Cleetus McFarland chance to race at Talladega as YouTube star originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Cleetus McFarland wanted to race at Talladega, and he likely had millions of YouTube fans rooting for him to get that change.
NASCAR has turned down his request, though. The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi reported Tuesday night that NASCAR denied the influencer his request to race in the O'Reilly's Series race at Talladega on April 25. That's the second-tier of NASCAR, below just the Cup Series.
Cleetus McFarland isn't his real name, for the record -- it's Garrett Mitchell. He has 4. 7 million YouTube subscribers and millions of followers across his other social media accounts.
But they won't get to root him on at Talladega. Why did NASCAR deny Cleetus McFarland for Talladega? This is about safety from NASCAR's point of view.