![]() ![]() He seams to be able to excel in everything he drives. Also someone needs to get Cleet in a nascar sanctioned race. Honestly track owners should be looking to him for ideas on how to make their tracks more adaptable in making revenue beyond a weekly racing series. Brian Borjas April 13, 2023Ĭleetus has done so much for motorsports. Not to mention he is just a good person simply wanting to have fun. ![]() The guy knows how to entertain and is super talented in several disciplines. Neil Parrish April 13, 2023Ĭan’t tell you how much I love to watch Cleetus and his crew on YouTube. Maybe fall Bristol or the next Richmond race. I’d love to see Justin Marks throw Cleet in the project 91 car for a race somewhere. Now he’s on a quest to run 5s and possibly have the world’s fastest radial car. Been watching the channel since they were running 8s and thrilled with that. I'm hopeful that if more NASCAR fans engage, we'll get to see more crossover in the content. Rather than simply running a poll, I thought I'd also give a nice introduction for those who haven't heard of him yet. So I was curious to see how much of our Couch Racer community crosses over with the Cleetus Fanbase. In a couple weeks he'll be hosting one of his Danger Ranger events, essentially a truck enduro field full of Ford Rangers, at Bristol Motor Speedway on the dirt surface and it seems odd that there isn't as much buzz in our corner of the world as I know there is outside of it. Still it seems as though Cleetus doesn't get the popularity among NASCAR and circle-track fans that he deserves. On top of his own events this year they had their first sanctioned series event hosting the SRL Sportsman Series. And Ross Chastain even came by last year to help Cleetus recreate the Hail Melon at the Freedom Factory. Some NASCAR names including Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch and the Deegans were involved. And in true Cleetus-fashion outfitted each car with a Nitrous system to be used in-race. McFarland bought a fleet of about 50 Ford Crown Victorias and got them race-ready with safety and graphics. Since then they've hosted various oval events at the property including his own Freedom 500 and 24h of LeMullets events. A lot of the progress is documented on his YouTube channel for those interested. The track shut down in the late 2010's and sat vacant for a few years before McFarland took on the project of renovating it into his motorsports playground. Formerly known as Desoto Speedway in Bradenton, Florida. ![]() That all changed when McFarland purchased The Freedom Factory. Back then, despite being dubbed the "Do it for Dale" guy, Cleetus was pretty focused on street cars and drag racing and other wild antics but wasn't doing much to appeal to the circle track fans. The "Dale Truck" is actually a street-legal Richard Childress Craftsman Truck from the 90s with the black #3 Goodwrench scheme. I had been aware of Cleetus for a while introduced by seeing videos of his "Dale Truck" some years ago. Instead of winning the lottery he grew his YouTube channel to the heights of 3 million subscribers and with his YouTube success opened avenues to do things he himself only dreamed of. Cleetus is essentially what every kid who loves motorsports dreamed of being if they ever won the lottery. Frankenstein picked up a racing habit, to routine McDonald's trips in his Ripsaw Tank. From 7-second passes in his beloved Leroy, which was at one-time a salvaged C5 Corvette but now looks like Dr. ![]() Millions of us have spent the last few years watching Cleetus McFarland act out his wildest dreams in front of a camera as a versatile wild man in anything with an engine attached to it. ![]()
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