Famous YouTuber Cleetus McFarland, whose real name is Garrett Mitchell, will run the entire ARCA Menards Series schedule in 2027, according Motorsport.com's Matt Weaver.
McFarland, 31, signed a two-year deal earlier in 2026 with Richard Childress Racing and made NASCAR O'Reilly Series starts in Rockingham in April andNashville in May.
He also ran three NASCAR Truck Series races, four ARCA Menards Series races, one ARCA Menards Series East race, and competed in his first Super Late Model race recently.
McFarland will reportedly sign a deal with RCR for the ARCA Menard's Series in 2027.
On an episode of Kenny Wallace's "The Burnout Podcast,"
on Oct. 26, Weaver said McFarland will continue to compete part-time in the Truck Series while also running ARCA Menards in 2027.
McFarland teased his plans for 2027 at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 23.
"I've got an announcement in about a week for what we're doing next year, but I will say that some of the things that we have planned that are pretty close to being set in stone are so cool and unexpected," McFarland said. "Not only from a competitor's standpoint, but there are things that I didn't expect to happen that we're going to get to do. In our partnership with NASCAR ... based on the phone calls that I've gotten in the last month, I just can't believe that NASCAR is letting us bring some of these ideas to the table and run with it."
McFarland is a content creator from Bradenton, Florida, with more than 4.5 million YouTube subscribers to his channel. He made his ARCA debut with Rette Jones Racing in 2025 with starts at Daytona International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
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ources have confirmed to Motorsport.com's Matt Weaver that Cleetus McFarland (real name: Garrett Mitchell) is set to compete full-time in the ARCA Menard's Series next year. George Siciliano, better known as Squirrel McNut online, will be full-time in 2027 as well.
Cleetus signed a two-year deal with Richard Childress Racing earlier this year, making two NASCAR O'Reilly starts with the organization at Rockingham and Nashville. He also made three NASCAR Truck starts with Niece Motorsports this year.
Cleetus McFarland will run full time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2027, multiple sources with knowledge of the information tell Frontstretch.
McFarland will drive for Richard Childress Racing in year two of his deal with the organization.
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