Garett Mitchell, higher generally known as the favored YouTuber Cleetus McFarland, started his inventory automotive racing profession final yr within the ARCA Menard’s Sequence. He did so beneath the steerage of NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, who grew to become shut buddies with Mitchell over the previous 1.5 years.
Nevertheless, Biffle was amongst seven who misplaced their lives in December airplane crash in Statesville, North Carolina. They have been planning to fulfill up with Mitchell in Florida.Â
In a newly launched video, Mitchell revealed that he thought of giving up on NASCAR after Biffle’s tragic passing, however has since chosen to proceed on in hopes of at some point fulfilling the dream of competing within the Daytona 500.
“Greg Biffle, my mentor, handed away final month, so issues are going to be lots totally different,” mentioned Mitchell. “I am going to admit to you guys {that a} month in the past when all the pieces occurred, I did not need to ever step foot in a NASCAR storage once more. I did not need to race. Now that a while has handed. I’ve realized what would The Biff need. He would need me to proceed racing and attempting to climb the ladder in NASCAR.
“When Biff and I initially talked about racing NASCAR, I instructed him I wished to race the Daytona 500. He type of politely instructed me that that is not gonna occur with out doing a little critical work, so we began a plan of attending to the Daytona 500. Figuring out we needed to be in ARCA, after which doubtless Truck, after which perhaps the O’Reilly Sequence, after which Cup. You’ll be able to’t simply go race the Daytona 500 … now I’m ready to finish that mission.”
Mitchell will compete in ARCA races at Daytona, Talladega, Kansas, and Michigan this yr, and hinted at extra begins to be introduced at later date. He simply took half within the January ARCA check at Daytona with ‘Be Life Biff’ plastered throughout the rear bumper.
He additionally revealed that Biffle had deliberate to affix Mitchell within the ARCA race at Talladega later this yr. In the identical video, Mitchell revealed that buddy George Siciliano (aka Squirrel) is working to get permitted to run the identical Talladega race.
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