Cleetus McFarland denied NASCAR O'Reilly superspeedway approval

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In a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday evening, Garrett Mitchell dba Cleetus McFarland says NASCAR has not approved him to run superspeedways in the O’Reilly Series at this time.

“They did not see enough,” Cleetus said. “Granted, it was a pretty hectic race. I tried to pass someone three-wide on the third lap, spun out, spun out a few more times … didn’t crash or crash anybody but still … it was pretty hectic.

“Nonetheless, NASCAR has said ‘we need to see you run more ARCA and more Trucks, and have some of those on my calendar, coming up but in O’Reilly, I am still limited to short tracks.”

In the video, Cleetus concedes he’s only been in NASCAR for ‘one year’ and that ‘it was never my mission’ to get to the top as fast as he could.

“We figured we would try,” he said. “We didn’t get approved. It is what it is. I need more windshield time, regardless of whether it’s in an O’Reily car, ARCA car or Truck. More windshield never isn’t going to hurt. I have a lot to learn guys.”

He’s says ‘it’s a kick in the nuts’ but not as much of a letdown as it seems.

“I just need to get out there more and do as much learning as possible and then hopefully I’ll get to run Daytona and Talladega next year.”

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