waits on the grid prROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 03: Cleetus McFarland, driver of the #33 Tommy's Express Car wash Chevrolet, waits on the grid during practice for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 03, 2026 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) | Getty Images
waits on the grid prROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 03: Cleetus McFarland, driver of the #33 Tommy's Express Car wash Chevrolet, waits on the grid during practice for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 03, 2026 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Cleetus McFarland not approved to compete at Talladega, allowed to run O’Reilly short tracks

After making his O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut at Rockingham Speedway, YouTube personality Cleetus McFarland has yet to be approved for Talladega.

“We’re all huge Cleetus fans,” Probst said. “We all watch his videos and are certainly very appreciative of everything he’s done in our sport and will continue to do in our sport.

“He is approved right now for O’Reilly Series short tracks, which means he’s good for all of ARCA, all of truck and then O’Reilly up through the short tracks. We’d like to see more out of Cleetus in the short tracks. So we’re not saying no, but there is more that we would like to see out of Cleetus before we would approve him for Talladega.”

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