Chris Weaver

There's a fight! Ricky lands a punch on the face of Kyle Busch after the All Star Race at @NWBSpeedway. Ricky says Kyle wrecked him on lap 2. Kyle says Ricky put him into the wall a lap before. Agree to disagree ....OR.... fight.

So did 8-ish other well experience racers. What’s their excuse? Put 38 cars in a race, someone has to finish last. And if “fan boy” is your best go to insult, I hate it for you. I’d rather debate the facts. Fact is, he didn’t crash(with damage) and he finished the race. Pretty damn impressive for start number 1.

@chris8video Mofo ran 30 something all fucking day. Fan Boy. That's not competitive

People saying Clettus ran "all the laps" That would lead us to believe he finished on the lead lap. When in fact he was 6 laps down. Mostly do to a lack of talent. In correction he ran 254 none competitive laps and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Talladega in a O'Reilly car.

For all of those hating on Cleetus - there’s this:

.@J_Allgaier’s win streak ends with a 3rd-place Rockingham result, but he’s as confident as ever, touching on Cleetus McFarland and William Sawalich too. #NASCAR

If you haven’t noticed @rajahcaruth_ is a driving MoFo.

Cleetus McFarland fresh out of the car and his full post-race comments. He reiterated that he learned a lot today, the @RCRracing 33 came home 32nd, 6 laps down. #NASCAR

I genuinely don’t understand how someone could dislike Cleetus. If a golden retriever could become a human, it’d be Cleetus.

Reaction from Cleetus McFarland after a P32 finish in his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut.

"We made all the laps today, I think we accomplished our goal." @tydillon praises Cleetus McFarland after his #NASCAR O'Reilly debut at Rockingham.

I’ve sent a few tweets about Cleetus today and I’m actually amazed at the hate mob. He just hopped in a tough racecar at a tough racetrack and didn’t junk it. 1 true incident today and didn’t hit anything. Clean racecar. That’s a win for him & his team. Mission accomplished.

Cleetus didn’t kill the car or anyone’s race. That’s a success in my eyes, bet he learned a lot. People are entitled to their opinions but if you disagree you’re a moron.

Cleetus is an above average driver who has done a lot of prep and sim work and even raced in an ARCA race at the same track and it was still a steep learning curve. This should give anyone that thinks they can hop into one of these cars and be fast something to think about.

A few observations on Cleetus McFarland competing in his first O'Reilly race: 1. Cleetus did pretty well for his first O'Reilly start at a track where aero matters. 2. Racing in NASCAR is hard and this should give many a reference point of that.

Cletus finished 32nd; better than 6 other very experienced drivers(yes, one was a mechanical), had a fastest lap better than 15 other cars in the field and brought the car home in one piece….in his debut. Not too many drivers can say that….and most come into the series with way more lower series experience.

Cleetus McFarland climbs out of the car and celebrates that even though he struggled at times, they didn’t mess up anyone’s race and he learned a lot. Here’s what he had to say: #NASCAR

@STaranto92 @BrakeHardBlog For 1.5 seconds at least! Lol!

Cleetus McFarland🏁

It was only on the screen for 1.5 seconds but for a very brief moment, Cleetus was number 1! He finished 4th with a solid run in the ARCA East race at @RockinghamSpeed .

This is why you shouldn’t complain about guys like Squirrel. ARCA east is dead without the people who can move the needle. It costs so much to run this series. These guys can add eyes.

The @NC_By_Train @Amtrak special has arrived to @Rockingham1965 bringing fans to today’s races, and @kylepetty is here as the unofficial “Walmart greeter” for today. Such a cool way for fans from across the state to experience some racing! #NASCAR

To be fair, I think NASCAR agrees with you, only allowing first name nicknames officially. But that still doesn’t stop him or anyone from marketing with an identity. Some identities, like Intimidator or Ice Man or Million Dollar Bill, come after on track performance. Some nicknames are family given like William Clyde “Chase” Elliott, and Bubba Wallace and even Denny.

@chris8video @NASCAROReillyAP Kinda of different, nickname is like Red, Fireball, Hurricane, King…. Not, oh by the way I’m gonna go by my “stage name”….

"I'm living the American dream out here." 🇺🇸 Never change, Cleetus!