Cleetus Mitchell's net worth 2026: YouTuber turned NASCAR racer's professional career, earnings, and more

Lawrence Garrett Mitchell, an American YouTuber, automobile engineer, and racing driver, is professionally known as Cleetus Mitchell. His YouTube channel, Cleetus McFarland, which he started in 2009, has over four million subscribers and upwards of 1.8 billion total views.

As a racing driver, McFarland competed in the 2022 Stadium Super Trucks series and competed under the name Garrett Mitchell for Rette Jones Racing in the 2025 ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Mitchell’s estimated net worth is $10 million. Mitchell was born on April 5, 1995, in Omaha, Nebraska.

YouTube career

McFarland launched his YouTube channel in 2009 and, at the same time, became the social media manager for the company 1320Video. He quit 1320Video to focus full-time on a career as a YouTuber. In 2015, McFarland adopted the pen name Cleetus McFarland, after a character he created that went viral at Rocky Mountain Drag Week.

This also became the name of his YouTube channel. McFarland features a wide range of vehicular content on his channel. He gained a particularly strong following after he built Leroy, a bodiless Chevrolet Corvette C5 with an exo-cage. With Leroy, McFarland achieved various world and personal records and won multiple trophies. He has also frequently showcased his Freedom Factory, a racetrack in Bradenton, Florida, formerly called DeSoto Speedway.

Early in 2020, McFarland bought the track.

Professional racing Career

McFarland began his car racing career in 2022, in the Stadium Super Trucks series, and he drove the No. 1776 truck. McFarland closely lost the second of two weekend races in Long Beach, California, after spinning out on the last jump. He finished the 2022 season in ninth place in the drivers' championship, with 84 points. Later that year, McFarland participated in the four-day Haltech World Cup Finals Import & Domestic Drag Races and won in the McLeod Racing Warriors vs.

Tres Cuarto class. He returned to the event in 2023 and won the Grannas Racing stick shift class with his car, Leroy.In early 2025, McFarland made his stock car racing debut in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. He decided to compete under the name Garrett Mitchell. After competing in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway, he drove in the season opener, the 2025 Ride the 'Dente 200, at the same track. After being involved in a multi-car collision more than 25% of the way through the race, he ultimately finished in 30th place.

Mitchell accomplished his first career top-ten finish in the 2025 General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway. However, it was announced that he would also compete in the 2025 ARCA Menards Series East.