Overview

• Garrett Mitchell, known as Cleetus McFarland, finished ninth at Charlotte in his third ARCA Menards Series race, marking his first non-superspeedway start.
• A restart mishap with 62 laps to go caused McFarland to spin his tires and collide with Isabella Robusto's car, triggering a multi-car pileup involving about ten cars.
• McFarland publicly apologized after the race, calling the incident a rookie mistake and expressing remorse to the affected teams and drivers.
• Despite the crash, McFarland recovered to finish in the top ten, continuing his progression after a 30th-place debut at Daytona and a 10th-place result at Talladega.
• His next planned ARCA race is at Bristol Motor Speedway in September, as he continues a measured path toward a potential 2027 NASCAR Cup Series debut.