In 2019, Garrett Mitchell was already an internet success. His YouTube channel, Cleetus McFarland, had over a million followers. If you perused the channel at that time, you would’ve found a range of grassroots motorsports videos with the type of vehicular shenanigans that earn truckloads of views. Some of those older videos include ”BLEW BY A COP AT 120+mph! OOPS!,” ”THERE’S A T-REX ON THE TRACK!,” and ”Manual Transmission With Paddle Shifters!?!.”
Those videos made Mitchell, aka Cleetus McFarland, a known personality among automotive enthusiasts. But the YouTuber wanted more financial independence beyond the Google platform and firms willing to sponsor his channel.
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