YouTube star becomes partner in Bradenton Motorsports Park

A race car driver and YouTube star has become 50% owner of Bradenton Motorsports Park, in a move the two partners say will help handle surging interest in the facility off State Road 64 in east Manatee County.

After an October 2024 event that drew record attendance to Bradenton Motorsports Park despite bad weather, “it became apparent … the drag strip was bursting at the seams with growth” and the owner “needed a strategic partner,” says Garrett Mitchell, who races and broadcasts on YouTube under the name Cleetus McFarland, on Facebook.