So his plan was to actually have that accident? ('Cause it was obvious what was going to happen)
This kind of reminds me of those idiots on "Top Gear USA" where they allowed a Fiero to roll down and hit another classic car......These kind of people are NOT car enthusiasts- they are fools and should not be allowed to ride a bike, let alone drive a car.
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I gave up watching Cleetus not long after he bought the race track as thought some of the projects were just over powered **** heaps that didn't steer.
I don't understand the point of this build and the video. It appears to be just a big waste of money to build a powerful out of balance car.
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But who in their right minds takes an unknown car that they are not familiar with and does this kind of stunt?
"Probably the brakes" My ass, the wheels have to be on the ground for the brakes to work. You never try and take a tight turn with wide ass tires like that at any kind of speed.
Garrett (Cleetus) is a street-racer that's been working toward becoming a little more legitimate over the years as they've grown a Brand. Their group is still clowning to feed the payment algorithms and selling shirts. They dog on fieros in every video that features them, even the race where 1st and 2nd were given fieros.
Bradenton dragway is the property *next door* to the Freedom Factory. They have sometimes used it's 'return road' for car testing if they can't get safety and officials for the actual track. The Freedom Factory has plenty of parking lots and straight roads. Clearly the Burnout Pit in the middle of a banked oval is where you go to test a Wheelie Car.
Exibition Wheelie Cars are built to get up and do that, they have cutting-brakes on the rear axle for steering while the nose is up. It looks like George got the car too out of shape to stop, before learning how it handles while in the air.
They really wanted something to go wrong there, but i think they were a little suprised at how much the tracks banking "Yeeted' the car out of there.
Unless you're just looking at the drag-racing and dyno pull parts of the channel, it's as real as any other kind of 'Reality' tv.
I actually make the effort to ask YouTube NOT to show me these types of videos!
As said above, it's just a brand and a platform for selling merch.
One day someone will get hurt badly or killed. I hope they've got a good insurance!
The way to stop them is not watch them. Today there is a number of web influencers making a lot of money doing this kind of stuff.
In the case of this guy they are not taking much risk as they build their stuff pretty well. It is not like the random farm kid who takes a car on the back side of the farm and say watch this.
Cleetus McFarland is nothing more than a comedy channel. I see little there that can help the average automobile owner.
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There are so many better automotive channels on Youtube, then there are the Cleetuses and Davidsfarms at the bottom of the list where all they do is break stuff. I always feel stupider after watching them.
As for Cletus he and his gang make a ton of money doing video content like this. They take all types of cars and do crazy things with them.
Big money in spins. With it they have purchased a race track and a number of cool cars. It has become a big production company. We have worked with them at work and it is amazing how well they do.
More power to em.
FYI they have nothing personal about any car including Fieroโs. It is just a show.
I've seen this guy driving around... but don't really have any interest in meeting the guy. I didn't really realize this when I moved here, but there's tons of car stuff in Tampa. This race track is like 15 minutes from my house, and there's like a dozen YouTubers that have huge properties and buy cars and make videos... (my daughter's channel not withstanding). There's also several of the car shows that are filmed up the street from here, like Two Guys Garage, All Girls Garage, and I think Truck-U and some other one. So much car stuff... there's like 4 race tracks around here too. There's a dirt track, there's the one in Bradenton, and then there's a figure-8 one where apparently they race school busses, and then a road course.
I've never been to any of them, but have been meaning to...
This Cletus guy was driving around in some huge tank on Brandon Boulevard a couple of years ago (I remember seeing it and thinking it was crazy).
I originally thought he was some backwardass hick.....and at the time, he was. But, I've gained more interest since he's also a helicopter pilot and races jet boats. He's tried to mature quite a bit and owns the Freedom Factory race track which he purchased so the general public has a place to race their cars and have safety and medical staff on hand. I watched his court battles with the county because some stupid developer wanted to build a neighborhood right against his race track.....even though there were miles of open property around the track.
