Cleetus McFarland no longer wants to race in the NASCAR Cup Series

There was a time when internet sensation Cleetus McFarland wanted to race in the NASCAR Cup Series and compete in the Daytona 500. That was before he made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Daytona in February.

"Now that I'm in this, I don't want to race Cup at all," McFarland told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. "That's terrifying to me. Those guys are so... the gap between my still and those guys is massive."

That's because McFarland has seen firsthand how difficult it is to race at the highest levels of NASCAR. He'll get to experience that again on Saturday at Rockingham Speedway, where he'll make his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut with Richard Childress Racing. 

Still, with only five ARCA Menards Series starts and a very short-lived Truck Series debut under his belt in regard to stock car experience, McFarland is taking things slower than he used to.