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Cleetus McFarland mentioned he wanted to file an “official protest” towards Tony Stewart forward of the NASCAR Truck Series race at Daytona.

Ahead of his first Truck Series begin, McFarland and different rookies had to attend a necessary assembly with NASCAR.

But Stewart was not in attendance, regardless of not making an look within the Truck Series since manner back in 2005.

Speaking at his press convention, McFarland joked: “I texted him today, actually. I was going to put in an official protest with NASCAR.

“He didn’t come to the rookie meeting for the Trucks. That was pretty outrageous. But I’ll let it slide. And I’m really excited to see him out there.”

McFarland is one of a host of drivers excited to see Stewart back out on monitor. Chase Briscoe, who grew up a big fan, mentioned on Wednesday: “Yeah, I’m excited. I was trying to find a shirt that I had that would fit me, but I don’t have any anymore. 

“I’m fired up as a fan to watch him. He told me before the announcement came out that’s he’s going to come do it. Just to see how excited he really was for it. 

“He’s hardly run any truck races as it is. He’s asking me all these questions, and I think he’s more nervous than he’s letting off. 

“Just because he’s like, ‘man, I’m not going to get a practice in the draft. I’m doing single car runs all the time. I have to qualify in.’ It’ll be interesting to see what he thinks. 

“And that field is like stacked. It’s probably the toughest Truck Series field we’ve had in Daytona in a long time. So, it’ll be fun to see kind of where he picks up.”

Asked if giving him advice was unusual, Briscoe added: “It was a little. I gave him a little bit, but in the back of my mind, I’m thinking like, ‘why are you asking me?

“Like, you’re in the Hall of Fame, not me.’ But no, it was cool. I mean, everybody knows he’s my hero, right? Just the fact that, he was even asking, just questions of what the trucks drive like and things. It was neat.”