Cleetus McFarland's new NASCAR deal at Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has certainly got people talking ahead of this weekend's action in Phoenix, and Kyle Busch is the latest to offer his take.

Earlier this week, RCR announced that McFarland was set to make his O'Reilly Series debut in their No. 33 Chevrolet at Rockingham Speedway on April 4. McFarland later revealed he had signed for two years and was set to run at all of the superspeedway races for the team in NASCAR's second series.

This all comes despite the YouTube star's lack of experience, having only raced once in a NASCAR national series race, which came in the Truck race at Daytona in February. Unfortunately, that ended in a self-inflicted wreck on lap six, leading to plenty of discussion in the NASCAR community about whether or not he should have been approved to race in the first place.

That debate is well and truly alive again after Thursday's announcement, and if you thought Busch would hold back just because he also drives for RCR, you'd be very much mistaken.

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Kyle Busch: My 10-year-old son has run more races than Cleetus

Speaking to the media at Phoenix Raceway, via Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass, the two-time Cup champion joked that his 10-year-old son Brexton was more experienced than Cleetus, questioning NASCAR's approval process.

“I don’t know how many races he’s run. Denny Hamlin ran 10,000, right, before he got here," Busch said, referring to a comment made by Hamlin after wrecking Chase Elliott at Martinsville in 2017.

"I don’t know if Cleetus has run 10 or not, but there’s definitely a need to having ample experience.

“My son’s probably run more races than he has, and he’s 10 years old. You know what I mean?

"I don’t think that sits well with many of us.”

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Busch's more positive take

Despite the above, by no means is Busch hating on Cleetus or his opportunity.

"Good for him," Busch also told the media. "I feel like when you've got drivers that have funding and are able to come up here and do this sort of stuff, then by all means.

"There's gonna be the critics [asking] where's the approval process? And I'm probably one of those to some.

"This might be one of those cases, but we haven't stopped letting people race yet, so why now?"

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