
Clay County Salute to Veterans win gets IMCA career top ranking from Beckendorf
SPENCER, Iowa (July 20, 2022) – He’s won a lot of races in a Friesen Performance IMCA Modified but Brandon Beckendorf didn’t hesitate when asked just where to rank his run to the checkers at Wednesday night’s Hunting With Heroes Salute to Veterans at Clay County Fair Speedway. “This is number one. It means a lot to me and it’s the highest paying race I’ve won,” Beckendorf said following the $3,500 feature victory, his fifth of the season and IMCA career 183rd. “It’s a pretty neat deal. This is a bucket list race every year.” A late charge took ninth starting Jake McBirnie to second. Tom Berry Jr. swapped the lead with Beckendorf on laps 15 and 16 before finishing third and Tim Ward and Jeremy Mills completed the top five. Mills led the first three laps from the pole before Beckendorf was scored inches ahead at the end of the fourth circuit. Berry came calling after a lap 10 restart; Chris Abelson spun out of third to bring out the next yellow, then Beckendorf [Read More]