Brandon McKenzie

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Brandon McKenzie

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|06|30}}

| birth_place = Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S.

| Total_ARCA_Races = 2

| Years_In_ARCA = 1

| ARCA_Car_Team =

| Best_ARCA_Pos = 82nd (2015)

| First_ARCA_Race = 2015 Federated Auto Parts 200 (Salem)

| Last_ARCA_Race = 2015 Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care (Toledo)

| First_ARCA_Win =

| Last_ARCA_Win =

| ARCA_Wins = 0

| ARCA_Top_Tens = 0

| ARCA_Poles = 0

| updated = November 5, 2024

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Brandon McKenzie (born June 30, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has competed in the ARCA Racing Series.

In 2015, McKenzie made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Salem Speedway, driving the No. 40 Dodge for Carter 2 Motorsports, where he started in seventeenth and finished eighteen laps down in sixteenth place.{{cite web|url=https://accesswdun.com/print/2015/4/306201/ken-schrader-dominates-for-arca-victory-at-salem|title=Ken Schrader dominates for ARCA victory at Salem |work=AccessWDun.com|access-date=November 5, 2024}} He then ran at Toledo Speedway for the team shortly thereafter, where he started in 22nd and finished in 21st due to a crash.{{cite web|url=https://accesswdun.com/article/2015/5/310879/todd-gilliland-makes-arca-history-with-toledo-win|title=Todd Gilliland makes ARCA history with Toledo win |work=AccessWDun.com|access-date=November 5, 2024}}

In 2024, McKenzie owned an ARCA car purchased from Kimmel Racing and assigned Roger Carter, whom he drove for in his ARCA starts, to pickup and complete the car. With or without McKenzie's permission, Carter subleased the car to Alex Malycke for the ARCA Menards Series East race at Flat Rock Speedway in Michigan. Malycke arrived at the track but Carter no-showed the race which prompted an investigation from the Loudoun County (VA) Sheriff's Office. On July 1st, Carter reported the car and tools "as missing", but he had fled to Virginia a week later.{{cite web|url=https://x.com/arcafan_news/status/1820843376683446341|title=REPORTS: Roger Carter possibly spotted in Virginia! Please let the family who owns that Kimmel #69 know as i have 0 contact with them.|work=Twitter.com|access-date=September 12, 2024}} Carter would later be arrested on July 29,{{cite web|url=https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=571288|title=Biographical Information|work=Department of Corrections|access-date=September 12, 2024}} and the car, as well as the engine and transmission, would not be found until September of that year, with the car ditched in a cornfield in Illinois, and the engine and transmission being found in a storage locker, and were returned to the McKenzie's shortly afterwards.

McKenzie is the father of fellow racing driver London McKenzie, who currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East.{{cite web |url=https://frontstretch.com/2025/04/17/meet-15-year-old-arca-east-rookie-london-mckenzie/ |title=Meet 15-Year-Old ARCA East Rookie London McKenzie |last=Kristl |first=Mark |website=Frontstretch |date=April 17, 2025 |access-date=April 18, 2025}}

McKenzie has also competed in series such as the PASS Pro Late Model Series, the Southeast Legends Tour, the INEX Nashville Spring Series, the INEX Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and the INEX Winter Nationals.{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Brandon_McKenzie|title=Brandon McKenzie |work=The Third Turn|access-date=November 5, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/media/news/awfully-good-racing-highlighted-landen-lewis-olivia-murray-wins-cook-out-summer-shootout.html|title='Awfully Good' Racing Highlighted by Landen Lewis, Olivia Murray Wins at Cook Out Summer Shootout |work=Charlotte Motor Speedway|access-date=November 5, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/media/news/cassill-takes-kaulig-racing-teammates-school-lewis-woodall-earn-championships-cook-out-summer-shootout.html|title=Cassill Takes Kaulig Racing Teammates to School; Lewis, Woodall Earn Championships at Cook Out Summer Shootout |work=Charlotte Motor Speedway|access-date=November 5, 2024}}