Beckam Drake comes from what he calls a “pretty cookie-cutter Texas family.” His mom, Kaylyn, teaches English as a second language in the local public schools. His dad, Justin, is a mechanic in the oil fields north of Amarillo, where the family lives. When the eighteen-year-old Beckam needs to get around, he drives his family’s Chevrolet Silverado, which has 233,000 miles on the odometer. He’s always loved Legos and model cars and adding obstacles to a little dirt bike track he built in the backyard. “He’s the kid that was completely happy with a roll of duct tape and a cardboard box,” Kaylyn says.If you ran into Beckam in a crowd—he’s five nine and 155 pounds with a toothy smile and a short mop of…
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