From a $600 Ford Explorer built for a destruction derby to a 1966 El Camino tearing down the drag strip and a deeply personal Yamaha YZ250 restoration, this episode of Checkers & Wreckers on Racer Radio is all about why racers build, compete, and keep coming back. Dave Stall and Brittany Sandoval kick things off with Sheldon Creed’s win at Darlington before Brittany gives an update on her newly acquired 1986 Porsche 944 project—including driving it in 90-degree heat without air conditioning just to get acquainted with her new ride.

Garrett Hargis of Hargis 243 Racing joins the show to explain how he got into destruction derby racing with little more than a $600 Ford Explorer, some welded reinforcement, and a willingness to mix it up. Behind the fun is a ...