What starts as a conversation on a golf course doesn't usually turn into a race track—but that's exactly what happened in Imperial Valley. In this episode of Checkers & Wreckers on Racer Radio, hosts Dave Stall and Brittany Sandoval sit down with Jeff Dale and Matt Reed, the driving forces behind the brand-new 86th Speedway, a grassroots dirt kart track built by racers, for racers.

What makes this story so compelling is that Jeff and Matt aren't corporate track owners or professional promoters. They're motorsports enthusiasts who saw an opportunity to create something their community needed and decided to make it happen. With a 14-acre property, a lot of determination, and help from friends, family, and volunteers, they transformed an empty piece of land into one of Southern California's newest racing destinations.

The conversatio ...