66 Episodes

  1. 500mph Failure: The Incredible Wingfoot Express 2 and A History of Rocket Cars 1928-1965

    Published: 10/6/2025
  2. Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History

    Published: 10/6/2025
  3. Fastest Car In The World: The 1906 Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher

    Published: 9/9/2025
  4. The Novi V8: A History of the Indy 500s Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster

    Published: 9/9/2025
  5. Party Crashers: How Five Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Changed Drag Racing Forever

    Published: 9/9/2025
  6. The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History

    Published: 8/22/2025
  7. Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy 500 Legend

    Published: 8/22/2025
  8. Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing

    Published: 8/22/2025
  9. The 313mph Backyard Hot Rod: The Story of Art Arfons' 2,500hp Anteater

    Published: 7/13/2025
  10. Masters of Disaster: The Men Who Invented and Perfected Oil Well Firefighting

    Published: 7/13/2025
  11. The Man Who Made Garlits: Setto Postoian and Drag Racing's First Top Fuel Rivalry

    Published: 6/2/2025
  12. Ludicrous Speed: The Racing and Land Speed Record Tractors of the 1930s

    Published: 6/2/2025
  13. Harnessing Hell: A History Of Top Fuel Clutch Technology 1950-1970

    Published: 6/2/2025
  14. War For The Woods: The Incredible Effort To Save New England's Forests After The Hurricane of 1938

    Published: 5/12/2025
  15. The Malcontent: Scotty Fenn's Self-Destruction In Drag Racing

    Published: 5/12/2025
  16. The Buffum V8: America's Long Ago Forgotten First V8 Powered Production Car

    Published: 5/12/2025
  17. Battling Beast of Burden: The Story Of The Massive M26 Dragon Wagon Truck of WWII

    Published: 10/7/2024
  18. War Hemi: The Story of Ford's 1,100ci Aluminum WWII GAA V8

    Published: 9/24/2024
  19. Drag Racing's Mad Scientist: The Beautiful Mind Of Sneaky Pete Robinson

    Published: 9/9/2024
  20. Two Engines and No Chance: Al Stein's Twin Engine Porsche Indy Car Was Homebuilt Perfection

    Published: 9/9/2024

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The Dork-O-Motive Podcast hosted by Brian Lohnes is a research driven, story fueled, mechanically stoked look at the machines, people, and history that make up the modern mechanical world. Whether it's the stories of the men and women who have done amazing things in racing, the machines that roar around tracks and shape the Earth, or some bizarre mechanized history, Dork-O-Motive is here to bring you the story in a fun, well-researched, and informative way!