The Dork-O-Motive Podcast
A podcast by Brian Lohnes
66 Episodes
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500mph Failure: The Incredible Wingfoot Express 2 and A History of Rocket Cars 1928-1965
Published: 10/6/2025 -
Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History
Published: 10/6/2025 -
Fastest Car In The World: The 1906 Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher
Published: 9/9/2025 -
The Novi V8: A History of the Indy 500s Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster
Published: 9/9/2025 -
Party Crashers: How Five Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Changed Drag Racing Forever
Published: 9/9/2025 -
The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History
Published: 8/22/2025 -
Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy 500 Legend
Published: 8/22/2025 -
Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing
Published: 8/22/2025 -
The 313mph Backyard Hot Rod: The Story of Art Arfons' 2,500hp Anteater
Published: 7/13/2025 -
Masters of Disaster: The Men Who Invented and Perfected Oil Well Firefighting
Published: 7/13/2025 -
The Man Who Made Garlits: Setto Postoian and Drag Racing's First Top Fuel Rivalry
Published: 6/2/2025 -
Ludicrous Speed: The Racing and Land Speed Record Tractors of the 1930s
Published: 6/2/2025 -
Harnessing Hell: A History Of Top Fuel Clutch Technology 1950-1970
Published: 6/2/2025 -
War For The Woods: The Incredible Effort To Save New England's Forests After The Hurricane of 1938
Published: 5/12/2025 -
The Malcontent: Scotty Fenn's Self-Destruction In Drag Racing
Published: 5/12/2025 -
The Buffum V8: America's Long Ago Forgotten First V8 Powered Production Car
Published: 5/12/2025 -
Battling Beast of Burden: The Story Of The Massive M26 Dragon Wagon Truck of WWII
Published: 10/7/2024 -
War Hemi: The Story of Ford's 1,100ci Aluminum WWII GAA V8
Published: 9/24/2024 -
Drag Racing's Mad Scientist: The Beautiful Mind Of Sneaky Pete Robinson
Published: 9/9/2024 -
Two Engines and No Chance: Al Stein's Twin Engine Porsche Indy Car Was Homebuilt Perfection
Published: 9/9/2024
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!