The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

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!

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Episoder(82)

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

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

This is the story of Walter Arfons' incredible Wingfoot Express 2 rocket land speed car. It's also a history of some pretty incredible rocket powered cars from the 1920s through the 1960s. Machines th...

6 Okt 202533min

Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History

Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History

This is the story of a company that is one of the most incredible in auto racing history. An operation known for making small engines for fire pumps, for manufacturing forklifts, and for creating mari...

6 Okt 202550min

Fastest Car In The World: The 1906 Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher

Fastest Car In The World: The 1906 Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher

This is the story of the fastest car in the world in 1906. The first car to exceed 120mph and a machine that destroyed the most decorated field of automotive competition ever assembled to that point i...

9 Sep 202544min

The Novi V8: A History of the Indy 500s Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster

The Novi V8: A History of the Indy 500s Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster

The famed Novi V8 is one of the most storied engine in American motorsports history and also one of the most star-crossed.   Massively power, innovative in its design and capable of making noise like...

9 Sep 202551min

Party Crashers: How Five Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Changed Drag Racing Forever

Party Crashers: How Five Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Changed Drag Racing Forever

This is a story about how five cars with no proper competition class, all running on nitro, crashed the party at the 1965 NHRA US Nationals and changed drag racing forever.   This is the story of ear...

9 Sep 202542min

The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History

The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History

The Offenhauser four cylinder engine is one of the most incredible power plants in the history of American motorsports.   It's basic design was conceived as a boat engine in the 1920s, making about 1...

22 Aug 20251h 11min

Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy 500 Legend

Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy 500 Legend

Ford's foray into the Indy 500 in the 1960s is a motorsports story for the ages. In 1963 the company used a pushrod engine derived from their successful 260ci small block V8. After nearly winning the ...

22 Aug 202552min

Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing

Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing

Today, centrifugal superchargers play a huge roll in the sport of drag racing. They are capable of making huge power efficiently and the technology built into them is of the highest orders of strength...

22 Aug 202515min

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