Battling Beast of Burden: The Story Of The Massive M26 Dragon Wagon Truck of WWII
This is the in-depth history of what I believe to be the greatest heavy duty truck of the second world war. The M26 tank retriever was a machine designed with armor, with an engine of 1,090ci, with br...
7 Okt 202426min
War Hemi: The Story of Ford's 1,100ci Aluminum WWII GAA V8
It's a stunning thing to realize that Ford mass-produced an 1,100ci, dual overhead camshaft, alunimum block, flat plane crank V8 in the 1940s. Sill the largest mass produced V8 engine ever, it was jus...
24 Sep 202419min
Drag Racing's Mad Scientist: The Beautiful Mind Of Sneaky Pete Robinson
This is the story of one of the greatest minds in the history of the sport of drag racing. Lew Russell Robinson known more widely as "Sneaky Pete" Robinson was an innovator without equal in the 1960s....
9 Sep 202440min
Two Engines and No Chance: Al Stein's Twin Engine Porsche Indy Car Was Homebuilt Perfection
The Indy 500 has long been recognized as one of the most amazing hot beds of racing innovation in history. The 1966 race saw a car that may well stand as one of the most unique, inventive, and downrig...
9 Sep 202434min
4.3 The Greatest Race You've Never Heard Of: A History of Bahamas Speed Week 1954-1966
Every winter for 13 years between 1954 and 1966 the greatest sports cars as well as the greatest sports car drivers in the world would gather in the Bahamas for what may well have been the coolest rac...
25 Feb 20241h 6min
4.2 The Wild History Of INDOOR Drag Racing In Chicago During The 1960s!
During three winters in the 1960s, hot rodders in Chicago had the unique opportunity to do something no one has been able to do before or since. They went drag racing indoors. The didn't just do it on...
9 Feb 202436min
4.1 Drag Racing's Darkest Day: The 1969 Yellow River Drag Strip Disaster
In early March of 1969, the single worst disaster in the history of American motorsports took place at a small, virtually unknown drag strip in rural Georgia. Yellow River Drag Strip was the scene of ...
5 Feb 20241h 7min
3.7 Origin Story: How Stock Car Racing Was Born In Los Angeles Circa 1934!
You think you know, but you have no idea. Stock car racing in the United States was born in the south, but not the south you are think of. On this episode of the Dork-O-Motive podcast, host Brian Lohn...
7 Sep 20231h 32min
