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The Engine That Lied: The Astonishing Story of the Peugeot L76
October 9, 2026 · 42 minThis is the story of the most important racing engine ever built and how it lied to history for more than 70 years. In 1912 Peugeot built a racing engine called the L76. It was a groundbreaking piece of engineering and the first engine to…
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The Studebaker XH-9350: The Largest Piston Airplane Engine That Never Flew
June 30, 2026 · 41 minThe most monstrous WWII aircraft engine that you have never heard of is called the Studebaker XH-9350. A truly mind boggling project that Studebaker was the last option for when it began in 1942, it's an engine that would have been…
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Oil Burners: The Improbably Awesome History of Cummins At The Indy 500
June 24, 2026 · 59 minCummins diesel engines are an American institution. They've been one of the most massive manufacturers of diesel engines in the United States for more than 100 year now, but did you that they have an incredible history in racing, tied to…
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AMC vs The World: How Two 1979 AMC Spirits Won Class At The 24 hours of The 'Ring
June 23, 2026 · 26 minThis is the story of how a 1979 AMC AMX won its class at the 1979 24 Hours of the Nurburgring. Not only that, how it was done with two hastily built cars, a group of six drivers that included a Hollywood star, and how they did it all on…
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The Decade That Tried To Kill Nitro Drag Racing: The 1970s
May 27, 2026 · 35 minIncredibly, nitro powered drag racing nearly didn't survive the 1970s. It is a story often lost to modern history but it's a harrowing tale of shortages, price escalation, racer intervention, and the survival instincts of racers in Top…
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Sunken Hemi: The Chrysler Concept Car At The Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
May 27, 2026 · 33 minIt was late 1956 and craftsmen in Turin were thrashing to complete the latest, mosrt beautiful, and most complex project they had ever done for Chrysler. It was a concept car called The Norseman and it was both an exceptional design and a…
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Slicks: The Sticky History of the World's Fastest Racing Tires
May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 47 minThe story of drag racing is typically seen as one defined by insane horsepower. The super fuels, the massive blowers, the acceleration that is unmatched by any wheel driven vehicle on Earth. But that actually isn't the root of the…
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Glorious Failure: Mickey Thompson's Wild 1967 Wynn's Spitfire Indy 500 Car
December 17, 2025 · 34 minf there is a story in American motorsports history more compelling than Micke Thompson versus the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I am not sure what it is. The man conquered everything in his path over the course of a titanic career, except…
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War Boost: An Introductory Lesson In WWII Aircraft Engine Supercharging
December 8, 2025 · 22 minThere's nothing like upping the horsepower of an engine with boost. Multiple methods of supercharging exist today and have been brought to an incredible level of efficiency. While these methods were not invented in WWII, their use was…
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Powerama 1955: When GM Ruled The Earth They Put On The Greatest Horsepower Show of All Time
December 1, 2025 · 38 minIn 1955 General Motors decided to put on a show, not just any show, a gathering of vehicles, horsepower, and entertainment the likes of which the world had never seen before and never saw again. Powerama was a one million square foot…
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The Birth of American Muscle: The Story of The Liberty V-12 Engine
November 26, 2025 · 43 minThis is the story of an engine. Not just any engine, but the engine that created the idea of "American Muscle". It was the lightest, most powerful airplane engine in the world during WWI and it was designed by two guys in a hotel room…
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The History of Hydrazine In Drag Racing: The Liquid Boogey Man Explored
November 11, 2025 · 57 minThis is the in-depth history of Hydrazine in the sport of Drag Racing. It is one of the most mythic, misunderstood, and undocumented stories of the sport's past. In this video we'll explore the origins of hydrazine, how it found its way…
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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!