4.1 Drag Racing's Darkest Day: The 1969 Yellow River Drag Strip Disaster

1.5: The Mafia Killer Who Loved Funny Cars - The Full Story of Broadway Freddy DeName: The sport of drag racing has many strange stories woven into its history, but perhaps none stranger than that of Broadway Freddie DeName. A funny car racer, a car thief, and ultimately a mafia killer for the most infamous crew in American history. DeName... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

78 min listen

1.9: The Wrong Guys With The Wrong Car: How Two Drag Racers Set The Closed Course Speed Record At Daytona In 1961: Sometimes all the wrongs do make a right and this story is proof. Two guys with the wrong car, the wrong background, and the wrong approach somehow managed to break a record that had stymied the best engineers, had killed the best racers, and had challen... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

34 min listen

1.4: Captain Jack McClure - The Man With The 215mph Rocket Powered Go-Kart! by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

42 min listen

1.1: Fireball Roberts Takes On LeMans And Nearly Wins!: On this first episode of the Dork-O-Motive Podcast, host Brian Lohnes tells the story of how NASCAR great Fireball Roberts raced a Ferrari at the 1962 24 Hours of LeMans and nearly won! This is the story of a talented driver, a unique car owner, and a le... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

38 min listen

Short-O-Motive: The Million Dollar Demolition Derby and Evel Knievel in LA Circa 1973: It was billed as the most expensive demolition derby in history. Vehicles like a Rolls Royce, Cadillac Eldorado, and loads of late model cars were pitted in a battle to the death in the LA Coliseum preceding an Evel Knievel motorcycle jump. Incredibly ra... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

7 min listen

1.2: The Greatest Upset In Racing History That You've Never Heard Of!: Back in 1959 Rodger Ward completed the greatest upset in American racing history when he drove a dirt track midget on a road course and beat the best sports cars and sports car racers in America at their own game. The event was held at Lime Rock Park in ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

29 min listen

1.6: The Most Insane Speed Parts Company In History - Turbonique! Thrust, Danger, and Federal Prison Sentences: The story of Turbonique, the most insane speed parts company in the history of cars is amazing. it involves a NASA consultant, an obsession with hot rodding, dangerous fuels, deception, mail fraud, and prison time. It also involves rocket powered automot... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

49 min listen

1.7 The Final Dinosaur: The Story Of The Last Front Engine Dragster To Win An NHRA Top Fuel Wally: This is the awesome and improbably story of how a 23-year old speed shop counter worker became the last guy to ever win top fuel at a national event in a front engine dragster. From the car's history with Don Prudhomme to the bizarre raceday turns of eve... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

11 min listen

Short-O-Motive: The Day An Airplane Destroyed The Tree At An NHRA National Event: There are strange days at the drag strip and then there are days you wish you never went to the drag strip. One of those days occurred at the 1975 NHRA LeGrand National at Sanair Super Speedway outside of Montreal, Canada. This was the only NHRA National... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

6 min listen

Short-O-Motive: That Time A Dump Truck Ran The Eastern Africa Safari Rally In 1967: In one of the weirdest promotions of all time, Diamond REO shipped a brand new prototype dump truck to Africa in 1967 and pre-ran the entire route of the East African Safari Rally. This was an insane feat of endurance and strength as the rally was basica... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

14 min listen

1.12: The Race To Death: The 1903 Paris to Madrid Contest Was The Worst Race Ever Held: It seems incredible by the standards of 2020, but the 1903 Paris to Madrid Race was such an incalculable calamity and had amassed such a loss of life that it was cancelled after the first day. In an era when the most powerful cars in the world made less ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

66 min listen

1.22: Knievel vs The Canyon: The Insane and Incredible Story Of The Snake River Canyon Jump: There was a time in America when the most famous person in the entire country was a lunatic with a motorcycle called Evel Knievel. His fame and his public bravery reached their outer limits on September 8, 1974 when Knievel tried to jump the Snake Rive C... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

85 min listen

1.13: Hellfighter The Story Of The Mack Super Pumper A Firetruck Mighty Enough To Extinguish Hell Itself by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

27 min listen

1.15: The Killer Plane and The American Hero That Tamed It - Jimmy Doolittle and the 300mph Gee Bee R1 by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

54 min listen

1.17: How To Mow Down A Forest Like Grass: The Brutal Genius Of Operation Highball In 1950: Back in 1940s and 50s America it wasn’t a question if the forest should be ripped down, it was a question of how quickly that pesky forest could be dispatched with and who could figure out the best way to do it. Such was the case when the US Government p... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

48 min listen

1.10: International Incident- How American Indy Cars Destroyed Formula One Cars Heads Up At Monza In 1957 and 1958: It was called, "The Race of Two Worlds" and it was one of the neatest racing spectacles ever devised. The premise was simple. American Indianapolis racers vs the best European Formula One teams on the speed oval at Monza, Italy. The speed course at Monza... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

59 min listen

1.8: They Partied Like Hell - The Story Of Wreckage, Debauchery, and A Burning Bus At The 1974 US Grand Prix: It was the racing party to end all racing parties and it happened at the 1974 US Grand Prix in an area of Watkins Glenn International Raceway known as the Bog. A muddy area that was virtually cheap to inhabit all weekend long with no rules and less secur... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

28 min listen

1.14: The 576mph Backyard Hot Rodder - Art Arfons Was America's Fastest Do It All Bad Ass: Art Arfons was the world's land speed record holder three times in the 1960s. He was the first man over 150mph on a drag strip, he was a world's champion tractor puller, and he did it all by himself, using his brain, his hands and very few dollars. This ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

142 min listen

1.11 Don't Judge A Failure By It's Cover: The Insane Story Of The Vulcan Shuttle: The Vulcan Shuttle is one of the most infamous cars in drag racing history. A virtually stock bodied VW Beetle with a solid fuel rocket engine for power, it was built and campaigned by Raul Cabrera and Ron Poole. Ultimately Poole was killed in the car bu... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

22 min listen

1.20: Honest Abe Was A Gearhead: How Abraham Lincoln Became The Only President With A Patent and More!: Yes, Abraham Lincoln was a gearhead. The man who many still hold as the greatest President in the history of the United States is the only President to hold a patent and his legal work helped to lay the groundwork for the modern world of transportation a... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

32 min listen

1.19: Wally vs The World: How Wally Parks Shocked The America And Gained Control of Drag Racing In 1958 by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

97 min listen

1.18: A Miraculous Disaster - In 1949 The Holland Tunnel Burned At 4,000-Degrees And No One Died: Just before 9 A.M. on Friday, May 13th, 1949 a truck carrying unstable and dangerous chemicals exploded inside the Holland Tunnel's Southbound side while traveling out of New York City. Instantly, a disaster broke out with multiple trucks catching fire a... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

36 min listen

1.16: The Forgotten Disaster - How America's Worst Maritime Nightmare Happened In 1865 And Who It Happened To: The sinking of the SS Sultana in 1865 to this day stands as the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the United States. More people died in the middle of the Mississippi river on an April night than would die some 50 years later on the Titanic in... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

58 min listen

1.23: Operation Snowbound: How American Teamwork Saved Millions of People and Livestock During The Worst Winter Ever by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

48 min listen

1.24: The Best Worst Ship Ever - The Story Of The SS Great Eastern: This is the story of one of the greatest engineering achievements of the Victorian Age. It is also the story of a ship so far ahead of its time it was one of the greatest financial failures ever accounted in the modern world. At the time of its construc... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

87 min listen

1.21: Henry's Big Screwjob: How The Dodge Brothers and Henry Ford Made Millions While Hating Each Other by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

52 min listen

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 horror as a funny car flew off the racing surface ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

68 min listen

1.28 Out Of Gas At 41,000ft: The Unbelievable Story Of The Gimli Glider: On July 23, 1983 a Canada Air 767 with 61 passengers and eight crew aboard ran out of fuel while flying over a remote area of Ontario, Canada at 41,000ft. The pilot and co-pilot were able to take the airplane and glide to to a harrowing but safe landing ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

46 min listen

3.4: Fastest - An Oral History of the 1992 Hot Rod Magazine Fastest Street Car Shootout: In 1992 Hot Rod Magazine gathered a collection of the fastest street cars in America for a showdown in Memphis, Tennessee. The reverberations of this event are still being felt today as it helped to rocket the movement of "fast street cars" into the ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

136 min listen

1.25: A Race To Oblivion: The 1927 Dole Air Derby: The 1927 Dole Air Race stands as one of the most bizarre and tragic events in the history of flight. Paid for by James Dole, the pineapple magnate, the race was designed to capitalize on the fame that came from Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic on ... by The Dork-O-Motive Podcast

72 min listen

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