Podcast

Lizard Brains: Driving Drivers

Automotive, Education, Leisure, Self-Improvement

Tom O'Gorman and DJ Alessandrini talk about racing, life and about how racing is life.

Automotive chart
#172
Episodes
245
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 22 min
On air since
2022
Latest episode
5 days ago

Episodes

245 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 223: Club Motorsports and Pineview Run

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    DJ talks about his first weekend for One Lap 2027 recon

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    33 min
  2. Episode 222: Autocross Shootout at Lime Rock and NEPA Pocono Track Cross

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    DJ talks about his weekend and his takeaways driving a Supra in some faster environments then that little Supra is used to.

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    31 min
  3. Episode 221: Watkins Glen, Driving When Feeling Bad, and Kevin Zhu

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    Kevin forgot to give Brian Lempke a shoutout during the podcast, so it's right here.

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    54 min
  4. Episode 220: Data Nerds Gonna Nerd

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    DJ talks to Steve Fehr about RTK data logging and where amateur data acquisition is heading.

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    1 hr 21 min
  5. Episode 219: The Podcast Will Be Different

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    DJ talks about his weekend at NCCAR when he ditched the Noreaster to autocross in the sun

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    28 min
  6. Episode 218: All of Your Questions Have Been Answered

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    Tom and DJ answer your questions submitted in our Discord

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    1 hr 19 min
  7. Episode 217: 2026 Solo Nationals Recap

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    Tom and DJ talk about the 2026 Solo Nationals

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    1 hr 24 min
  8. Episode 216: Revisiting Episode #2 About The Mental Game

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    Please enjoy this old episode about the mental game

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    1 hr 16 min
  9. Episode 215: Tom Goes Spec MX5 Racing

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    Tom tells us about his weekend racing a borrowed Spec MX5 racecar at Barber Motorsports and then DJ and Tom talk about the state of motorsports and Solo Nationals

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    1 hr 21 min
  10. Episode 214: DJ's Origin Story

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    DJ tells the podcast about his origin story

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    1 hr 32 min
  11. Episode 213: Tom O'Gorman's Origin Story

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    Tom tells the podcast about his origin story

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    1 hr 35 min
  12. Episode 212: DJ Might Be A Supra Fan

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    DJ talks about the Lincoln Pro

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    1 hr 5 min
  13. Episode 211: Finger Glening

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    Tom and DJ talk about their seperate weekends in the Finger Lakes area.

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    1 hr 27 min
  14. Episode 210: JERBS

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    Tom and DJ discuss their time spent at the same autocross event and then answer a bunch of podcast questions

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    1 hr 22 min
  15. A Short Lizzy: Belief

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    DJ fires up the podcast machine in the wee hours of the morning to talk about the importance of belief.

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    7 min
  16. Episode 209: Plateaus and What To Do About It

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    Tom and DJ talk about how to recognize a plateau, and how to avoid one.

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    1 hr 24 min
  17. Episode 208: The Full Review of Zenith

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    Tom talks about his weekend racing a Ginetta in Zenith Endurance series.

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    1 hr 22 min
  18. Episode 207: Trying Too Hard

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    Tom and DJ discuss dealing with pressure and then the talk about examples of people trying to dang hard

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    1 hr 19 min
  19. Episode 206: Smaller Bites Helps Motivation?

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    Tom and DJ talk about the sources of motivation and things we can do to influence it.

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    1 hr 22 min
  20. Episode 205: Old Rag and Full Course Cautions

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    Tom talks about commentating Watkins Glen and DJ talks about hiking in Shenandoah National Park

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    1 hr 31 min