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

DJ Alessandrini


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    Episode 152: The Mythical 100 Cone Slalom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 78:29


    Tom and DJ talk about the optimal slalomDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 151: The Actual Art of Racecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 109:06


    Tom and DJ go over everything there is to racecraft. EVERYTHING. That is why this is the longest episode of the podcast to date!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 150: The Autocross Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 78:32


    Tom and DJ talk about autocross. Then we decide what are the hardest autocross classes and then the easiest?!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 149: Shelly Monfort Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 77:01


    DJ and Tom talk to Shelly Monfort who is a future rally car driver. She currently spends her time looking for severed legs and making pumpkins out of glass.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 148: Step Up To The Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 84:37


    DJ won the Super Challenge at the WDC Pro Solo and then Tom beat DJ in iRacing, so Tom basically won the WDC Pro Solo. Congrats Tom! Hell of a drive!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 147: One Lap Wrap and iRacing Addictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 80:59


    Tom and DJ talk about the final day of One Lap among other thingsDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 146h: Day Eight of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 32:57


    DJ is a drag racer now, and this is a drag racing podcastDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146g: Day Seven of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 17:02


    Huge developements with One Lap as one of the top teams had a major failure.More squishy brakes and charge pipe issues for DJ.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146f: Day Six of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 26:16


    So much to catch up on this episode with so little sleep! Just listen to it NERDSDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146e: Day Five of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 13:33


    Day 5 of OLOA. This episode is right after DJ's morning session at NCM. Short one this time around just due to logistics! Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146d: Day Four of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 30:05


    Tom and DJ talk about coaching while DJ is a passenger princess.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146c: Day Three of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 30:45


    DJ and Tom talk about day 3 at #OLOA2025. This day was the first track event of One Lap at Gateway Motorsports Park (World Wide Technology Center). DJ got to drive on an oval for the first time. Some drama's that didn't involve DJ and Peter happened.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146b: Day Two of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 30:43


    Tom and DJ talk about day two of One Lap of America 2025.We talk about the wet skid pad, autocross and squishy brakes!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 146a: Day One of One Lap 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 23:18


    Tom and DJ discuss the joys of squishy brakes and the first day of One Lap!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 145: The Final Countdown Bedadoodaa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 97:39


    Tom talks about commentating Hallet for the SCCA Majors race he was at this weekend. DJ talks about the switch to a Supra for One Lap of America. We then answer some emails sent into us.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 144: How Does The Feel Make You Time?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 76:33


    Not everyone perceives time the same? How do you quantify that? Tom and DJ have a discussion on how you FEEL time.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 143: Lizard Brains Campfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 87:03


    Late night recording of the podcast talking about bonfire S2000s and Porsche engine's dismantling themselves.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 142: Why do we ALWAYS talk about flags at driver's meetings?!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 78:54


    DJ rants about why we have to ALWAYS talk about flags at every driver's meeting after taking is OWN car on a racetrack in YEARS, and Tom asks, "What are some of the worst rules ever?"Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 141: DJ vs Hyundai

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 93:39


    DJ and Tom talk about DJ's rough weekend in Vegas and what the takeaways are. We also talk about curbs for an extended period of time.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 140: A Chat Between Two Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 98:49


    Tom and DJ just having a chat that goes into some interesting topics brought up by some listeners. Oh and DJ pretended to be a car guy for the weekend.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 139: Matt Waldbaum Was BEGGED To Be On This Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 97:49


    Tom and DJ have a guest this week. One of the OG listeners of the podcast and the master of meme, Matt WaldbaumDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 138: March's Email Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 98:44


    DJ doesn't know how time zones work so their guest never guested. We answered some emails and had some great conversations.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 137: How to Build the Best Driver?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 90:13


    How would you go about building the best possible driver? If the driver was a blank slate how would you go about installing the good habits while avoiding the bad?Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 136: Building Habits to Unlock Bandwidth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 92:04


    Tom and DJ talk about the book "The Power of Habits" and how we can use habits to improve our ability to drive a car and be a better human.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 135: Floridians

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 82:21


    Tom and DJ talk about their separate trips to Florida. DJ went to Sebring for the first time and Tom went to Homestead Miami. Both drove cars this weekend!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 134: Listeners With Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 80:55


    DJ and Tom talk about the sim racing even they had. DJ talks about buying a new car and starting a new job. They both have deep conversations about where racing is at the moment compared to where it has been while catching up on some emails (discord questions) that were sent in.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 133: How Teaching Teaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 82:22


    DJ and Tom talk about how coaching has organized their thoughts and ideas about driving and competing.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 132: Why We Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 84:02


    DJ talks about driving a corvette on snow tires and then Tom and DJ have a discussion on WHY WE (the whole human collective) RACE???Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 131: Sam Myers Spotting for Daytona 24 Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 87:16


    Sam Myers joins Tom and DJ where we learn all about spotting at the highest levels of motorsports. Think about all the inside information you'll hear during this episode while watching the Daytona 24 hour.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 130: 2025 Goals Cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 80:10


    Our annual goal cast. In this episode we go over our goals for the year. We hope that our explanation of our goals helps you plan out your best year yet!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 129: Edoe Shows The Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 91:10


    Tom and DJ talk about the sim racing event that they threw and then eventually start talking about where the foundation of a newbie driver should start.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 128: Looking Back On our 2024 Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 89:22


    Tom and DJ talk about how their goals they set in the beginning of 2024 went and what the takeaways are. We discuss how we can take our failures this year and apply better goals for 2025.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 127: A Unique Way A Talky Face Can Get Started with Kyle Heyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 108:16


    Tom and DJ have a guest this week. We talk with Kyle Heyer about racing and talking about racing and how racing sims gave Kyle a start in a life he didn't think was possible Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 126: Using a Simulator as A Tool

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 84:48


    DJ and Tom accidentally talk about sim racing and the ways to use it to make you a better driver for the whole episodeDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 125: Tom Races a GT4 Ginetta

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 82:44


    DJ and Tom talk about Tom's WRL weekend and takeaways.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 124: Road Atlanta Has Better Internet Than Aruba

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 68:10


    DJ drove multiple GT3 Porsches around Road Atlanta, Tom went scuba diving, ATV Driving and Aruba exploring. Sorry about the internet issues, apperently the internet on a tiny island in the Alantic Ocean doesn't have a robust link to the interwebs.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 123: Giving Thanks

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 93:26


    DJ and Tom talk about what they are thankful for.Join the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below! This is also how you ask questions for us to answer on the podcast.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 122: What Makes A Good Event Good?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 95:52


    What makes a good event? Is being a lizard brain a key to success?Tom and DJ are again talking about a Veritasium video that has the answers to life, DJ talks about coaching at VIR and SEMAJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below! This is also how you ask questions for us to answer on the podcast.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 121: Veritasium, Coaching, SEMA

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 95:49


    Tom and DJ are again talking about a Veritasium video that has the answers to life, DJ talks about coaching at VIR and SEMAWrite in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 120: Will Rodgers From NASCAR

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 103:08


    Will explains to Tom and DJ about motocross, UTV racing, roundy round racing and more. We get to have some conversations about the racing etiquette differences between NASCAR and Sportscar racing.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 119: Records Were Broken

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 87:13


    DJ and Tom catch up from TT Nats.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 118: The Dos and Don'ts of Time Trial Nationals

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 91:22


    DJ and Tom have a short discussion about tires and what makes them easy to drive on or hard to drive on. We then talk about our topic which is SCCA's Time Trial Nationals! We then answer some listener questions about understeer and how they can change some things to get rid of it.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 117: We are Basically Hobby Horsing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 82:48


    Tom is home after racing GLTC and being on the road for a month and a half. DJ larps as a trumpet mentor and can finally sit at the cool kids table.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 116: What is the Limit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 86:38


    Tom talks about some of the SCCA Runoff races, DJ talks about his weekend at Putnam in a GT3 RS. An email question brings up an interesting conversation about how do you know if you are at the limit.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 115: SCCA Runoffs 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 88:48


    DJ Takes an EV Road Trip, Tom is at the SCCA Runoffs. We have an interesting discussion about what makes the runoffs the runoffs.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 114: Tom's Indy Recap, DJ's New Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 93:55


    Tom talks about his IMSA indy weekend. DJ is all excited about his electric future.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 113: Tom's Racing IMSA at Indy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 90:56


    Tom is on vacation chilling before he races IMSA at Indianapolis this upcoming weekend. DJ is planning for the future of the podcast.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 112: This One Covers Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 67:00


    DJ and Tom talk about a local weekday night autocross, Solo Nationals, Champcar, root cause analysis on your FIRST autocross run.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link

    Episode 111E: Solo Nationals 2024 Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 16:45


    DJ and Peter wrap up their week at solo nationals.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 111D: Solo Nationals 2024 Thursday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 20:39


    DJ and Peter talk about their first day competing at nationals and their hopes and dreams for day 2.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

    Episode 111C: Solo Nationals 2024 Wednesday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 27:46


    Tom and DJ are at Solo Nationals! We should be recording an episode every night this week. We talk about Tom's day 2 performance and DJ's anticipation for his first day.Write in your emails at Podcast@lizardbrain.lifeJoin the live recording of the podcast on Discord by clicking the link below!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH

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