Lizard Brains: Driving Drivers
DJ Alessandrini and Tom O'Gorman
Updated 7 days agoTom O'Gorman and DJ Alessandrini talk about racing, life and about how racing is life.
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Episodes (230)
Episode 188: DJ is AMP'd Up About Figure Skating
DJ talks about his weekend at Atlanta Motorsports Park. Tom talks about his weekend commentating for an SCCA Majors race.Then, both of them talk about Alysa Liu and how her Olympic performance can translate into driving and competition overall.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 187: Driving With Intentions
Tom and DJ talk about the intentions of driving and getting out of your own head/wayDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 186: Sometimes The Clouds Need To Be Yelled At
Tom and DJ yell at clouds and then eventually answer some questions from listenersDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 185: Charleston Peak is a GREAT Track
Tom and DJ discuss DJ's weekend coaching at Charleston Peak and coaching racecraftDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 184: Do You Play In The Snow?
Tom and DJ discuss being professional product reviewers, playing in the snow, some product previews and some email questionsDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 183: What Even is Slip Angle?
Tom and DJ discuss the fear of failure and what actually is slip angle?Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 182: Say Something Nice About the Other Host
Tom talks about his move, DJ talks about Roar, then they jump into some good questions provided by some podcast listenersDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 181: Positivity Can Change How You Learn
Tom and DJ discuss how to get out of a destructive negative space.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 180: Lizards Wrap Up 2025
Tom and DJ review 2025 for themselves and assess their goals and how they are influencing their 2026 objectives. We also did peaks and valleys with 2025Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 179: Lizzy Brainsmas
Tom and DJ talk about heartburn, dumb things that we learned nothing from and how to tell when a car is too looseDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 178: The Sim Lizard 3hr Roundup and Stuff and Questions
Tom and DJ talk about the aftermath of the Sim Lizard 3 Hour and answer some questions from the podcast listeners involving goals and brining in new people into motorsportsDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 177: What Track Would You Drive Backwards
Tom and DJ talk about their iRacing event coming up, The Sim Lizard 3 Hour We also talk about multi class racing and how to survive and thrive!Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 176: We're Hooked On Driving
Tom and DJ talk about their weekend at VIR with HOD Mid AtlanticDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 175: Thankful Lizards
Tom and DJ catch up and talk about what they are thankful for. We also talk about why Europeans are better at racing than Americans.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 174: Heyward Wagner Talks About Balance and Life As A Recovering Lizard
DJ and Tom talk to an organizational Lizard, Heyward Wagner, who is the Vice President of Rally/Solo and Experiential Programs for the SCCADiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 173: How to Balance Aggression
Tom and DJ answer questions that have been stacking up in the podcast discordDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 172: Sim Season is Starting
Tom and DJ gear up for some sim racing this winterDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 171: We're Criminals
Tom has a busy motorsports week after doing a Champcar race with Out Motorsports and working the very last TNIA at Pittrace. DJ built a new computer, walked through canopies with Christine, and went autocrossing.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 170: SPRINT RACING
DJ and Tom both went sprint racing this weekend. Tom got to party in GLTC and DJ got to party in Spec3. Both of them gave a recap of their weekends.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 169: A Very Nice Episode
DJ and Tom talk about things DJ can't remember while writing this descriptionDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 168: The Death of Pittrace
Tom and DJ talk about the death of Pittrace, Runoffs, Peters new car and answer some emailsDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 167: We Went Endurance Racing!
Tom and DJ have lots of stories after endurance racing with Spicy Cat Racing this weekend. That is a webstore aimed at drivers. Google it.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube LinkSpicy Cat Racing Store
Episode 166: TT Nats, and Enjoying The Journey
Tom talks about TT Nats, DJ talks about driving with Ken Houseal and Tires.We then answer a question about how to find joy while in the valley of despair.Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link
Episode 165: Driving Styles
We talk about driving styles, is it even a thing though?Discord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCHYoutube Link
Episode 164: Tom is a Solo National Champion, again!
Tom talks about his Solo Nationals win, DJ talks about being present and focusing on the taskDiscord LinkShow your lizard brains on the outside with Merch!CLICK HERE FOR THE MERCH