Lizard Brains: Driving Drivers
DJ Alessandrini and Tom O'Gorman
Updated 2 days agoTom O'Gorman and DJ Alessandrini talk about racing, life and about how racing is life.
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Episodes (224)
Episode 139: Matt Waldbaum Was BEGGED To Be On This Podcast
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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 120: Will Rodgers From NASCAR
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 [email protected] 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
DJ and Tom catch up from TT Nats.Write in your emails at [email protected] 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
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 [email protected] 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
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 [email protected] 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?
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 [email protected] 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
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 [email protected] 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