The Racing Geek

Brake Bias Issues

rahulnair — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:02:14 +0000

The only major dynamics complaint I had about my Ultralite was the rear lockup issue under hard braking. The car comes with a very nice set of Wilwood brakes (front and rear) with separate master cylinders for the the front and rear so it definitely wasn’t a component quality problem. The issue I was having [...]

“Diff”icult times

rahulnair — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:57:46 +0000

After 18 months of procrastinating about updating the blog about the Ultralite I figure its time to start putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Regular followers of the blog may remember that my Buttonwillow adventure ended with the Ultralite being flatbedded home as it looked like on of the two bolts holding the [...]

The road from LOG 31 (Video)

rahulnair — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:30:36 +0000

Timelapse video of 3 Elises driving back from Lotus Owners Gathering 31 (LOG 31) in Vegas back to the Bay Area through Death Valley and Sonora Pass. Route chosen by Steve M and video by John Z, I just tagged along to make up the numbers It was a spectacular drive with Sonora Pass (skip [...]

FamousFood.us updated

rahulnair — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:35:20 +0000

Just a quick note that I have recently updated the FamousFood.us databases to include the 2012 Michelin Guide, Best Thing I Ever Ate (Season 6), Diners Drive-Ins & Dives (upto season 13) and Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Season 9). This update has added over 300 new restaurants to the database. So head on over to [...]

Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

rahulnair — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:14:00 +0000

I recently attended the 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway and was immediately struck by how different the experience was to the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis that I attended in 2002. This post is a quick recap of what I saw at Sonoma and why F1 needs to change and become [...]

Circus before Dawn

rahulnair — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:10:02 +0000

I recently ran into David Miller, a longtime GGLC member and the newly published author of Circus before Dawn, a novel set in a fictional version of the 1999 Formula 1 season about an start-up F1 team based in the Bay Area. As soon as he told me the basic premise of the novel I [...]

Thoughts on “Senna”

rahulnair — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:00:54 +0000

I recently had the chance to see a special pre-release screening of the Senna movie and since people have constantly been asking me for my opinion of it I figured its time to put my thoughts down on paper. Since the movie was shot entirely using archival footage it is being classified as a documentary [...]

Emergency Preparedness Pack

rahulnair — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:54:25 +0000

One of the big things that the Japan Earthquake brought home to me was my absolute unpreparedness for any sort of disaster or emergency evacuation situation. I spent a bunch of time online looking for pre-made emergency “bug-out” kits and while there are several decent ones out there I felt that they were all missing [...]

Lotus Management on the Future of Lotus (GGLC Exclusive Interviews)

rahulnair — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:23:11 +0000

Cross-posting the interviews I conducted for the GGLC at the LA Auto Show and originally posted on the GGLC blog: GGLC attended the North America launch of the new Lotus range at the LA Auto Show and got a chance to speak to senior management about their plans for Lotus and the challenges in launching [...]

FamousFood.us: Find the restaurants featured on your favourite TV shows

rahulnair — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:10:05 +0000

As some of you may already know, I have recently launched a new website named FamousFood.us that allows you to quickly find restaurants featured on TV shows such as Best Thing I Ever Ate, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, etc.. as well as Michellin guide rated restaurants. I figure it finally time [...]