Sarin Kodappully takes to areas we never thought of when thinking about racing and life. He proposes the question, Where do you the joy from by being involved in racing? Think about that! Powerful.
Sarin is a pure racer who has been passionate about motorsports for his entire life. His pursuits in motorsports have taken him to kart racing, sim racing, open wheel racing, sports car racing, autocross, track days, time trials, and endurance racing.
Outside of motorsports, Sarin works as a vehicle dynamics engineer for Nexteer Automotive, developing motion control technologies such as steer-by-wire, brake torque vectoring, and four wheel steering.
Sarin’s Advice:
Racing is preparation (What can be done in advance?)
Visualization
Be honest with yourself and understand your goals
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Has Sarin been Late To Grid? Once. It’s a good story. Other than that he always gets to grid early.
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