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Kathryn "Kat" Teasdale
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News Update - -
January 2005
Dear Race Fans, It has been quite a while since I penned anything for this page. Since I retired from the sport in 1998 (2000 working within NASCAR back in NC), I moved back to the Toronto, Ontario Canada area and carried on with my life. Many opportunities presented themselves because of my involvement in sport, and the business world associated. Aside from my corporate life (being a venture capitalist) I enjoy, as always, golf, skiing, real estate hunting and the characters in my world. Here is a link to a pdf file that highlights one of my current endeavors. In a manner of speaking I am still racing in my life, and although it doesn’t involve making a Chevy or Porsche do something it doesn’t want too at 180 mph, it is very full. I am fortunate to have raced, and fortunate to have the life I do now.
Please feel free to contact me at any time.
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Kat's 1997 Busch North car |
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| Kat's Notes - - A former downhill ski racer, 39-year-old Kat discovered a love for automobile racing when a knee injury sidelined her. She started racing in 1988 in Formula Ford 2000 before moving into SCCA and the Players GM Motorsports Series in Canada. Here's some quick Kat Facts: |
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| Before going into racing, Kat wanted to be a writer. In fact, she wrote numerous short stories and poems as a teenager in the style of Edgar Allan Poe. Kat's favorite book is John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany upon which the recent movie Simon Birch is based. |
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Kathryn "Kat" Teasdale |
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| Kat's Tech Notes - - Roof flaps (roof air deflectors) have become a common part of Busch Grand National racing. There is only one approved manufacturer and the installation procedure is the same for all makes of cars. They are simple to install and easy to inspect because there are no electronics involved. The roof flaps are deployed when the car goes into a spin with sufficient force to lift the flaps. During inspection, they are checked to make sure that it takes no more than 2 1/2 pounds of force to lift the flaps. When deployed, the flaps create turbulence in the air, the airflow is slowed, increasing the downward air pressure on the car, eliminating the lift factor, and keeping the car on the track. The forerunner to the roof flap, still in use today, is the strakes on the right and left sides of the roofs. This small 'fin' runs the length of the roof and down along the rear window. When the car goes into a spin, the strakes disrupt the air flow, engaging the roof flaps quicker. |
| Katko Contacts - - |
| Driver: Kat Teasdale, E-mail - KatTeasdale@aol.com |
| Webmaster: Karen Huseonica, E-mail - karts@huseonica.org |
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This Web site has been recognized by the Center for Applied
Special Technology (CAST) and the National Center for Accessible
Media (NCAM) for its accessibility to people with disabilities. Photo of Kat's Busch North "Paw Car" is courtesy of Ken Spring. Copyright ©1998-2005 Karen C. Huseonica All rights reserved Last updated 24 January 2005 |