Charger Award as its rookie of the year. In January 1994, she raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona with a Porsche team and with an all-women team. Later in the season she raced in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and was recruited to drive with the Pontiac Factory team. She remained with the Pontiac team until the 1996 season, and competed in the Street Stock Endurance Championship of the International Motor Sports Association, winning a team championship in 1995. From the 1996 to the 1998 season, she was the three-time Canadian national champion in the Chevrolet Camaro racing series. In the 1997 and 1998 seasons, Teasdale drove Chevrolet No. 54 with Team IGA during the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series at the Lysol 200, held at the Watkins Glen International track. The 1997 race marked the first time a woman had competed in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series. She later raced in other NASCAR events at Milwaukee Mile, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Michigan Speedway and Dover Downs International Speedway. Teasdale had planned to race a full schedule during the 1999 season, but chose to retire from professional racing in 1998. She won over 180 races during her career, was the first Canadian woman to have an international racing license, and the first woman to race in the Indy Lights road racing series. She obtained dual Canadian and American citizenship during her racing career, and lived in both Toronto, Ontario and Charlotte, North Carolina. Anecdotes Fellow driver Andy Pilgrim stated that, "I knew Kat as a talented and fearless driver. She had great enthusiasm for racing, an upbeat and positive personality and loved to laugh. She was also a very talented athlete. The word 'driven', no pun intended, probably applied more to Kat than anyone else I ever met". Peter McMurtrie credited Teasdale as someone who "raised the bar to new heights with her promotional skills and abilities as it relates to Canadian female athletes". He further stated that "Kathryn believed in herself, her talents and had faith in those surrounding her, and she wasn't shy about announcing it to the world". Teasdale was reported to be "a fan and friend of Corner 2 at Mosport International Raceway" in her native Canada. Brian Stewart was the team owner on the 1992 Indy Lights series, and said that Teasdale insisted on as much practice as she could. He recalled that during