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Dave Smith
01-21-2013, 11:34 AM
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We’re excited to report that Factory Five’s favorite daughter, Karen Salvaggio, has been announced by NASA to become the director of their Northwest Region High Performance Driving Experience.

If you follow the Factory Five community, you’ve likely heard of or been fortunate to meet Dr. Karen Salvaggio. Karen has raced for 10 years with NASA and has competed with her Factory Five Type 65 Coupe and Factory Five Challenge Racer in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Karen has attended the SEMA Show and was awarded the Factory Five Legacy Award.

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Karen’s racing resume is quite impressive, driving everything from vintage C-production Corvettes to drag racing. Karen was 2009 NASA Instructor Driver of the Year and now she is putting considerable teaching and racing experience to work for NASA in HPDE.

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Click here (http://www.nasanorthwest.com/?cat=4) to read the official announcement from NASA.

On behalf of everyone at Factory Five Racing, congratulations Karen!

Dave Smith
President

johngeorge
01-21-2013, 12:25 PM
Nice!! Congrats Karen

ehansen007
01-21-2013, 12:27 PM
Well deserved! Way to go Karen!

Garry Bopp
01-21-2013, 12:30 PM
Karen,

Congrats! Great choice for the HPDE program ... but you really need to travel down to the Southeast Region!

Garry

Dave Smith
01-21-2013, 12:35 PM
Garry,

I was online posting about a cruise-in to Tampa in a few weeks... I'll invite Karen and see if she might want to go. She is a treasure.

Cameron Autosports
01-21-2013, 01:35 PM
Congrats Karen!
Well Deserved!

Jacob McCrea
01-21-2013, 02:48 PM
Congratulations Karen! Excellent news!

Jeff Kleiner
01-21-2013, 03:06 PM
Congrats Karen!

Jeff

Someday I Suppose
01-21-2013, 03:38 PM
Karen, awesome news, congratulations!!

68GT500MAN
01-21-2013, 05:08 PM
Congratulations to Karen - truely a great asset to this community.
Doug

Mustang Man
01-21-2013, 05:39 PM
Great news and well deserved. Congratulations Karen!

Mark

riptide motorsport
01-21-2013, 10:05 PM
Congratulations.................well deserved.

vnmsss
01-22-2013, 01:33 AM
Wow! Thanks so much everyone!! I am truly honored and totally stoked to be joining the NASA Northwest team!

Andy Tencati (Northwest Regional Director) is a racer at heart and a good friend to the FFR community. When he invited me to join the team up there, I couldn't say yes fast enough.....It's a great region of the country, with awesome tracks, and a strong community of racers and performance driving enthusiasts.

Starting a new region is very exciting, and I know we're going to have a great time this year!! 2013 is already shaping up to be an amazing adventure!

First event: May 4-5 Pacific Raceways...Can't wait!

Thanks again!!!

Karen

tcoon
01-22-2013, 01:36 AM
Congrats Karen! Keep livin' the dream!

Tom