Team Info

TEAM 36 RACING INFORMATION

MISHAEL ABBOTT - DRIVER

After starting her racing career at the age of 14 in the local karting scene in South Florida, Mishael Abbott quickly rose in the kart racing world to become the first female to win a feature race in SuperKarts! USA (SKUSA) - the world’s premiere shifter-kart series. Mishael participated in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge series and USAC Midget series before purchasing her own Formula Mazda. She began racing Formula Mazdas in 2002 driving professionally in the Star Mazda Series along with Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) races. She won races in the Star Mazda EAST Championship and at SCCA Regional and National events. In 2004 she competed in her first Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, OH.

For 2005, Mishael faces her biggest challenge yet in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series™, the ladder series for racing's premier open wheel series - the IndyCar® Series. Mishael's schedule will be quite full this year. In addition to her coursework toward a degree in Elementary Education, she will race her Formula Mazda in the Star Mazda Series EAST Championship, and at select SCCA events.

Mishael has signed to race an Infiniti-powered Dallara for Hemelgarn Johnson Motorsports in at least five races in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series™. The Menards Infiniti Pro Series races on the same tracks during the same weekends as the Indy Racing League's IndyCar® Series. They will also provide a support race for Formula One during the United States Grand Prix weekend in Indianapolis.

She will race her Formula Mazda on road courses in the Star Mazda Series EAST Championship and SCCA events. Star Mazda EAST Championship Series will bring her to top road tracks on the east coast including; Sebring International Raceway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and Road America. Mishael will visit Road America for the 2005 June Sprints® and back at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs®.

Mishael is working hard on obtaining sponsorship support to the full 2005 season. Competing in the entire season will bring the experience needed to move up to the IndyCar Series and realization of her ultimate goal - being the first female to challenge and WIN the Indianapolis 500.

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PAUL ABBOTT - TEAM OWNER / MaNAGER

Mishael's father and also the owner/manager of Team 36 Racing. Paul was an amateur racer in his own right, racing a Formula Ford and Formula Continental along with an assortment of other cars in the 70's and 80's. Paul owns and operates Skyline Management a Construction Management Company based in Southern Florida.

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ED ZABINSKI - DRIVER COACH

Ed began racing in 1986 and won his first of several road racing championships in 1988 raving a Mazda RX7. Ed starting "Zabinski Racing" providing rental cars and coaching to drivers and founded a high performance driving school. In 1995 he was lead instructor at Skip Barber Racing school.

Ed has raced in various Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), Bridgstone Supercar Series, American Le Mans Series (ALMS), and Star Mazda events. Ed is employed by Talyst as Installation Manager for Pharmacy Automation Systems and in his spare time is a bandleader and musician. Recently Ed has been coaching Mishael Abbott in the Indy Racing League® Indy Pro Series™ and helping Team 36 Racing in the business of motorsports.

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Craig Anderson - Assistant Manager / PUBLICIST / Webmaster

Craig is a longtime family friend who has taken on the task of Team Assistant Manager helping to coordinate and focus activities. Craig is employed by Jacobs Civil as a Section Manager for Transportation Construction Services in St. Louis, MO. Craig received his engineering degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia and currently holds his Professional Engineering license in several states. In his spare time Craig likes to head to the races and play with his 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S.

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Crystal Howard - MEDIA RELATIONS

The most recent addition to Team 36 Racing, Crystal handles media relations for Mishael. Crystal has a B.S. in Communications and is Accredited in Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America.

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Sean Stryhal - ASSISTANT Webmaster

Sean met the Abbott family in the early 80's. He began the website for Team 36 Racing and keeps pushing them from the technological standpoint. In addition to his work with Team 36 Racing, Sean is a middle school principal at Selvidge Middle School in Ballwin, MO. He has just completed course work for his PHD at the Saint Louis University. In his spare time Sean plays soccer and keeps his 2001 Corvette clean.