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This Bobsy was built by H modified National Champion
Jerry Mong in Medina, Ohio for Chuck Dietrich, SCCA
champion and Elva racer, to drive.
Only four wide chassis SR-3 were built.
Number four was designed to run a Corvair
engine with assistance from John Marcoski who worked
for GM on the Reynolds aluminum/GM 2 liter Corvair
project.
These four wide-chassis SR3's are quite unique.
They have a wide engine bay to accommodate a
large engine.
The chassis are built out of aluminum making
the cars extremely light.
General Motors and Reynolds Aluminum
sponsored three cars, a Lotus 23 Corvair for George
Follmer, a Genie Corvair for Jerry Titus and Scooter
Patrick, and this Bobsy SR3 Corvair, which is the
only remaining of the three cars.
Long time Yenko Stinger driver Jim Schardt of
Dayton, Ohio found this car complete with Corvair
engine in a barn in 1988.
It also had the only SCCA approved aluminum 3
inch diameter roll bar.
A unique feature on the engine is the Porsche
fan assembly developed by Jerry Titus.
The engine was first built by two-time Indy
500 winning crew chief George Sali.
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