Gen 3 Type R Coupe Built for Racer Chick

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Gen 3 Coupe production continues to ramp up. There have been a few delays, but the project is storming ahead at record pace and it is the best new product launch in our history.

Yesterday, Dave Pohli and George Daulton from the Ohio Cobra Club were here at Factory Five Racing to pick-up a brand-new Gen 3 Type R Coupe. Dave is building the Coupe for Factory Five customer Karen Salvaggio. Karen, a.k.a. Racer Chick, is going to be racing on the west coast this season, and we look forward to her result. Check out some of the other photos from Karen and her Gen 1 Coupe.

Karen displayed her road-racing Factory Five Coupe at the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

Karen’s race Coupe has street plates on it! Here she is at the Bonneville Salt Flats on one of her many epic road trips.

Karen was profiled in Grassroots Motorsports Magazine driving her Challenge Car.

Karen’s Thunder Valley Racing team has campaigned numerous times in the grueling 25 Hours of Thunderhill endurance race.

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