Gambler Chassis History (Read 23,471 times)

[sesco4x4]

this car is in marlborough i think the guys name is dean cole or something last time i seen it was black and i know it is stll there hope this helps.

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May 10, 2010 17:56:15 GMT 12 sesco4x4 said:

this car is in marlborough i think the guys name is dean cole or something last time i seen it was black and i know it is stll there hope this helps.

thanks, please check your PMs

[ben crowe]

More gambler facts:

Gambler were the first to build a Sprint car chassis with downtubes (or "high bars" as most kiwis call them) which was around 86/87. The first two were campaigned by Steve Kinser and Brad Doty, and literally changed the face of Sprint car racing overnight, hence why that particular year was the most successful.

[deane]

I still have this car - still going - still mint hope to appear at Harrisville next year -

[Autopete55]

May 10, 2010 17:56:15 GMT 12 sesco4x4 said:

this car is in marlborough i think the guys name is dean cole or something last time i seen it was black and i know it is stll there hope this helps.

Dean Coyle???
13E from memory.
Had Meatblasters or something like it on the wing.

[gambler86]

May 10, 2010 22:33:48 GMT 12 ben crowe said:

More gambler facts:

Gambler were the first to build a Sprint car chassis with downtubes (or "high bars" as most kiwis call them) which was around 86/87. The first two were campaigned by Steve Kinser and Brad Doty, and literally changed the face of Sprint car racing overnight, hence why that particular year was the most successful.

Karl Kinser designed and built a sprintcar in 1982 with "upper frame rails that extend from the top of the roll cage to the front of the car"
"At the end of the 1986 World of Outlaws season,Karl and Steve surprised the competition by unveiling the lastest state-of-the-art Gambler Sprintcar and won a race "right out of the box".The new chassis featured Karl's idea of an upper frame rail that traveled from the front torsion bar tube up and over the driver to form the top rail of the cage and then back down to intersect the rear torsion tube"

[James Selwyn]

If not mentioned already, find yourself a copy of "Lone Wolf" by Dave Argabright.
It covers the origins of the gambler house car that he drove for a while and a very very good read.

www.daveargabright.com/Lone%20Wolf.htm

Here is a book review by Huntly Speedway's very own Joe Malone (pilot of # 58h Midget) midget58.co.nz/Book_Reviews.php