just to clear up a couple items here. does not really pertain to the good story of Cecil and Calvin.
The first two cars C K Spurlock owned in reagrds to getting into the sprint car racing thing ,were Bob Trostle built cars. C K used to show up at a few races at this time towing the car himself. At this point Kenny Rogers was one of C K's prime "clients' and $$ makers...needless to say. Hence CK Spurlock was flying high,,and could afford pretty much anything in regards to fielding a sprint car operation.
Les Hill built the Hill-Bilt cars out of Greenfield TN,,which at that time a young Jack Elam was a welder for Les. They were a sleek looking sprint car and somewhat ahead of it's time,,,at the time,,,A few short years later Les Hill became uninterested ( which many people have told me,,was a very smart gentleman) in racing and at this point Jack took over the sprint car building business and wound up moving it to McKenzie,TN .J&J Enterprises,,then J&J Auto Racing.
Gambler Chassis company referenced here ,the last few years operated,, become a custom motorcycle frame building shop,and in fact sold quite a few custom frames,,,similar to Orange County Choppers type stuff,,,and ceased to exist,,,somewere around 2002-2005? Tommy Sanders that worked as the manager for Gambler Cahissis Company last I knew was a sales rep for Wirtgen America,in Nashville.
This is more info than most care to know,,I know. Just clarifying a few things in this discussion,,is all...
BC