The wacky rally focuses on off-road garbage cleanup, but it's also an off-road jamboree with wild machines and instant friends.
For the Gambler, you only have to remember one rule: "Don't be a d*ck." The website is intentionally vague but includes waypoints to help guide Gamblers to trash-strewn locations. Pick it up and bring it to Gamblertown during the day, then party at night. Repeat until the weekend is over.
His first and only Gambler car is a 1972 AMC Javelin. You can find pristine examples of Javs for upward of $30,000, but McDonald's rig doesn't have nearly that much juice. After the stock motor and transmission went to that great junkyard in the sky in 2020, McDonald replaced it with a small-block Chevy powerplant he found on Facebook Marketplace for $100.
Okay, but surely you've seen the Plybertruck. Cromwell beat Elon Musk to the punch with an Acura MDX skinned with plywood to match the Cybertruck's futuristic design. It's not electric but it is running on public roads, so we're giving him the win.guy for creative Gambler builds. His showing up without a car is akin to Santa Claus sliding down the chimney with an empty bag.
After a baseline loop around the HooptieX course, Cromwell went to work with his easy-breezy 3.0-inch lift courtesy of four grade-eight bolts and some scrap metal. Tennis balls were added to the strut springs for a bit more height, and a set of slightly larger tires were thrown on for good measure. It wasn't fancy, but come Sunday morning, Cromwell cut 30 seconds off his HooptieX time, teaching us that sometimes the simplest modifications can have the most effect.
McDonald likes the type of folks the Gambler attracts, saying, 'This event filters in people you want to be around.' I have to agree. I arrived at the Gambler 500 by myself and was immediately welcomed into any camp I chose. Beverages, both adult and otherwise, were offered, as was food and mechanical advice. One guy even gave me a T-shirt with the words "Race Car Driver" emblazoned across the front for no reason other than that he thought it would make me smile.
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