Team Kenny Rodgers Asylum

05/10/2020

Happy mothers day!

04/17/2020

03/30/2020

And to think we were going to Chang our name to Joe Diffie's Asylum...

03/21/2020

So does our stock go up now?

01/21/2020

Simple reference guide for those of you wondering what a gambler should be like.

12/01/2019

The OG gambler says...............

11/29/2019

I think Facebook is suggesting we have tryouts for a fourth member. I’m not sure how the unholy trinity would work with more than 3, hell we haven’t made magic like our first year since, but our first OG came close.

10/27/2019

The only gambling list we concern ourselves with!

10/23/2019

From Tom Chemler,

With a heavy heart, I convey, Carl Nelson, a fellow Gambler, father and friend has passed.

He leaves behind two very young children and a young mother.

To benefit the Carl Nelson Memorial Fund, which will support his two boys, the Corvair featured in the article below will be raffled off and all proceeds will go towards the livelihood of those he left behind.

The Corvair (CorVazer):
This is my first Gambler car. A very solid 1965 Corvair Monza, using a 4.3 vortec/4L60E/4wd chassis, powertrain, and running gear. Complete with good condition powder blue interior and all Monza badging. [A few here can attest to it's wily yet refined nature. It's seen some wild times, and always comes back with more to give.] I've put 2500 miles on it, cruises and handles at 95 comfortably. It comes with a set of 33" Pro Comp tires and rimmed spares for burnouts (and it does well). 10-gallon fuel cell, high lift, onboard air, a Craftsman/Snap-On tool kit, and a Milwaukee impact

Every $15 entry comes with a sponsored CorVazer/relevant sticker pack.

*** Raffle is $15 a ticket
https://paypal.me/tochem?locale.x=en_US
*** Drawing will be on November 5th

If you're too far to pick it up, I'll deliver it to you.

Whatever is raised with this fundraiser will be matched for donation to his memorial fund.

Here, in his first Gambler, he reports for NPR on what we know and love.

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/slideshow-illinois-gambler-500

"So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?"

-HST

10/03/2019

We spend more money on alcohol than we do our vehicles for the events.

06/10/2019

First you get them hooked on the Jepsen's Malort.
Then you guide them through the next morning of being the human semblance of a manure train derailing.
I think it's fair to say I'm a pretty good teacher.

Doin what I can for the lord, allegedly.

01/31/2019

Best car I've ever owned.
The epitome of reliability.
The 1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway Sedan



Gambler 500 Offroad Like A Car

11/24/2018

Some of you may notice, that Team KRA was there

https://youtu.be/H_P34HZBOcM

The Gambler 500 boys throw a hell of a desert party: a bunch of friends, junked cars, and jumps. And if you know anything about our dude Zac's origin story, ...

11/04/2018

Without disclosing too much information.... vegas was a success.

And remember kids, dont try this at home. We're what you might call professionals

10/17/2018

This was submitted by an “unnamed” Gambler to help Jess be better understood. I don’t make the s**ts, I just stir them.

10/03/2018

Hey, you. Yea you, kid, c'meere.

Wanna buy some Gambler s**t and support some awesome people?
These rad folks are trying to help Gambler teams afford used bias plies, (beer) and zipties.

New products will roll out soon. Gambler teams, Gambler lore, hell idk. Jess offered to spread his cheeks and eveything for the calendar.

Click the link. I swear it's not like last time. We're still paying therapy bills, we learned our lesson.

https://nordicoffroad.com/shop?olsPage=products%2Fbandanna-kra

09/12/2018

Per usual.
We waited until the last possible minute to get ready for ozarks.

Pulled the wagon from the back lot of KRA HQ Wednesday, slapped tires from a rzr on it and took off towards our fabrication department 20miles away.
It took us nearly 2 hours, and we fought it tooth and nail until the next morning.

At 8am(ish) Thusday, we called the wagon dead for the event. She jumped time, and needed a lift kit. We couldnt locate a timing set, so it was just doomed to go at that point.

830am(ish) Thursday we pulled ol reliable, The Tomahawk, out of the back lot of our former fabrication department.
Slapped a battery in her and took off to the new fab yard! Without a hitch, no beats missed she gracefully made it all 4 blocks.
We completed the body lift, slapped our new and improved wheel/tire combo on her, AND finally did a fluid check only to realize it was about a gallon overfull on oil 😬

We blame Californians, with zero evidence for this conviction.

So Friday morning (yea, Friday. The day we are driving it to the event 3 hours away.)
we changed the oil. We weatherproofed, we tarped, we taped, we sprayfoamed.
We even took her to C&W Muffler in Shawnee Oklahoma, to remedy our crushed flexpipe. Our KUSTOM lake pipes (that might be bed rails) got hooked up to our mismatched performance mufflers.
She was ready to go.

But wait a minute, "y'all brought other cars"

THATS RIGHT WE DID.
The bombco was also undergoing last minute repairs 2 hours southeast of HQ. She attempted to leave town and was pronounced DOA outside of town.
Thus resulting in the "kinda like Red Rocket" blazer to arrive at 6am Saturday!

But wait.
There's,
More!

Our beloved Mercury, Who had been enjoying the daily driver life in Oregon, also came. And not without hardships.

Jacob Wheelon, Doug Lindholm, and Tom Chemler, fought battle after battle from TUESDAY evening until FRIDAY evening to make it to Shawnee Oklahoma, from Portland Oregon.
If you hadn't guessed, its not simple to find parts for a 54 year old car when you break down. They also arent big fans of elevation change, and offroad tires arent really the greatest for highway driving. Harmonic balancer. Voltage regulator, fuel system, 2-3 tires is what it took, along with roughly 192732 gallons of gas.

Despite all these tribulations, we arrived at camp late Friday night to see all of our gambler family anxiously awaiting us!

2 days of driving our performance machines didnt go without damage. But, it's all a part of the Gamble. It's why we do it, it's a test.

After driving back to HQ Sunday, the mercury is in desperate need of a interior detail, and suspension work.

The Tomahawk... while still alive, is soon to undergo surgery. The entire cooling system became self contained after a few breakdowns, the steering has dead spots, and usually fuel injected cars dont pour black smoke under acceleration.

All in all, another successful Gambler in the books. We laughed, one of us cried, and 2 of us may or may not have spurred a night of mechanical carnage.
Always an amazing time at Gamblin The Ozarks thanks to our friends and family there.

We have some pictures, yall have some pictures, this is where the pictures need to be!

Stay tuned to see if we make it to another event this year, and what happens to our wounded. 😈

09/07/2018

With enough can do attitude and hammers, anything is possible.

Gotta say, not bad for only getting it running 10 hours ago.
You might notice some upgrades, Some you'll only see in person.
At any rate, we're 85% ready to leave tomorrow.