The most common coil-spring front suspension uses two control arms (also called A-arms because of their shape) per side, mounted to the frame, and a coil spring between them that exerts force on only ...
It's no accident that all the really fast, small-tired cars (like those that run in NMCA's Super Street or NHRA's Stock Eliminator) yank the front tires 2 feet in the air on the starting line.