engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and conspiring to distribute more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana
Criminal penalty
life without parole
Retired
1988
CART
Years active
1985–1986
Teams
Arciero Racing
Starts
18
Best finish
20th in 1986
Previous series
1981–1986
IMSA GT Championship
Championship titles
1984
1
Awards
1986
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1982
Teams
NART/T-Bird Racing
Best finish
49th
Class wins
0
Randy Thomas Lanier (born 1954) is a professional race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States. He is best known for his racing efforts in the mid-1980s, including winning the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title for the wholly independent Blue Thunder Racing team, and for being arrested for marijuana smuggling in 1988 to support his racing efforts.
Randy Thomas Lanier (born 1954) is a professional race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States. He is best known for his racing...
brother Dale Whittington also competed in open wheel racing. Together with RandyLanier they owned the Blue Thunder Racing Team in 1984, with Marty Hinze. Bill...
landing strip for aircraft. In 1984, Don's brother Bill co-owned, with RandyLanier and Marty Hinze, the Blue Thunder Racing Team. Don raced for the team...
driver Randy Lane (born 1967), American artistic gymnast RandyLanier (born 1954), American race car driver Randy LaPolla, Australian researcher Randy Laverty...
Chevrolet powered car, changing to Porsche power later in the season; and RandyLanier a year later with Chevrolet power. 1984 also saw the introduction of...
Chevrolet powered car, changing to Porsche power later in the season; and RandyLanier a year later with Chevrolet power. 1984 also saw the introduction of...
as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" who died there in 1963, racecar driver RandyLanier, drug trafficker Michael Riconosciuto, and "The Toxic Pharmacist" Robert...
smuggling scandal which involved his brothers (Bill and Don) as well as RandyLanier, John Paul Sr., and John Paul Jr. Both of his brothers received prison...
frontstretch, Rahal now found himself caught behind the slower car of RandyLanier. Cogan diced back and forth, and slipped by Rahal going into turn one...
Michael Andretti Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1985 Succeeded by RandyLanier Preceded by Roberto Guerrero CART Rookie of the Year 1985 Succeeded by...
Retrieved 2009-11-11. Downs, Ray (March 17, 2015) Former Racecar Star RandyLanier Finds Freedom After Life Sentence for Smuggling Pot Broward-Palm Beach...
Results RandyLanier John Bauer Jim Adams 7 Charlotte #56 Blue Thunder Racing #4 Stratagraph Inc. #99 All American Racers Results Bill Whittington Randy Lanier...
car incidents. On lap 100, RandyLanier crashed in turn three, impacting the wall hard with the right side of the car. Lanier suffered a fractured right...
Rahal in less than a lap when both were held up by the slower car of RandyLanier. Despite his car conspicuously oversteering in the turns, Cogan pulled...
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter...
Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 935 K4 6 hours Times/Datsun Grand Prix report 1984 RandyLanier Bill Whittington Blue Thunder Racing March 84G-Chevrolet 6 hours Times/Nissan...
American Racing Series Champion 1986 Succeeded by Didier Theys Preceded by RandyLanier Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1987 Succeeded by Bill Vukovich III...
Holbert Racing March 83G-Porsche 3 hours G.I. Joe's Grand Prix report 1984 RandyLanier Bill Whittington Blue Thunder Racing Team March 84G-Chevrolet 3 hours...
March 83G-Porsche 500 kilometres (310 mi) Charlotte Camel GT report 1984 RandyLanier Bill Whittington Blue Thunder Racing Team March 84G-Chevrolet 500 kilometres...
Given as an insult as notable drivers (John Paul, Sr., John Paul, Jr. RandyLanier, and the Whittington Brothers) who raced in their series were arrested...
Swindell 10 Arciero Racing March 86C March 85C (11, 13) Cosworth DFX 12 RandyLanier 1-9 Steve Chassey 11, 14-16 Eddie Cheever 17 Jeff MacPherson 13 Bettenhausen...
IMSA GTX 73 T-Bird Swap Shop North American Racing Team Preston Henn RandyLanier Denis Morin Ferrari 512BB/LM Ferrari 5.0L F12 M 43 Out of fuel (6hr)...
Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class Pos. 1986 Joest Racing Giampiero Moretti RandyLanier Porsche 962 GTP 10 DNF (Engine) 1987 Joest Racing Sarel van der Merwe...