Randy Lanier

Quick Facts

Full Name	Randy Lanier
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1954(1954-09-22)
Age	70
Birthplace	Lynchburg
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Virgo

Randy Lanier Biography

Randy Lanier is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on September 22, 1954 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. A former race car driver was named 1986 Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year.

Ben Kramer was a nephew to Meyer Lansky, who was one of the right-hand men of LA’s ex-drug kingpin One of his drug trafficking partners who also received life without parole was Ben Kramer, a nephew of Meyer Lansky, one of the right hand men of LA’s former drug kingpin Mickey Cohen.. He also received life without parole.

In 1976 he married his childhood sweetheart. They had a daughter, Brandie in 1980 and a son Glen in 1987, who was named after Lanier’s younger brother who was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 16. He has other siblings as well.

His growing up in Florida during his youth has been suggested as a potential precursor to his involvement in the drug trade in 1978.

He had a daughter named Brandie, and a son named Glen.

Randy Lanier Net Worth

Randy Lanier is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Randy Lanier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Virginia but his family moved to South Florida at the age of 14.

He was involved in a federal drug trafficking investigation by the FBI midway through his racing career. On October 4, 1988, he was convicted of selling and importing more than 300 tons of marijuana. He received a life sentence without parole.

Randy Thomas Lanier (born 22 September 1954) is a professional race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States. He is notable for winning the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title as a wholly independent team, despite facing up to well-funded-and-supported opposition and the team’s questionable source of income.

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Lanier began to focus on his Indycar career, with the hope of winning the Indianapolis 500. He drove for Arciero Racing, intending to commit full-time for the 1986 season. For the following season, Lanier would also drive for Joest Racing for both Daytona 24 Hours and Miami. After a poor form in the previous year, Lanier would improve his form by finishing six of the nine races he entered including his 10th-place finish at the Indy 500, winning the Rookie of The Year honor and taking the fastest qualifying time for a rookie that year, an average of 209.964 MPH beating the previous record set by Michael Andretti in 1984. His final race was at the Michigan 500 where he collided into a wall at 214 MPH following a tire blow out, breaking his right femur and was shortly arrested. Prior to that, he drove in 18 CART races in 1985 and 1986.

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Randy Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Randy Lanier celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.

Many of these narcotics were distributed in Illinois, therefore he was indicted by Judge James L. Foreman in the Southern District of Illinois in January 1987. He was convicted of importing and distributing over 300 tons of Colombian marijuana, believed to be worth $68 million by prosecutors and was due to be sentenced when he disappeared.

Where is Randy Lanier now?

Lanier now lives near Fort Lauderdale. He taught classes for tai chi and meditation, which he learned in prison, at the beach. He was a performance driving school instructor for a bit, teaching newcomers to be fast from behind the wheel of a C7 Corvette, though he said the pandemic put an end to that about a year ago.

How much is Randy Lanier worth today?

They pegged Lanier’s net worth at $68 million.

Who pardoned Randy Lanier?

Kramer, the three men each received mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Kramer remains in prison and has filed another appeal. But last month, U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert quietly granted a government motion to reduce Lanier’s sentence.

Why did Randy Lanier get a presidential pardon?

After that, his life quickly unraveled. Eventually, the law caught up to him. He was 27 years into a lifetime prison sentence for drug and fraud offences when the Obama administration took pity and released him in 2014 for being a nonviolent offender.

How did they find Randy Lanier?

Lanier’s unlawful involvements off the track put him in hot water with the government. Federal agents discovered that he was a kingpin of a drug ring that imported more than 600,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia , leading to his arrest in 1987.