This is just one of many similar stories in racing. It's an expensive sport. I used to crew a short track stock car that was unknowingly funded by the local grocery chain. The driver/owner of the car was manager of their warehouse and paid for most of the parts and assorted cost of his stock car with their bank account. They never found out.
Back in the 80's there was nearly as much weed money as there was tobacco money in motorsports. At the time IMSA was called the International Marijuana Smugglers Association. Don and Bill Whittington won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 after buying a Porsche 935 with a "duffel bag of cash" and bribing a race official so they could remove the flow limiter on the fueling rig. Also they used the back strait of Road Atlanta as a makeshift runway to smuggle in Marijuana and Cocaine. They also raced in Cart/IndyCar with multiple Indy 500 starts for both, IMSA, NASCAR Winston Cup, and even the International Race of Champions/IROC.
Hey H B ,this is Jeff Yoder the ol'broke down scooter, exbiker, I'm 72years old but I remember the days of the I M S A you're talking about very well because of being very loosely having "I M SA connections after our "advisory expedition " in southeast Asia ended and like most young men of my generation I came home 🏡 to a much less of a heroes welcome home than the generations before and after mine got, and sad to say to this day percentage wise I get more thanks for my service from other veterans of various conflicts we've been involved in than I have ever got from most of the other types of people in this country who want to forget who did what was needed to guarantee their right to say how they felt about that whole situation that ended pretty much 60years ago and this country as a whole still has stepped up to help or support my generation of veterans like they have the generations before and after and I will never understand why
@@HB-C_U_L8R hey H B ,this is Jeff Yoder the ol'broke down scooter, exbiker, again,and I just wanted to say thank you for your kind words, they're very much appreciated even all these years later
the most incredible movie in the making!!!! cannot wait to see this, and read the book... what a life, what a adventure. I can just about picture this movie as a cross between - 48 hours, Castaway, & Shawshank Redemption. such a fascinating story of lemans, indy, daytona, sebring, imsa, indycar, sportscar, cigarette boats, tug boats, and barges.175 tons of weed off shore for 6 months!! he's a daily pot smoker to this day, remarried to his substance abuse treatment center assistant director wife of thirty years..!! now he is licensed to grow legal weed in new jersey and will use profits to advocate for prisoners still locked up for non violent weed offence's...OMG THIS PODCAST "TWO PARTS" WAS THE BEST DIRTY MOE HAS RODUCED SO FAR... Mathew Dillner out did himself on the intro montage.. a slice of his creativity with the soundbites from various pickle topics. lol Mathew we will be with you on your journey, and you will always have a home with the family you have created here.. so good luck and well wishes. cant wait for the racing roots revival 6 part podcast to start at wilkesboro for the c.a.r.s. tour driver's spotlight..
I’m a native Texan and I’ve known guys back in the day that smuggled weed in from Mexico. I’ve heard some very creative stories of how they did it but Randy’s is amazing.
For some reason I read the video title as 'Ranier Lundy funded racing with weed' and I was like 'HUHWAT!?!' Then I realized it was Randy - one of my favorite sportscar racing stories ever - and immediately clicked to watch.
Great podcast. Jr., you ask so many good questions. What a life he has lived and he has a million stories. I will watch the movie when it comes out. He has done his time and now he is a free man.
This country was founded by Hemp, NASCAR was founded off the old moonshine runners. I don’t have a problem with this man’s story either. Thank you….. And the SunDrop #3 made it to the table. WOW best day ever
My old coach used to rent a fishing boat that we would go out on and fish, then we would come in with “extra” boats. I didn’t know at the time what was going on but my coach didn’t fish, he spent the whole time with binoculars looking around. I found out later he would go out at night and unload. He got paid $10k a night. He would hide clothes a few blocks away and go in a jumpsuit, so if there was a problem, ie cops, he had a way to run and change then walk away. This was before GPS by the way. They didn’t track boats like they do today. This was in Ft Lauderdale, Fl btw
Hey Mr Winston and anyone who's paying attention if you'll remember, a lot of the early drivers in Nascar were former illegal alcohol (moonshine runners from the areas where most of the moonshine was made, who would meet at mostly 1/2 mile or slightly less dirt tracks throughout the southeastern states to race their moonshine runnin' cars to see who had the fastest and best handlin' cars to make extra money for use for improving their cars and occasionally paying bail money and/or fines or legal fees
Hey Jim S this is Jeff Yoder the ol'broke down scooter tramp, exbiker, and I'm 72years old now (as of Friday July 15t,2022) and back in my day I would do a little smokin' chased with some beer and then a shot or two of either Jack Daniels or Jim Beam ,whichever I grabbed at the liquor store on my way home from wherever my ride during the day ended up
I'm from Cannabis Canada. We finally grew up and treated cannabis like alcohol. Legal and regulated. We've been legal for years now, and there's no social problems. In fact, imagine all the money we save from the court system not having to prosecute people for a drug that is less destructive than alcohol. America, how did Prohibition work out for y'all? Well, it was terrible for most people... it created organized crime and people died from poisoned alcohol. The only good thing to come out of Prohibition was the moonshine runners. Guys like Junior Johnson. Prohibition created Nascar, so I guess it wasn't all that bad. Come man, legalize it America. Nationwide. Oh, and mushrooms for depression... Johns Hopkins University is gathering clinical evidence to prove it is effective and safe. I don't trust Big Pharma. But I sure do believe in mother nature and her healing powers. Ask your doctor if mushrooms are right for you.
A friend of mine's son was undercover with the Illinois State Police and helped with the prosecution. From what he told me, these people weren't all that nice. Many times he was in fear of his life.
when I worked for the post office , I delivered a express mail for randy Lanier at Williamson county jail , and I remember the jail guard , telling me this guy is a jerk and he thinks he's better than everybody here , little did she known , that I was a big indy car fan . I proceeded to tell her , that you have to a great deal of confidence to drive into a turn at 220 mph . end of story .
The 85min Netflix documentary episode of "Bad Sport", called "Need for Weed" is about Lanier. It's a really good documentary! Would recommend it for everyone that's interested :)
@@grungyflannel Yeah, I can understand that. The story of Sr. would make a great movie though. Surprised that none of the Lanier/Whittington/Paul Sr. stories didn't at least become an ESPN '30 for 30'. They were all in the same era so it could've easily been a 90 minute show.
Don't know who this guy is, but I hope he won some races. We're missing out here in America. We need to bring the Ultimate Bangers to the states. Its the hottest. Make it happen.
and here is the thing....Randy, The Whittingtons and John Paul Sr were only half, the half that is known b/c they got caught. The other half you will never hear about because only a hand full of people know about it, the ones that never got caught, the ones that did manage to disappear. i should write a book about that part
Hey HB, and Mr Winston I'll repeat myself,since you seem to have selective hearing loss, have you forgotten that a lot of the early ✨ stars of Nascar were former moonshine runners before Nascar was formed by Big Bill France
And some of those early Nascar ✨ stars have admitted learning their driving skills during very 🔥 heated travels up and down graveled country roads with legal authorities trying their best not to get caught and then polished those skills on the dirt short tracks scattered all over the southeast US
AND a few dead people that died under his dominion....strange he NEVER mentions that !!!!!!!!!!!! sold his soul...and even 25 years in the slammer could not wake him up : (
Shyyyittt. NY legalized recreational, 2021 saw Mohawk International's Sportsman Mod field exploded in new teams funded by dispensaries. Now dispensaries are primary track sponsors.
Genesis 1:29-30 King James Version 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. Only Satans seed would encarcarate a man for life for being in possession or even in distribution of a herb that our heavenly Father created for us All . My wish would be I could live to see the day when I can walk around my Fathers creation and look up and only see his beautiful waters above and jets planes leaving plumes of cannabis seeds instead of plumes of Barium Aluminum strontium 90 , and lithium. I'm sick of ha'satans oil sleeks in my fathers sky and the citizens of his creation being imprisoned because satans seed think they can . And because we The children of the living God YHVH do not object sitting on pews waiting on a rapture mean while Ha'satan and his seed is having they're way with us ! Armor up stand up and OBJECT to this Abomination!! How many children are going to have be buried how many GOOD law enforcement have to die , for only the good ones get shot , how many lives destroyed over malicious prosecution , In the Kienites war on Drugs while big Pharma has the full court press on attempting to force their poison down your throat and now your children's throats.. HOW MANY ? Armor Up Stand Up and OBJECT! Be the Change We want to see , then we we will as a collective manifest through our Father a world in which we rule through him where love mercy and grace shall prosper in hearts of us all.
Throughout the podcast he talks about weed as medicine. Talk about self justification, he was not selling weed as medicine, he was selling to reap enormous profits. Spending 27 years in prison and hiding behind some after the fact justification is pathetic. I don't care if weed is legal or not, but this guy was a smuggler and I'm sure a tax evader. Just don't feed me this medicine nonsense
NASCAR was started by bootleggers. It isn't like he was running opium or meth. I don't give a damn he wasn't taxed by the FEDs for the weed. Forced Income tax is immoral. Forced payroll taxes are too. Those federal taxes should be voluntary & people should also get to choose what Departments or Programs the Federal taxes go to.
Actually it’s used for many medicinal purposes. Kicks my ulcer pain in about 10 min while waiting on ulcer med for an hour. Helps with irritability/pain with periods. Also helps heat headaches when you work all day in the friggin heat! You don’t know a damn thing about weed!!
i was wondering if your really giving free hats to nesw august subscribers i want people to ask me where i got my hat so i can say Dale ******' Earnhardt sent it to me
Saw his story on Bad Sport. Thoroughly unimpressed. He was approached by Ford his rookie year and could have gone legit but NO. The fact that he was moving literal tons of weed and had a short enough sentence to be out today while black men are still serving life sentences from mandatory minimums from that era for dime bags of (whatever) is absolutely disgusting. Im not so sure we should be giving guys like this a platform.
And the lack of empathy and refusal to listen to those around you without already having your retort loaded is a big reason why Alex Jones finds himself in the situation he's in. Coming up with off the wall attempts to redirect a conversation turned out to not be as fun as you think it is 🤷♂️
This was by far the worst episode of the DJD. Very little to do with racing and all to do this burnout’s tall tales of how he broke the law. More of the same next week. I won’t be listening.
27 years is a long time. Please give me an actual name of someone who has served longer than that for just selling a dime bag. Your view of the world is just not factual and is causing you great anxiety.
@@bovineknievel410 So 'three strikes' is not a factual historic occurrence in American law? People would be caught with dime bags as a third strike and a life sentence would be a result. Its like saying someone died of COVID but they were geriatric with comorbitities. The disproportiate sentences for crack vs cocaine must have been a fever dream that only shattered the family structure in one community over another...
I listened to the full podcast on Spotify, and have to say while it is an interesting story - you could have avoided the agony of 27 years in incarceration. It isn't "I got a life sentence for a cannabis charge", at the time (still is a federal charge) illegal. Just sayin'. Because you were talking about everything we need is within ourselves ( intentions from the heart - law of attraction ), so we need to also live within the law. Don't like the law, change the law. Great interview/podcast with great questions, and worth listening to the whole thing.
