How An IndyCar Driver Became America's Biggest Drug Trafficker

How An IndyCar Driver Became America's Biggest Drug Trafficker - Past Gas #09

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4 жыл бұрын

Get ready to hear about one of America’s most prolific drug kingpins of the 1980's, Randy Lanier. He was one of the most promising rookie drivers and soon became one of the largest drug traffickers in U.S. history, smuggling over 600,000 pounds of marijuana into the country. This guy was the Walter White of racing!
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@tylermerritt4867 4 жыл бұрын

You know who else started racing later in life? PAUL FRICKEN NEWMAN!!!! Dude started racing in his 40's and continued to do so in his 80's. He even requested to be driven around Limerock park when he was in his later years and was no longer able to drive. Follow that passion Nolan! Love you.

@kasimpeterkin-bey7478 4 жыл бұрын

like when nolan described the speed boat a picture should have flashed on the screen

@fastinradfordable 4 жыл бұрын

Kasim Peterkin-Bey You want them to google it for you?

@kasimpeterkin-bey7478 4 жыл бұрын

@@fastinradfordable lmao i usually just read the sarcastic comments on videos i don't normally comment myself so its funny to get a comment directed at me. actually it was just a suggestion for "Past Gas" not so much for your attention but carry on...

@samcoote9653 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, it does break up the show when you have to pause and look cars or boats up. Its just more seamless like top gear, or really, any show. Its easier for the reader/listener/viewer to grasp and understand the concept

@FunkingPrink 4 жыл бұрын

It would be cool if pictures were showed on screen when they look up stuff!

@Gringorican 4 жыл бұрын

been asking for that since the beginning 😭

@ItsMeTheCoconut 4 жыл бұрын

Funking Prink i was gonna say that lmao

@Electricz0 4 жыл бұрын

Donut, great podcast so far! You guys should check out the Rooster Teeth Podcast. No doubt you'll learn some things.

@lukedanielgalon1596 4 жыл бұрын

hey at least they did recently

@MrKracen1134 4 жыл бұрын

I second that! We should be able to see what they see lol

@sirnicholas6626 2 жыл бұрын

Freestyle raps over mac miller beats. Nolan just stole my heart.

@mast3rNate 4 жыл бұрын

i was just rewatching the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans podcast episode until i saw this notification right now. thank you donut media and lemon pepper wings.

@stringsforfingers 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I love these podcasts. Like, the stories themselves are entertaining, but I love when James and Nolan just start riffing. These guys crack me up

@DerHeigler 4 жыл бұрын

No ads? Edit: Awesome podcast!

@RoughCutErik 4 жыл бұрын

lol™ 😎🏁

@badid3as449 4 жыл бұрын

I got a add

@RoughCutErik 4 жыл бұрын

BAD ID3AS haha only you! 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

@johnathoncheramie4835 4 жыл бұрын

"how much did he ****?" 😂 This had me weak 😂☠️

@connerallen6024 4 жыл бұрын

Met him in Florida in [REDACTED] still completely insane and teaching racing and other things he told us about his time in prison and his first hand accounts of how he did it

@Juice83 4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty sick man, is he portrayed well in this podcast?

@connerallen6024 4 жыл бұрын

@@Juice83 it's pretty good he's crazy in ways it's hard to explain 😂

@Juice83 4 жыл бұрын

@@connerallen6024 Could very easily see that being true haha! Wish I could see what part of FL you posted, I'm in Central in a large metropolitan area... If you get where I'm saying.

@heated483 4 жыл бұрын

Need for Weed

@jaxking904 4 жыл бұрын

Lucky

@DrToddBoddMD 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the ghost shirt Nolan! This is my favorite podcast on KZfaq, keep up the excellent work.

@Duckyslides1447 3 жыл бұрын

Yall HAVE to do an episode or two about the Whittington Brothers. The smuggling, road Atlanta, the hidden nitrous on their Porsche race cars, it would be SO awesome to hear more about them

@kasimpeterkin-bey7478 4 жыл бұрын

you guys personalities on screen take your podcast so far but in my opinion as humble as it is, i feel like some visuals would not only be different from other podcasts but also fill in the blanks of what of what other watchers might be looking for. what im thinking is like insert elements of other donut media content.

@phillytaylor 4 жыл бұрын

Like in the begining when Nolan made lightning noises I was surprised that James didnt chime in with some LIGHTNING of his own.

@chrishenniker5944 4 жыл бұрын

This could be an amazing film, especially when Count Dankula gets off his arse starts his own production company.

@habibiranch 4 жыл бұрын

They need to make a movie about this dude. That would be epic.

@The52car 2 жыл бұрын

The Pauls, the Whittingtons, and Lanier will definitely be a movie some day, but probably not while any of them are still alive.

@patrickracer43 4 жыл бұрын

The title should actually be "how did one of the biggest drug dealers become a IndyCar driver"

@joshwinkley5891 Жыл бұрын

My dad was born in 1960 and sold drugs from 16 to 30 in Texas, he was arrested in a warehouse with $200,000 do to a rat working with the DEA. He’s told me about Colombian gold and another strain called Colombian Red, he remembered it hit and spread quick in popularity being better than most strains at the time. So cool that I’ve never heard anyone else even reference it other than this podcast

@PHRCpvh 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Amazon Prime or Hulu would get the rights of Lanier's story to make a bio-pic or a series.

@mikehoncho8572 2 жыл бұрын

So check out Bad Sport on Netflix and they have an episode on him

@returningtoearthtv8836 2 жыл бұрын

So few ads! I dig this format. The JP voice acting is fantastic and the friendship and history these two share is palpable. Good Bros.

@chubz01 4 жыл бұрын

Yo,shoutout to Colby!! Great job with UpToSpeed

@eurosonly 4 жыл бұрын

Thought this was going to be a finishing up on Smokey Yunick's story.

@AutoTuneRants 4 жыл бұрын

That story was pretty wrapped up and finished on the last pod cast.

@darquille 4 жыл бұрын

I cant wait for 5 Dollar Shave Club ads per video to pay for the new Burn Barge.

@arceyes 4 жыл бұрын

Why isn’t there a movie about this guy?

@dantbrooks72 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, it was crazy around here in the 80’s (south fla). Pretty much every time the wind would kick up hard out of the south east bails and kilos would wash up on the beach

@kenshinflyer 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I become addicted to Past Gas, starting with the Ford vs Ferrari podcast.

@masonnuttall1869 2 жыл бұрын

"I couldent wait to smoke pot " 😂😂😂😂

@arceyes 4 жыл бұрын

Love these podcasts gents! I’m relistening and laughing all over again 🤣

@ryurc3033 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are the best, thank you for telling these stories, I have to go back and listen again....so entertaining

@jhobaugh45 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the comment asking for an up to speed episode on James's dad?...this story might have been it haha 44:37

@The52car 2 жыл бұрын

👀 😳

@noobsa78 4 жыл бұрын

Man, theese guys are the best! I love this podcast

@gabereed6293 4 жыл бұрын

people who left dislikes are just mad there weren't any pictures. "they ain't no pictures, well i can't focus too well without ViSuAl AiD"

@anoncanon1100 3 жыл бұрын

lol I just kept another page open to look up the shit

@B736866 4 жыл бұрын

Love the podcasts, please keep them coming.

@mata.miguel 4 жыл бұрын

You should make an episode about Group B. I think it would be awesome xD

@Lilmattw_freshoutdabox23 4 жыл бұрын

I gotta go find a phone my dad just “texted me 911” as he’s talking about getting a page on his pager did anyone else catch that?!?!

@MASTERKEYHOLE_090 4 жыл бұрын

Nice podcast dudes!

@SC-CAJUN 9 ай бұрын

OMG James drug names are HILARIOUS! Thank you Nolan and “EL GUAPO”

@yourgamersource123 4 жыл бұрын

You should get a soundboard with just sound affects done by pumphrey.

@cradleofgoth 4 жыл бұрын

It's fair enough that he dumped those 2 bodies in the barge, they were already dead and it was just an accident, there's no way it could be considered a murder, manslaughter at most.

@toddniehaus 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want to watch "American Made" and "Blow".

@PhoenixFabled 4 жыл бұрын

Good movies

@seanphillips7320 4 жыл бұрын

How RAD, you guys are doing good @ymhstudios is watching you! Just like Garth brooks

@metalheadmoparguy8077 2 жыл бұрын

This was the best piece of content ever , past gas is my best buddy on long walks and drives

@ashcarey5192 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet I'll listen to this tomorrow in my van at work

@joezeit7391 Жыл бұрын

I wanted to hear this story, and you guys did a great job telling it, Good luck fellas!

@erichammond6434 3 жыл бұрын

Need to expand on the whittingtons....or separate podcast. Same story, just as crazy and legendary Kremer cars.

@kristinh5524 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome show!!

@cortlandmartinson5508 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao good to hear that both Nolan and james smokes, makes total sense

@ashas7730 4 жыл бұрын

That was another badass podcast topic!

@kvintaszepp2938 4 жыл бұрын

love this podcast

@johnhaskett9406 4 жыл бұрын

Y'all have a beautiful studio.

@Just.F. 4 жыл бұрын

Keep it up great video

@mpfunk30 4 жыл бұрын

Love it . Awesome story.

@chrisvolbrecht3926 4 жыл бұрын

Y'all are talking about people starting 'late' in their twenties. How about Paul Newman who didn't even get interested in auto racing until he was 44, and it took another few years before he raced professionally?

@gOtze1337 4 жыл бұрын

some pictures would really help sometimes to know who or what u are talking about. during the Le Mans podcast series, i had no idea what ferrari etc. they are talking about. because i have not much knowlegde about older ferraris. just a single picture would have spiced it abit up for me. and now, i have google that dude, just to have a image of him... i mean guys, if u talk about about a person u wanna know how he/she looks like. its kinda human right? put a screen on that wall or something.

@a.castillo2190 2 жыл бұрын

Going back and listening to a ton of the podcasts and I feel like I would love working with Donut! 😆 I love cars, I make decals so I would make all the cut decals for the crew and to sell. And I also love Pusha T! 😆 they reference Push sooooooo often hahahaha

@vermrc2511 Жыл бұрын

NOLAN we went to college together! I was a freshman and we both knew Erica! Good to see your doing great man

@haydenk6459 Жыл бұрын

5:58 James hyping up Nolan over him freestyling his first time smoking weed was oddly wholesome. Rest in peace Mac Miller.

@n.handley9087 4 жыл бұрын

I knew there was a quicker way to get the money to finally finish my project car!! Hmmm how do I get the money for a speedboat🤔

@poloska9471 4 жыл бұрын

N. Handley try using an alias, work to make your identity less known and your routines too, don’t be sketchy but cautious, buy a kilo of heroin or coke, go to where all of the homeless druggies hang out in your town and get to know a couple of them, offer them a cut of the profit if they sell it for you and then promote them after they hire someone else to sell it for them so that you get further and further away from the selling thus making your identity difficult to uncover, move often, don’t let people in your organization figure you out because that is an info liability, then begin washing and smuggling the money out of the country to overseas accounts.

@poloska9471 4 жыл бұрын

The point is to start somewhere and grow quickly to a level when you’re no longer the one selling but rather have funds to control other peoples lives and actions (ie. selling for you and almost everything else that goes into the process)

@randomcarguru388 3 жыл бұрын

Andrey Vasilyev, I bet you're on an FBI or CIA watchlist now.

@jackmattingly6780 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t trust druggies to sell your drugs. Get your straight laced friends who you trust

@Eduardo_Espinoza 4 жыл бұрын

they need to make this along with Vice City Remaster and everything 80ś resurfacing

@redmanbad8869 Жыл бұрын

I love your Ghost shirt!. I get compliments on mine every time I wear it out.

@RoughCutErik 4 жыл бұрын

Tell us more like this please!

@thomasstillman4805 2 жыл бұрын

That Columbian Gold was everywhere in the mid and late 70's

@hotmojoe2483 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could call the future pot episode "Exhaust Smoke" or something like that

@SCP-4680 2 жыл бұрын

Can we yeet the third guy in the future. These older episodes are so much better

@joe1988 4 жыл бұрын

i feel like the title should be "How a drug trafficker became and indycar driver" LOL Great podcast tho, keep them coming!!!!

@S42069 4 жыл бұрын

Suggestion-- Do more research before the show, and talk about it more naturally, rather than reading other people's stories. For example-- 'Stuff You Should Know' does a new topic every show, but they've done their homework and it becomes a conversational flow (with the occasional tangent). Loving the content!

@OriginalLofiBeats 4 жыл бұрын

So who the one guy who disliked the video???

@fumetekcorp7310 4 жыл бұрын

TheLitNation he’s not a real guy....

@itsameyaboi 4 жыл бұрын

One oversensetive mother who disliked it because of the word "drug" in the title, and now 10 more of her facebook friends 😂

@PhoenixFabled 4 жыл бұрын

@@itsameyaboi there's 12 of them now.

@itsameyaboi 4 жыл бұрын

@@PhoenixFabled that's disgusting

@noelarios9410 Жыл бұрын

The Johnny Cash song had me rolling

@gelatinousricardo6894 3 жыл бұрын

They need to make a Randy Lanier movie ASAP

@embergrace255 Ай бұрын

petition to make a new podcast about pot called "pass the gas"

@adamtlangdon7583 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet man!

@Xx-Zeppelin-xX 4 жыл бұрын

Noah's name would be "The Milk Man"!

@DBUCKS1988 4 жыл бұрын

Nolan*

@Xx-Zeppelin-xX 4 жыл бұрын

Stupid autocorrect...

@kvinjk 4 жыл бұрын

El Guapo Leche lol

@ShawnCaldwell11 2 жыл бұрын

My late father worked at the jail that held Randy Lanier back in the 80s. Randy bought brand new tvs for every jail cell. My dad said he was a nice guy.

@badad0166 2 ай бұрын

There's a Netflix doc and a Dale Jr. episode with Mr. Lanier. And he pronounces it "Lah Neer". So, to the time machine!

@juscheckin8285 Жыл бұрын

WOW! Amazing story that I never knew of. I don't even remember hearing about this on the news. Usually if it's a massive story, like this is, it'd be plastered all over the TV. You two are the sickest story tellers. Kept me interested enough that I haven't started my suspension repairs on my 2013 BMW X5. In which I should have stsrter hours ago, but I had to get caught up on the Donut videos I missed. And to end it all off with this podcast was the shit!! Made it worth late start. I tell ya, if I ever hit big money in life. I would totally invest in you guys, James The Kentucky Cobra Pumphrey, Nolan J Sykes and the Donut Media Fam. Thanks!

@johnsheehy 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a up to speed on the Toyota Prius lol

@jonathangillham7960 4 жыл бұрын

only if you change your name to gretta thumberg

@burkejohnson4539 4 жыл бұрын

They finally did

@ItsMeTheCoconut 4 жыл бұрын

This guy needs a movie about him

@GingerBred_Steve 4 жыл бұрын

i am super digging that Ghost Tee

@o.d.c.dreamgarage1625 4 жыл бұрын

This was a very cool story

@swizzjr89 4 жыл бұрын

Them tunnel kids 😂😂😂

@Benaiahmane 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta wait till next week 😭😭

@Max-yg6gs 4 жыл бұрын

Good shit

@andrewernst3884 3 жыл бұрын

can you add pictures? awesome content guys!

@HATECELL 4 жыл бұрын

IMSA: International Marihuana Smugglers Association

@thatcanadian3240 3 жыл бұрын

lmao true

@collinweins9705 4 жыл бұрын

how is this not really popular. so good

@romeomartinez4183 3 жыл бұрын

This past gas is about a different gas.

@ton7t3z28 3 жыл бұрын

We didn't have there term in the 70's and 80's :) Back “420” on April 20 at 4:20 p.m. ended up with Steve Bloom, a former reporter for High Times magazine, an authority on cannabis culture. The magazine printed the flyer in 1991 :)

@bullhornzz 3 жыл бұрын

IMSA = International Marijuana Smugglers Association. The guys who used to own Road Atlanta would fly plane loads in and land on the track. Those were crazy days.

@patapena 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! I grew up in Bell Gardens and even worked at the casino as a busboy! I never knew about this! I mean we all knew some shady stuff was going on but damn!

@Skittlespillygog 2 жыл бұрын

that Johnny Cash impression was... *very cash*

@cawsticky1322 Жыл бұрын

You guys should do a story on 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks - now there's a tale !

@ericbeasley1130 Жыл бұрын

We love these guys (and their partners in crime). I guess we are all OK with "at once" Google searches & comedic banter. My how far journalism has come. I LOVE IT

@ericbeasley1130 Жыл бұрын

BTW when Pumphrey comments on Indy rules and regs saying the racing is bad.. Omg.. I get it James. It's qty not objective journalism

@AveoAmp 4 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice boats are %100 still awesome 😂

@jslack6483 4 жыл бұрын

Hoonigans already did the Burn Barge in Gymkhana Five. Sorry for the disappointment bros.

@juradoignamorte9121 2 жыл бұрын

Nolan rocking the Ghost shirt

@zsemmler 4 жыл бұрын

James Pumphrey is a hod among men. And nolan's short shorts match his personality. I shoulda known. But James every video needs a "more power baby" it's a must.

@deemond5289 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from the UK and I heard £600,000 and thought that's not much. After a few more seconds I was like..... Oh , Lbs. OK.

@HamsterUdders 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are like best friends i never met

@canuckgarages 2 жыл бұрын

The bat comment aged like milk. Over all an 8.3/10 performance.

@badad0166 2 ай бұрын

3:00 Originally, pagers were the way to tell people you were a drug dealer. 27:21 The joke structure is as follows: "How do you make a small fortune in racing? Start with a large one." p.s. Whittington's, The Paul's and RL all racing on drug money. IMSA really was the "International Marijuana Smugglers Association" at the time!