The Weed for Speed

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Randy Lanier began driving race cars in 1978. His weed dealing career began even earlier. Along the way, he competed at Le Mans, won the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title, and drove in the Indy 500. All funded by his prodigious cannabis smuggling. We’re talking 165,000 pound loads of primo bud coming in on massive tugboats, including the legendary Punta Roja strain grown in Colombia. Upon publication of his new book Survival of the Fastest: Weed, Speed, and the 1980s Drug Scandal that Shocked the Sports World, Randy takes us through the incredible highs and lows of his life on the track, in the field, behind bars and now working to help fellow cannabis prisoners still locked up. So roll one up, buckle up, and get ready for the green light on a truly thrilling episode. Help Make This Podcast Possible! Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to a video version of the show and extra seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our Great Moments in Weed History podcast feed for 60+ episodes of our classic format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every other Weednesday.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. It's Bean, and welcome to an all-new episode of great moments in weed history.
0:07.3	We have an adrenaline-pumping wild ride of an episode for you this week.
0:14.7	Abdullah is still on, say it with me, hiatus, but I had a chance to ride shotgun for the literal thrill ride that is the life story of
0:25.9	Randy Lanier.
0:27.8	Now, I recently read Randy's new book, Survival of the Fastest, Weed, Speed, and the
0:34.3	1980s drug scandal that shocked the sports world.
0:37.8	And I knew from pretty much the first page that we absolutely had to have him on this podcast.
0:45.3	Because back in the day, Randy was simultaneously one of the top race car drivers in the world
0:52.6	and one of the most prolific cannabis smugglers on earth.
0:57.8	We're talking about 165,000 pounds of Primo Bud coming in on massive tugboats, including the legendary
1:08.4	Punta Roja strain that was grown in Colombia and was widely considered
1:13.4	pretty much the best weed you could possibly get back in the 1980s.
1:19.0	Randy's racing career started in 1978, and his weed selling career began even earlier
1:25.2	than that.
1:26.0	He competed at Le Mans, which is the world's most prestigious
1:29.4	endurance race. He won the 1984 IMSA Camel G-T title, and he drove in the literal Indy 500. All of this
1:41.1	was funded by his weed smuggling operations.
1:45.4	So, weed and speed.
1:47.9	This is all, of course, taking place in the pre-cartel golden age of small-time independent cannabis smugglers.
1:59.7	This is an era back when the idea of homegrown cannabis was
2:03.8	pretty synonymous with ditchweed. So if you wanted good cannabis and especially if you wanted
2:10.1	great cannabis, it had to be smuggled in by people like Randy Lanier. And this is not the first
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