by A. J. Baime
First published 2022
Randy Lanier grows up dreaming of racing at the Indianapolis 500, but he knows he cannot afford the sport's massive costs. He buys a speedboat and starts smuggling marijuana from the Bahamas to Florida. The drug money funds his racing career, and he becomes an overnight sensation on the track. Lanier and his team drive the fastest cars money can buy, flaunting their wealth at every race while cameras roll. They build one of the largest smuggling operations in American history, but law enforcement closes in as Lanier approaches his racing dreams. Set in 1980s Miami Vice era Florida, the story follows an ordinary man whose pursuit of four-wheel glory leads him into major crime. Lanier tells his complete story for the first time with author A.J. Baime, revealing how his racing ambitions created one of the decade's biggest drug scandals.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, crime, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: pursuit-of-dreams, rags-to-riches
Setting: Bahamas, Florida, Miami
Period: 1980s
1 pages · Audio CD · Hachette B and Blackstone Publishing
Content warnings: drug-use, violence