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Lorin Ranier (born June 26, 1965), is an American businessman. He is best known as the former owner of the
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team
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and for currently serving as the head of
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's driver development with the
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program and Pinnacle Racing Group. He is the son of former
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team owner
Harry Ranier Ranier Racing with MDM, formerly known as Ranier-Lundy, was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the K&N Pro Series East, and the ARCA Racing Series. The team formerly compe ...
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Racing career

Ranier started spotting for various teams across
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's top 3 divisions in 1995. By 2010 he was spotting for
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in the No. 6 for Roush-Fenway Racing.Bleacher Report Bleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. Bleacher Report was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in Aug ...
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Ranier had started back up his fathers team, Ranier-Lundy Racing in partnership with Mike Hillman. The next year in
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Ranier in partnership with
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would reopen their
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program which had closed in 1997.WYMT-TV WYMT-TV (channel 57) is a television station licensed to Hazard, Kentucky, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Black Gold Boulevard off ...
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When Ranier reopened his race team in 2015 he created along with it a
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called Ranier Racing Development which is still in use today as it serves as
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program for their driver development. Others in the
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camp in
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have also used his services in recent years including
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and
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through their
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program which Ranier spearheaded from
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to
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and most recently Pinnacle Racing Group in
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Personal life

Ranier graduated Lafayette Senior High School in 1983. Ranier is the son of the late
Harry Ranier Ranier Racing with MDM, formerly known as Ranier-Lundy, was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the K&N Pro Series East, and the ARCA Racing Series. The team formerly compe ...
who most famously owned the No. 28 for
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in the
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from
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