Former Winston Cup team owner, Harry Ranier passed away Wednesday morning of a massive heart attack. Ranier was 62. The viewing will take place in Kentucky on Saturday and the funeral there as well on Sunday. Ranier owned cars that Bobby and Davey Allison drove for and sold the team to present team owner Robert Yates before the 1988 season. His team won three Daytona 500’s and he was looking into forming a BGN team in 2000. Harry is the father of Lorin who is a consultant and spotter for Bill Elliott. Condolences go out to the Ranier family(in part from RPM2Nite and RaceComm) and now NOL has a story up – Former team owner Ranier passes — UPDATE: Mike Calinoff will be Bill Elliott’s spotter this week at Pocono, filling in for Lorin Ranier. Calinoff is the regular spotter for Ricky Craven who is not entered at Pocono
