ranger gobots . for the florida road rangers state managed roadside assistance service see florida s turnpike . road ranger l.l.c. type private industry retail truck stops convenience stores founded 1984 headquarters rockford illinois number of locations 100 key people daniel arnold owner deceased 1 ; david saporta ceo revenue 1.0 billion 2012 number of employees 1 100 website www.roadrangerusa.com road ranger is a rockford illinois based chain of travel centers truck stops and convenience stores primarily found in the midwestern united states . contents 1 history 2 top tier gasoline 3 locations 4 wild horse preservation 5 dixie truck stop 6 references 7 external links history edit the first road ranger was opened in 1984 in rockford illinois by northern illinois university business graduate daniel dan arnold . the first location was purchased with 5 000 of arnold s savings and a loan taken out by him and his wife linda arnold . arnold sold the company to phillips petroleum in 1990 to pursue other interests in real estate and banking but eventually restarted the company in 1997 . since then road ranger has rapidly expanded and modernized now operating over 80 facilities in six mid western states . 2 in 2008 pilot flying j announced it was partnering with road ranger and would market the diesel fuel at road ranger truck stop locations ; all non texas locations are now part of this partnership . road ranger was owned by daniel arnold and co owner sunil puri founder of first midwest group . citation needed arnold died on november 17 2015 . 3 on march 19 2015 road ranger completed the sale of 42 convenience store locations in iowa illinois and kentucky to gpm investments 4 5 leaving its focus on travel centers usually in partnership with pilot . top tier gasoline edit road ranger distributes top tier detergent gasoline in its own branded ranger fuels offering although in 2010 this was not available at all locations . 6 locations edit road ranger operates 36 travel center and convenience store locations in the states of illinois iowa indiana missouri texas and wisconsin . 7 many of these have associated subway restaurants and other food franchises . with the exception of those in texas all are now affiliated to pilot truck stops . wild horse preservation edit road ranger is the founding sponsor of the american wild horse preservation campaign . road ranger donates a portion of the proceeds from fuel sales to the campaign . road ranger has been honored and received several community service and greater good awards in recognition of their service to the american wild horse population . 8 dixie truck stop edit in 2012 road ranger purchased remodeled and began operating the dixie travel plaza . opened in 1928 the dixie is one of the country s original and oldest truck stops . 9 references edit http www.legacy.com obituaries rrstar obituary.aspx pid 176679962 road ranger and kiswaukee college http www.roadrangerusa.com daniel % 20arnold % 20obituary % 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