Racing For Heroes – Offers motorsport racing for vets, including a three-day course of study at their Headquarters at Virginia International Raceway and the chance for veterans to build and drive their own cars.
Today the MTP program has multiple discrete elements that veterans can partake in:
- Driving Experience for groups of veterans by hosting them for a three-day course of study at our Headquarters at Virginia International Raceway.
- Sponsoring Veterans to enable them to build and drive their own cars. This element is at no cost to the veteran from RFH, as RFH provides some materials, access to donated materials, and funds, but the drivers must put in sweat equity and their own resources.
- Building teams of veterans to work on a veteran’s car. This builds sense of community and is critical to enhancing the safety net for veterans living in depression. This element is at no cost to the veteran.
- Training veterans on race car fabrication in our shop in Alton VA. This element is at no cost, including housing, to the veteran.
- Opportunities to engage with the community for veteran drivers. This is critical to helping our fellow warriors raise awareness of the issues facing the veteran community. It also includes interview opportunities on our nationally distributed radio / TV show Racing for Heroes Radio.
Racing for Heroes has recently been able to modify a former NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Car into a vehicle that can be accessed by a mobility challenged veteran. It is currently only set up as a ride along vehicle for these veterans to experience the track, although our phase II is to look to acquire the technology to make it fully functional for a paralyzed veteran.
Check out Racing for Heroes programs at this link.
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