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you a goal, a mission. You get
pushed to your limits and you
have to depend on your team-
mates. It's a lot like the military
and I like that aspect. For me,
the lack of adrenaline when I
returned was bad. We have a
huge suicide rate of returning
veterans and personally I think a
lot of it is because you lose your
identity. It's hard to assimilate
back into something after you've
been through war. So with Race
For The Wounded, I figured we
could bring returning guys in, get
them with like-minded people,
and we could help them start ad-
justing. We want to give them a
focus, a goal, and let them know
we're not forgetting them."
In the four years Race For The
Wounded has been in existence,
the team has entered the first
double-amputee to compete in
the 2013 Baja 1000 in a team
formed by Colin Edwards and
Mike Myers at the Texas Tornado
Boot Camp, plus innumerous
Trophy Truck races with cham-
pion driver Tony Scott, himself
