FEATURE
RACE FOR THE WOUNDED
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a veteran from the original Gulf
War and now Race For The
Wounded ambassador. Add to
that a massive array of assorted
dirt bike races in mainland USA
and Mexico, and partnerships
with companies like Warfighter
Made who modify all manner of
two-and four-wheeled vehicles
for racing and recreational use
for wounded veterans and it's
easy to see why Race For The
Wounded is growing stronger
every year.
"I'm a bike guy, so it was all
about motorcycles," Robinson
says. "But then Tony Scott called
me up, and I had no idea who
he was. He loved what we were
doing and was paying out of
his own pocket to put wounded
guys in his trophy truck. He'd
had enough and was going to
sell his truck, he'd won all his
championships, but he wanted to
help us—so he donated his truck,
and this was before we were a full
charity! Now we have a truck and
Tony runs that program covering
long distance four-wheel desert
stuff, and we've just recruited
a guy, Chris Heart, who is still
active in the military. He's run-
ning our east coast motorcycle
program now. We're doing thir-
teen races this year in the Hare
Scramble Association."
The 2015 season was a good
one for the charity, with the team
taking a vintage class win and
seventh outright in the Mexican
1000 with riders Craig Hall and
Scott on a 1971 Honda SL350,
four-wheeled action in the Mint
400, Caliente 250, Rage At The
River, Vegas Off-Road Experi-
ence and a bunch of visits to the
Colin Edwards Texas Tornado
Robinson's found fulfillment in helping wounded vets catch the racing bug.
HOW YOU
CAN HELP
Charities like Race For The Wounded
don't exist without a bit of help from
people like us, and donating to the
cause is now a little easier with retail
chain Kroger.
"Kroger has come on board and
that means we are in some states like
Georgia and Arizona, Idaho and Alas-
ka. We haven't got to California yet,
but that's the next step," Brett says.
"People can link their VIP cards so
when they shop and scan their card,
they save some money that gets do-
nated to Race For The Wounded. It
costs absolutely nothing, and you get
gas points when you scan your card,
so it's a win for everybody."
Of course, normal donations are
also accepted so if this sounds like
a cause you'd like to be a part of,
click on http://raceforthewounded.
com/ways-to-donate/ and follow the
prompts.
Boot Camp. Slowly but surely
the Race For The Wounded
name is coming to prominence,
but there's still no government
funding heading Brett's way.
"None, zero," he says with
conviction. "To me it's very sad
that I have to do this. We're real
small, and I know that we can't
help everybody, but we try to
help as many as we can. We're
trying to help those who sacri-
ficed so much for our country,
but nothing is going to stop us
doing this work. We have a great
number of people who donate
time and money to this program,
and I know it's making a differ-
ence in the lives of these sol-
diers." CN
