TMCP #423: Kate Licitra, Vet Speed Racing, Racing ‘Vettes to Help Our Vets!! – Ask Rick, Does Win on Sunday Sell on Monday Still Work?
The MuscleCar Place
Robert Kibbe
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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This weeks guest is Kate Licitra, the founder and President of Vet Speed Racing, a 501c3 non profit group that uses Corvettes and racing to help alleviate PTSD. After her former military husband started to show symptoms of traumatic brain injury and Post traumatic stress disorder she knew that she had to do something. After they sold a house, she was able to purchased a Corvette as a bonus for a little track day fun, she noticed his illness started to ease a little. The release that came with the speed and "racing therapy" really helped and she knew she was on to something that she had to share with other vets.
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| 0:00.0 | The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 423. This week our guest is Kate from |
| 0:05.8 | Vets Speed Racing, a nonprofit organization that uses a vet to help vets. And I'm referring to |
| 0:11.4 | Corvets and U.S. Armed Forces veterans, of course. Their mission is personal as Kate's husband, |
| 0:17.6 | Tony, learned firsthand as to how much having a goal to go enjoy a track day meant for him and did for him. |
| 0:24.4 | And now they have a mission to help others in need as well doing the same thing. |
| 0:28.1 | It really benefited him. He enjoyed it. He loved it. It was huge, kind of in a way of therapy. |
| 0:35.4 | We say track therapy or throttle therapy. |
| 0:39.1 | Up first, of course, is Mr. Rick Schmidt from NPD for an in-depth discussion about whether the cars that win at the racetrack on Sunday still sell the dealer lots on Monday. |
| 0:49.0 | You will be shocked. |
| 0:49.8 | He has a very strong opinion. |
| 0:52.4 | Here's a hint. |
| 0:53.1 | He doesn't think so. |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah. has a very strong opinion. Here's a hint. He doesn't think so. This is the muscle car place, weekly online podcast. |
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| 1:07.5 | This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars. |
| 1:13.4 | Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them, this is the place for you. |
| 1:19.7 | Now, here's your host, Rob Kibby. Yes, indeed, I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car |
| 1:26.8 | Play's podcast. Well, March is here. That means spring is right around the corner. And we're going to kick things off with vet speed racing today. And this was an organization introduced to me. It's nonprofit. They're helping veterans using racing as therapy. And if that's not right, |
| 1:45.9 | I don't know what is. There's a lot of things in the news today to not smile about. This is a good |
| 1:50.7 | one, though. And if we can help our veterans using the thing that we're all passionate about |
| 1:55.1 | cars, that's AOK in my book. So I really would like you to listen through this, even if you can't |
| 2:00.5 | help in person |
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