Over the 24 hour race each car will be driven by a team of four drivers. Driving the second production MX-5 race car will be a team raising the profile of British Armed Forces Charities in motorsport. These include The Not Forgotten Association – one of the 2011 chosen charities for the RAF Typhoon Display Team, of which Mazda is the 2011 vehicle sponsor, Help for Heroes, the 'Soldiers’ Charity' - the Army Benevolent Fund, Forces Children's Trust and ourselves Scotty's Little Soldiers.

Leading this team will be Major James Cameron of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2RTR) based at Tidworth in Wiltshire. James has just returned from Afghanistan where he commanded the Warthog Group - Task Force Helmand's independent armoured Squadron. He is joined by Brigadier Mike Hickson, the Director of the Royal Logistic Corps. Mike is a keen racer, campaigning in single seaters as well as racing classics, most recently at Silverstone and Le Mans. Former Royal Signals Sergeant Will Browning is the third driver, a keen racer and drifter from Bath who is now a Metropolitan Police Officer in the London Borough of Hackney. Completing the line up is TV presenter and racer Tony Jardine, an ardent supporter of Forces Charities and himself the son of a Royal Navy pilot.

The Forces MX-5 will be supported in the pit garage by soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment including some who are recovering from injuries sustained while on operations in Afghanistan.

Team Manager Rich Bernard said:

"We are delighted to be supporting Scotty's Little Soldiers. They are a charity that is very close to our heart, given our mutual links to 2nd RTR and we are delighted to be helping them raise awareness and donation towards their wonderful cause."

Our team will be at the event to support the Mazda team and run our merchandise stall so if you are going to the event please come along and say hello to us at the Scottys Little Soldiers stall.

If you want to donate and support all 5 charities please text RACECAR24 and £5 to 70070.