The whole event was broadcast live on YouTube. The race itself on Sunday was as eventful as ever, and the Lotus Exige was kept busy during during the 12 hours. You’d never believe the bodywork is bright green underneath. Once the design was finalised, Mission Motorsport’s Livery Manager, Lee Winstone, and charity beneficiary Marc Tarling spent a week turning the Exige into a moving tribute. Each represents a British service person who lost their life in Afghanistan or Iraq. Thousands of hand-placed poppies form the design, 635 of which are reflective, shining bright when a light is run over them. The team, including Kes Bradley, Jack Taylor, Chris Read, Gareth Lloyd and Matt Stringer, took inspiration from previous Poppy Cars and created an eye-catching livery that would work on the Exige’s performance-oriented body. The striking and emotive poppy design was created in-house by some of those which Mission Motorsport has supported.
The car made its world debut last Thursday – 11 November – at a special service of remembrance at Hethel, the home of Lotus since 1966 and a former RAF air base. And the car looked glorious as it was doing its job in the dark – we watched the poppy design all lit up as it was bringing the field of 53 race cars in to the pit lane as Saturday ended.” It also set the 10 fastest lap times of the weekend with passengers on board.
We ran a supercar event where the Poppy Car was able to take out some of the beneficiaries involved in its design. The unique Exige Cup 430 acted as safety car at the event, which Mission Motorsport’s founder and CEO, Major James Cameron, describes as… “a remembrance service with a 12-hour endurance race attached”. It took place at the race track on Anglesey on the north coast of Wales.
The Poppy Car created by Lotus and Mission Motorsport, the UK Armed Forces’ motorsport charity, was in high-octane action over the weekend at the annual Race of Remembrance.
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