Legacy Lap
Trac Môn Anglesey Circuit:The Track That Remembers
Race of Remembrance is going interactive for 2026!
Mission Motorsport is aiming to turn a graphic track layout of Trac Môn Anglesey Circuit from red to green, by way of sponsorship dedications, before this year’s 12-hour Race of Remembrance takes place in November.
There are Three stages to helping turn the Legacy Lap track green…
Ready: choose your preferred 5-metre plot of track on the red section of circuit
Set: next, share a dedication, message of support, or simply leave your own sponsor name
Go: complete your pledge with your donation to leave a lasting dedication
On completion you will receive an eCertificate, with thanks from Mission Motorsport. Every penny of sponsorship received will support Mission Motorsport’s work with the Armed Forces community, through recovery sport.
The STory Behind Legacy Lap: MArk BRadshaw, Creator & FOunder
By day, I maintained a front of military efficiency, hiding behind the armour of my rank and role. But I lingered at my desk every night until the building went quiet, avoiding the inevitable drive home and the painful reminder of what my presence was doing to my wife and children.
When my third tour of Afghanistan arrived in 2012, my mind was already running on empty. Somewhere deep down, I convinced myself that returning to theatre might somehow fix me—that I’d come home reset, back to normal. Instead, three months into the tour, I suffered a snapped Achilles tendon and was medically evacuated back to the UK. Being pulled out of theatre injured and forced back into the very reality I was running from became the ultimate breaking point.
It wasn't until 2016 that I was officially diagnosed with severe cPTSD. By then, the unaddressed trauma had torn through every corner of my life, leading to the collapse of my marriage, broken relationships, and painful separation from my children. For years, isolation felt like my only safe harbour as I cycled through psychological therapies to process feeling completely broken.
Like many veterans, life after service didn't follow the path I expected. Yet through that long recovery process, photography became my turning point. Stepping behind the camera gave me something positive to anchor onto—and eventually, opened doors to a life and purpose I never anticipated.
Through photography, I was introduced to Mission Motorsport. What began as a simple introduction to the charity became something much more personal. I eventually became a Mission Motorsport beneficiary myself and, over time, grew more involved with the organisation and its community.
Mission Motorsport gave me an understanding of something that is difficult to appreciate from the outside: motorsport may bring people together, but what happens around it is just as important. It’s the people, the friendships, the sense of belonging, and the opportunity to rediscover purpose and confidence.
Race of Remembrance brought many of those elements together for me. After the event in November 2025, I found myself thinking about how I could give back to an organisation that had given me so much.
Later that month, I pitched an idea. It started with a simple question: could the race circuit itself become part of the remembrance? Could someone who couldn't physically be at Race of Remembrance still participate by sponsoring a small piece of the track in memory or support of someone important to them?
At that point, it was really just a concept. Then, in May 2026, I sat down at my computer and started experimenting.
I am not a software company, and I didn't have a development team behind me. I just started learning. I tried things, made mistakes, adjusted, started over, and gradually discovered that the idea I’d had months earlier could actually become reality.
That experiment became Legacy Lap.
Legacy Lap allows supporters to sponsor their own unique section of the Race of Remembrance circuit and add a personal dedication. That message becomes part of the interactive track layout and the wider Legacy Roll, creating something that isn't simply a financial donation, but a lasting act of remembrance and support.
For me, that is the most meaningful part of the project. It isn't about technology for the sake of technology; the technology simply makes the connection possible. It’s about people. It’s about giving families, friends, veterans, serving personnel, and supporters a dedicated place to share a name, a message, and a memory.
On a personal level, it has been an opportunity to take something I built with my own hands and use it to support a community that became a vital part of my own healing. Building this didn't just give me a project—it gave me focus, restored my sense of self-worth, and gave me a genuine purpose again. What began as a thought in late 2025 and a quiet experiment on my computer in May 2026 has grown into something far greater than I ever imagined.
Seeing Legacy Lap become a part of Race of Remembrance isn't just something I’m proud of—it’s proof that out of the darkest chapters, we can build something that truly honours others.
My journey to Legacy Lap didn't really start with technology or an idea for a website. It started many years before that.
After serving in the military for over two decades, my life changed permanently during an incident in 2010 on my second tour in Helmand, Afghanistan. I brought that heavy trauma home with me, but for six years, I masked what I was going through, carried the weight in silence, and never asked for help. I was changed, and everyone around me could see it—even when I tried my best to hide it.
Behind the scenes, I was consumed by a quiet, constant storm. At home—a place that no longer felt like home—I’d find myself crying uncontrollably, trapped between deep shame, guilt, and a core belief that I was fundamentally damaged. Feeling undeserving of love or stability, I turned to alcohol, detached from my own reality, and slowly pushed my family away.
