The time is now!

So we are now at the business end of the record attempt, and before I sign off and hand over to my able bodied social media assistants, I would just like to thank everyone who has been involved, helped, supported, donated and sent messages so far.  Everything is greatly appreciated by myself, the team and the two great charities we are supporting.

Its been a hard slog but it would be fantastic if as many of you as possible could join me for this great experience.  Any support would be certainly appreciated and the Tuesday evening is going to be an entertaining one for sure.  All of the info regarding what is happening is on the below press release, and full directions to the track are now on www.24hoursofmx.co.uk

Don't forget to bring pit boards or a makeshift version so you can show me messages when I come by the pit area.  As well as motivational ones, I am certainly not adverse to a bit of humour so over to you on that one, I will need some entertainment while I am going round.

Anyway thanks again and hopefully seeya there!

The time is now for World Record hopeful, so get involved!

Months of arduous training and countless practice laps are all going to be put to the test for Weymouth World Record hopeful Paul Oughton who on midday Tuesday will begin his gruelling 24 Hour Motocross Guinness World record attempt.

Paul's attempt will see him raising money for the Weldmar Hospice and the Wings for Life Spinal Chord Research Foundation, and he is inviting everyone to be part of it during Tuesday evening for what will be a very special occasion with some famous guests.

Public are invited to support and watch Paul at any time, but the Tuesday evening is when most people will be heading over to the track with entertainment lined up for everyone including guest appearances, from the Kangaroo Kid's the World Famous Quad stunt riders fresh from the Dorset County Show, Mountain bike trials ace Nick Manning, 3 times Motocross World Champion Dave Thorpe and four times British Motocross Champion Stephen Sword.

Paul will also be assisted at the event by Mike Buss, who has been hailed before as the World's Fittest Man and holder of no less than 48 World records of his own. Mike will be supporting Paul and his team with logistics, motivation and rules and regulations of the attempt.

On top of this the team from the Air 107.2 radio station will be there, with hot food, and hot and cold drinks also available. Paul starts his attempt at Midday but festivities start from 4pm with the guest appearances beginning at 6pm until 8pm so it is early enough for children to enjoy on a school night.

Paul also is keen to get as many people involved as possible and is encouraging people to bring along Pit boards or to bring makeshift ones so that they can communicate good luck messages to him while he is riding. There will be a designated safe area so that it will be safe for supervised children to do this also. Pit boards are what the pro motor sport teams use to communicate with their driver and riders whilst they are racing, and are commonly used in Motocross.

Paul told us “I really want to make Tuesday a great evening for everyone who comes out and supports me, and it is fantastic that the Kangaroo Kid's will be making their final 2013 UK appearance with us and doing a display. Nick Manning is an awesome talent on a bike, so he will be great to see, and the fact that Dave Thorpe and Stephen Sword will be putting some laps in with me is amazing. The big thing though is that I want everyone to be part of it and with it being such a long and ardous task, any good luck, motivational or even funny messages whilst I am going round will certainly help, so I would like people to create or bring pit boards along to the track which they can hold out and show me as I am going round”.

The track is at Rogershill Raceway just off the A35 taking the Tolpuddle exit. With signposts to the track being placed from here. The postcode for the venue is DT2 7HN.

For full directions and event info and timings visit www.24hoursofmx.co.uk

There is now a facebook page set up which is named 24hoursofmotox and donations can be made via uk.virginmoneygiving.com/24hoursofmx with donation forms and buckets also available at the event.