Ollie Bridewell's family are asking people who attend his funeral tomorrow to wear bright clothes.
His family have asked that the dress code is happy.' Mr Bridewell, who was 21 and lived in Etchilhampton near Devizes, died when he crashed while practising for round nine of the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on July 20.
He suffered critical head and neck injuries and died at the circuit's medical centre.
He lived with his mother, Liz, father, Marcus, brother Tommy and sister Charlotte. He and Tommy worked at the family garage, Wayside Garage, as mechanics.
His mother said: "Ollie was impeccably dressed. He loved his clothes so whatever people would go out in he would love to see them in that.
"We also feel that Ollie was too young for everybody to turn up in black clothes, it would be too heavy and sombre."
The funeral service is at St Mary's Church, Bishops Cannings, at 12noon followed by a private burial at Etchilhampton churchyard.
People attending the funeral are invited back to the Bridewell's home in Etchilhampton afterwards for refreshments.
Reverend Sally Attwater, priest in charge at Bishops Cannings, said she was expecting the church to be full.
She said: "We are making special arrangements for the service. We don't really want people parking in the pub car park as they have to cater for their own customers.
"We have got a field which is opposite the pub for people to park their cars along with a small farm yard just down the road and these will be signposted.
"We have borrowed chairs from the village school and we are going to put chairs into the chancel. We can perhaps accommodate 400 people inside the church."
For the first time in Mrs Attwater's eight years at the church a public address system will be installed so people who can't get into the church can hear the service outside.
Mrs Attwater said: "We have had the church full to overflowing for funerals, mostly for people who were well known in the village.
"But this is the first funeral service where we are anticipating a larger capacity than we think we can hold but we can happily cope."
Mr Bridewell's family have asked for donations to Cancer Research UK.
Mr Bridewell supported cancer charities after his grandmother Georgina Bridewell died from the disease and also through knowing young people who had cancer.
He would regularly buy items from the Tenovus cancer charity shop in The Brittox, Devizes.
Mrs Bridewell said: "Ollie had his first dabble in betting on horse racing 18 months ago and he won £100. He gave the money to the cancer charity shop in Devizes."
Beverley Dolman, manager of the Tenovus shop, said: "Ollie was always bringing donations in. He would buy something and pay £20 and would not want any change.
"He was such a nice boy and everyone in the shop got to know him."
Mr Bridewell was a rising star in British Superbikes.
This was his second season in the sport and he rode for the Naturally Best sponsored team, formerly known as Vivaldi Racing.
It is expected that riders competing in British Superbikes will attend Mr Bridewell's funeral.
Mr Bridewell's brother Tommy, 18, also rides for Naturally Best in British Superbikes but has decided not to race again this year following his brother's death.
The Bridewell family continue to be inundated with tributes from around the world. Mrs Bridewell said: "We have had a telegram from someone in Afghanistan, and messages from people in Canada, Australia and France, it goes on."
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