Master Cpl. Jody Mitic (left) and Cpl. Andrew Knisley with the car they will drive in the Targa Newfoundland rally. (CBC)

Two Ottawa area soldiers who lost limbs while fighting in Afghanistan will compete in a grueling five-day car rally in Newfoundland next month to raise money for other injured soldiers.

Master Cpl. Jody Mitic and Cpl. Andrew Knisley were at the Canadian War Museum Wednesday morning to announce their goal of raising $150,000 for the Soldier On Fund, a program that supports wounded veterans.

He lost both legs below the knee when he stepped in a landmine in Afghanistan in January 2007.

Knisley lost his right leg below the hip, and partial use of his right hand in a bomb blast in Afghanistan.

But Mitic said injured soldiers don't have to lead inactive lives.

Mitic calls himself an adrenaline junkie. That it is part of the reason he became a soldier, he said.

"Most of us are young men, and a few women, and we want to continue to live lives that are exciting as they would be in the military, but we got to use other means," Mitic said.

He pays credit to the Soldier On program, which helped him achieve things such as compete in a marathon using specially designed prosthetics.

Now the pair will compete in the 2,200 kilometre Targa Newfoundland rally, with Mitic driving and Knisley his codriver.

"I don't want to compare it to combat, but that's the same thing. You got to improvise, you don't know what's coming next, and all that stuff, you know. So I'm just looking forward to the excitement of the whole thing," Mitic said.

Knisley is also excited.

"It's not everyday you get to live the dream of being a race-car driver, so that in itself is just fantastic," he said.

Retired Maj. Gen. Lewis Mackenzie will be coaching Mitic and his partner.

The veteran racer says he wasn't surprised by the pair's ambition, especially after the feats they've already accomplished.

The rally is run Sept. 11-18, crisscrossing central and eastern Newfoundland.