Retiring Holden great Craig Lowndes has called for Supercars to introduce more night events as the championships braces to race under lights in Sydney.
There is an air of unpredictability around the 10th event of the season this weekend as the last Supercars night race was seven years ago in Abu Dhabi.
You have to go all the way back to 1997 at Melbourne's Calder Park when a race was last staged under lights in Australia.
Lowndes is better equipped than almost any driver in the field to cope with night racing, having started his glittering Supercars career with an after-dark win at Sydney Motorsport Park in 1996.
The 44-year-old is excited about getting a final chance to test himself under lights this Saturday night before he hangs up the helmet at the end of the year.
"The concept is awesome. I would like to see more night racing," Lowndes said.
"I think we have some great circuits which can bring the right atmosphere, like Darwin and Townsville, and would provide the perfect environment to race under lights.
"It allows families to go to work or do what they need to do during the day, then get out to the circuits later to relax and watch us going around at night."
While his win 22 years ago was around a short track, this one is set to be an endurance test.
The 300km spectacle will be the longest single driver race since 2003.
The sole race of the weekend is worth 300 points (double a regular race) meaning it could have serious championship ramifications.
Ford ace Scott McLaughlin heads to the NSW capital with a 131-point gap on Red Bull Holden's Shane van Gisbergen after the pair split the two races at Ipswich last month.
Practice will get underway on Friday at 6pm, with the main event starting at 7.20pm on Saturday as more than 50 temporary light towers have been installed around the Eastern Creek track.
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