Supercars return to full Sydney layout for SuperNight

The Supercars Championship organisers have confirmed a return to the full layout of the Sydney Motorsport Park circuit for the SuperNight race in August.

It was previously announced that the night round would be held on the shorter 2.8km layout as there was not sufficient lighting available.

The switch back to the full layout has been enabled by securing 60 light towers, meaning sufficient lighting for the TV broadcast and spectators on site.

James Courtney tested the new lightning set-up earlier this week and was satisfied.

“Anything under lights looks better and racing cars will look fantastic, with the flames out of the exhaust and the brake disks glowing red. It adds a lot more drama to it all,” said Courtney to supercars.com.

“It’s going to be great running the full circuit, we do in the daylight and have always had great racing, so it’s going to be even better of a night. I think it will be an excellent event, it’s definitely going to be quite a spectacle and something very different which we haven’t done for many, many years.”

The SuperNight race takes place on August 4th this year.