The Saturday evening battle under lights is traditionally one of two endurance races held as part of the national production car series' Queensland Raceway event each year and Lynton and Leahy have won three of last four, including last year's instalment in their Bridgestone Select Southport BMW M3.

"The night race is great, it adds a real different element to the series and is quite a spectacle too - you see some crazy lights on the cars out there as well as the brakes glowing regularly around the Queensland Raceway circuit," Lynton said.

"Last year we won the night race and also the weekend overall which is great, but while we have won the night race three out of four times since 2015, historically we have struggled to back it up in the Sunday race which we are looking to change.

"This year will be the first time it is run on the new MRF Tyres and some of the other teams have some more data from Phillip Island now which will assist as both tracks are hard on tyres."

The Bathurst race Lynton refers to is none other than the Hi Tec Oils Bathurst Six Hour, where Lynton and Leahey broke through for victory just seven weeks after taking out the round win at the opening round of the 2019 MRF Tyres APC season in Sydney.

"This year initially was all about our unfinished business at the Bathurst Six Hour," he said.

"In the first two years with our BMW 1M we had gremlins ruin that race for us and in 2018 it was a case of being so close yet so far, so this year our focus was all about that race and we achieved that goal.

"Before that event we ran at the first round of the MRF Tyres APC at Sydney Motorsport Park.

"With the new tyres it was somewhat of a tyre test for us. We started rear of the grid for the first race to bring them up slowly, and we also had a drive shaft issue in practice so safety had to come first.

Lynton, Leahy and the rest of the APC field will contest two 300km races over the August 2-4 weekend, including the infamous Fight in the Night race under lights on Saturday evening.