The ACT Speedway will be up in lights for its first night race meeting in over two decades in a trial for future night racing in Canberra on Saturday.
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Twenty drivers will vie for a shot at a slot in the USA Nationals in Las Vegas, with another driver set to win a wildcard entry for a chance to compete in the American event.
Bathurst royalty in Brayden Wilmington, son of the great Gary Wilmington, will compete alongside the likes of Graham Keats, Dalton Rowell, Nathan Camilleri and Bryan Neal.
The ACT has been an outlier on the speedway racing circuit since the closure of Canberra's Fraser Park speedway left the capital without night racing, unlike the bulk of the nation.
The ACT government gave the National Capital Motorsports Club a tick of approval to host a one-off event, which will be used to evaluate noise from the venue under night racing conditions.
Officials hope it will lay the foundations for permanent change on the Canberra speedway scene at the humble Pialligo Avenue track.
The program on clay surface is slated to consist of legend cars, production sedans, RSA street stockers and RSA junior sedans.
