{"id":832819,"date":"2026-07-30T05:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832819\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:50:31","slug":"fight-in-the-night-set-to-enter-new-era-under-australian-endurance-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832819\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight in the Night set to enter new era under Australian Endurance Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Fight\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFight in the Night is next on the Australian Endurance Championship calendar. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

A staple of Australian production car racing, the enduro under lights at Queensland Raceway has been a mainstay of the calendar since 2012.<\/p>\n

This year, the three-hour race will be contested by the Australian Endurance Championship, ushering the race into a new era and opening it up to a multitude of vehicles not previously eligible.<\/p>\n

Open to Production Sports vehicles, the first two races of the AEC season have seen entries ranging from a variety of production cars to production-based GT machinery.<\/p>\n

Classes are defined by lap time rather than car performance, and regulations around engine, drivetrain and braking modifications are slightly relaxed compared to traditional production car racing.<\/p>\n

Tony Quinn and Kiwi young gun Matt McCutcheon combined to win the opening race at QR aboard a Toyota Supra GT, while Jake Camilleri and Glenn Walker took out the second event at Sydney Motorsport Park in a Mercedes-AMG GT.<\/p>\n

GT drivers haven\u2019t had it all their way though, with production cars also in the mix at the front.<\/p>\n

Oscar Targett and Rob Gooley bounced back from Bathurst 6 Hour heartbreak to finish second outright in the AEC opener aboard the Speedcafe BMW M4.<\/p>\n

Glen Ebert and Luke Vanna then brought their BMW M2 home in second place at SMP, having led a significant portion of the race through pit strategy.<\/p>\n

Due to the more open nature of the rule book, AEC expects the field to continue growing through the season, beginning with Fight in the Night.<\/p>\n

The previous round at SMP had an initial entry list of 19 cars. However, several drivers were forced to withdraw due to outside commitments.<\/p>\n

Speedcafe understands that several new cars to the field are expected to contest Fight in the Night, including Toyota 86s and additional Ginetta entries.<\/p>\n

Multiple cars that competed in the season opener but were absent from SMP are also expected to return.<\/p>\n

The full Fight in the Night entry list will be revealed in the lead up to the event.<\/p>\n

Fight in the Night will be held at Queensland Raceway on August 14-15 as part of the AASA Hi-Tec Oils Super Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fight in the Night is next on the Australian Endurance Championship calendar. Image: Supplied A staple of Australian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[236264,64,63,311985,236608,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-832819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aasa","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-endurance-championship","tag-hi-tec-oils-super-series","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}