The flat grass field at the centre of ASB Baypark Stadium is lined and primed to be dug up in preparation for the ENZED 2016 UIM Jetsprint World Championships at the end of the month.
White lines mark the future race course which will be filled with water and host more than 40 V8 jetboats on January 30.
This will be the third jetsprints event held at the stadium. Each year organisers bring in diggers to carve out a new track for the action-packed weekend.