The former Goolgowi native has been on the trip of a lifetime as a mechanic with Ford Performance Racing (FPR), where he not only travelled overseas for the first time, but worked at two of the most technologically advanced racetracks in the world.

Byrne was part of the largely successful FPR trip to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, where drivers Mark Winterbottom and Steve Richards had mixed success during the opening rounds of the V8 Supercar series.

The 20-year-old said he was left wide-eyed from his trip to the adult playgrounds, adding he has been spoilt early in his career given the on-track pit facilities in the first two rounds.

"I've flown from Griffith to Surfers Paradise before, but I'd never been overseas before. So I didn't really know what the go was I just followed everybody else through the international terminals," Byrne said.

"We got a couple of days off so we took in the sights of Abu Dhabi the first day we had off and between the races we went to Dubai for a day and a half.

"It (Dubai) was a weird place we went to a big water theme park in the morning, had lunch, and then went indoor snowboarding in the afternoon."

"They've spoiled me straight up because I haven't been to many of the tracks around Australia, so starting off at Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, two of the best tracks in the world, so then having to come back to Tasmania or Winton, it'll be like 'oh this isn't too good' but they've got more character."

While he admits he is still learning the multi-million dollars ropes of the team, Byrne said he has already learnt a lot and said the team overall was happy with the results from their desert sojourn.

"(Mark) Winterbottom got four podiums from as many races and Steven Richards showed good pace but was a bit unlucky with a few issues with brakes at Abu Dhabi and again at Bahrain," Byrne said.

"During one of his pits tops we had a (tyre changing) gun fail, and that easily could have been Frosty (Winterbottom) but luckily he went on to get second.

"In cases when the car comes in and there's a problem it's really frantic, but in between the races I get a lot of hands on and once I do something and they check it and they feel confident I can do it, then the trust builds up from there."

Byrne will travel to Adelaide for the Clipsal 500 on March 11-14, with Winterbottom (543 points) second on the championship ladder behind Jamie Whincup (600), with FPR's Richards in 20th.