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Hyttsten’s trifecta highlights Muscle Car Shootout

September 6, 2019

If you were looking for Dan Hyttsten last Sunday, your best bet was to look on Brainerd International Raceway’s drag strip. If he wasn’t flying down the track, he was waiting his turn in the staging lanes. But that’s what happens when you win 14 of 15 races – you tend to spend a lot […]

Bracket drag racing, Audi Club welcome race fans this weekend

September 5, 2019

After a seven-week break from the track, the Bracket Drag Racing Series returns to the drag strip for the sixth of seven weekends of racing. After this weekend, there will only be one weekend of racing left, so series points are at a premium and competition will be intense for those who are chasing a […]

BIR announces its drag racing team for the NHRA Summit Racing ET Finals

September 4, 2019

Brainerd International Raceway today announced the 38 drag racers who will represent the track Sept. 13-15 during the NHRA West Central Summit Racing ET Finals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. BIR’s drag racing team will try to improve on its second-place finish last year, competing against teams from 16 other tracks in the NHRA’s […]

Drag racing registrations this weekend are CLOSED!

August 30, 2019

We’re FULL this weekend! If you wanted to drag race during the GSTA Muscle Car Shootout and haven’t registered yet, you’re out of luck. We had a whopping 528 cars register for drag racing, and that’s at capacity. We apologize to those who wanted to drag race but to get through all our classes each […]

Muscle Cars, Superbikes take on BIR Labor Day weekend

August 26, 2019

Just two weeks after 11,000-horsepower dragsters put on an amazing show at Brainerd International Raceway, the track will be alive again this weekend with thunderous drag racers and high-flying Superbikes during the 31st Annual GSTA Muscle Car Shootout. An action-packed weekend awaits fans, as BIR ushers out summer with one of its most popular events […]

Great deals on Muscle Car Series T-shirts

August 25, 2019

Here’s a hot T-shirt deal for you Muscle Car Series fans. Buy a GSTA Muscle Car Shootout T-shirt for $25 or get all three Muscle Car Series tees for $60! Below are the designs. They’re available this weekend at The Shirt Shack, located on the ground floor of the brick condos inside the track. […]

Line wins at home track; Pritchett, Capps also win at NHRA Nationals

August 18, 2019

Minnesota native Jason Line won a race for an NHRA-record 16th straight season on Sunday, racing to the wire-to-wire victory at his home track during the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. In other racing, it was a double-up victory for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) for the first time in 2019, […]

Line among top qualifiers heading into Sunday’s eliminations

August 17, 2019

Pro Stock driver and Minnesota native Jason Line secured his second No. 1 qualifier of the 2019 season and the 55th of his career at the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Matt Hagan (Funny Car) also qualified No. 1 in their respective categories, setting up […]

Line, Hagan, Torrence lead the pack after Day One of Nationals

August 16, 2019

Matt Hagan leads the pack in Funny Car at BIR, powering to the top qualifying spot on Friday during the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) are also provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The […]

Finally! The Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals are here!

August 12, 2019

The world’s best drag racers soon will start filing into Brainerd for the 38th Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals (Aug. 15-18), and while there’s always a lot of fun, fanfare and anticipation leading up to the race itself, the teams know that there’s a lot riding on this weekend. Nationals at BIR is always a […]

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