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Register now for BIR’s 2018 Racer Banquet, Feb. 23

December 11, 2018

Brainerd International Raceway’s annual Racer Banquet is set for Saturday, Feb. 23 at Arrowwood Lodge in Brainerd. The program starts with a social hour at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The awards ceremony follows dinner. The cost for the banquet is $38 per person, $17 each for kids 8-12 years old, and […]

Nationals ticket sales start Dec. 3; renewal letters are in the mail

November 29, 2018

Advance sales for tickets to the 38th Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals start on Dec. 3. This is a chance for fans to buy early and save a bunch. BIR has also sent out renewal letters for returning fans who want to keep the reserved seats and the campsites they had last year. If they […]

Candlelight vigil set for Saturday, Nov. 17 to honor Jed

November 16, 2018

BIR will host a candlelight vigil from 3-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 to memorialize owner Jed Copham, who passed away Sunday after a swimming accident in Florida. The vigil is open to the public and is a chance to share stories about Jed or to just find comfort in the presence of the racing community […]

Swimming accident in Florida takes the life of BIR’s Jed Copham

November 12, 2018

Brainerd International Raceway owner Jed Copham passed away Sunday as the result of a swimming accident off the coast of Florida. He was 46. Copham had been swimming from his parents’ boat Sunday afternoon near Fort Myers when he went missing. Search and rescue teams didn’t find his body until Monday morning. No details of […]

For holiday gift ideas, think BIR!

November 3, 2018

The holidays are coming up fast, and BIR has some unique great gift ideas for the daredevil or race fan in your family. Check these out: Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Tickets – Treat your favorite race fan to the fastest show on Earth, featuring the world’s best drag racers and dragsters that fly down the […]

Season wraps up for drag racers with annual Wally Race

October 3, 2018

The Bracket Drag Racing Series concluded last weekend but not in grand fashion like most racers and fans had hoped for. With series championships and Wally trophies up for grabs, Mother Nature shortened the race weekend with a rain-out on Saturday and then unseasonably cold temps on Sunday that led race officials to shorten the […]

CRA’s Hebeisen signs off in style as outgoing CRA champ

September 26, 2018

The Central Roadracing Association’s final sprint races and its annual 5-hour Endurance Race signaled the end of its season, as riders took their final laps of the year on Brainerd International Raceway’s historic 3.1-mile Donnybrooke Road Course. Reigning champion Brian Hebeisen ended his season by taking his Fisk Brothers Racing Yamaha R6 to multiple victories […]

BIR’s ET Finals team takes 2nd place. Congrats!

September 20, 2018

A drag racing team from BIR took second place among 15 teams from throughout the Midwest competing in the NHRA West Central Summit Racing ET Finals last weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kan. Jimmy Paulson was runner up in the Motorcycle Class Race of Champions and Bob Ingman outlasted 166 other drivers in […]

Stage is set for Bracket Drag Racing Series’ final weekend

September 11, 2018

With only one weekend of racing left in the Bracket Drag Racing Series, the racing is heating up and the point standings are jammed up at the top. About 250 cars, trucks, bikes and dragsters were on hand last weekend, when the Bracket Drag Racing Series was on the drag strip and the World Racing […]

BIR announces its ET Finals drag racing team

September 9, 2018

A team of drag racers from Brainerd International Raceway will compete this weekend at the NHRA West Central Summit Racing ET Finals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. BIR today announced the 35 racers who will represent the track BIR’s drag racing team will compete against teams from 15 other tracks in the NHRA’s West […]

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