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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 […]

Olson gets trifecta win, Schmidt breaks 5 seconds during Shootout

September 4, 2018

Nathan Olson had a rare trifecta win and Rick Schmidt broke the 5-second mark to cap off a crazy weekend of drag racing for 450 cars entered in the 30th Annual GSTA Muscle Car Shootout at Brainerd International Raceway. Olson, who only has two Muscle Car Series wins in the five years he’s been racing, […]

Ohnsorg takes home CRA championship in dominating fashion

September 4, 2018

In dominating fashion, Kyle Ohnsorg wrapped up his second overall Central Roadracing Association championship last weekend, with one weekend of racing left. The CRA was on the road course during the 30th Annual GSTA Muscle Car Shootout. With 450 cars on the drag strip for the finale of the Muscle Car Series, CRA’s Superbikes were […]

Great deal on Muscle Car Series T-shirts

August 30, 2018

Here’s a hot T-shirt deal for you Muscle Car Series fans. Buy one T-shirt for $25 or get all three 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.

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