Brainerd International Raceway – BIR

Drag race, drift and skid – Brainerd International Raceway is once again set to come alive to the sound of huge horsepower running wild as hundreds of entrants take to the track May 17-19 & July 26-28 for Powercruise. Unique in the world of car and driving events, Powercruise is a weekend-long horsepower party that…

Brainerd International Raceway is excited to announce that they are hosting the Pyrotechnics Guild International (PGI) August 3 – 10, 2024. The PGI is an organization all about fireworks, and they are going to light up the sky here in Brainerd! This year’s event is called “Here Comes the Boom.” The event offers three nights…

The fastest show on Earth returns to Brainerd International Raceway in 2024 for the 42nd Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. The world’s best drag racers will be on display and serving up a steady diet of nitro-fueled drag racing. ​Here’s what you get: The world’s best drag racers, the fastest cars, the most insane race…

The Sports Car Club of America provides great wheel-to-wheel racing in a number of different classes as drivers battle on BIR’s highly technical 13-turn, 2.5-mile road course. Prior to the Harvey West Classic, BIR is hosting the SCCA Competition Racing License School, which is how racers can get licensed to compete in SCCA races. The…

On the drag strip, the Muscle Car Series will be wrapping up the season, as drivers duke it out for series championships. The seven Heads-Up Classes – Outlaw Pro Mod, “Lakeside Cabinets & Woodworking” Outlaw, “Everything Automotive” King Street, “Holmberg Motorsports” Real Street Unlimited, Real Street Natural, “Zack Novak Construction Inc.” 660 Outlaw Street, and…

NORTHSTAR SPEED SUMMIT is a turbocharged motorsports rodeo for imports and sport compact cars at BIR. It features drifting, drag racing, autocross, roll racing and open lapping on the road course. With a burnout competition following Saturday’s drag racing and night drift sessions, NORTHSTAR SPEED SUMMIT offers a full weekend of racing activities. Traveling for…

The International Watercross Association (IWA) is bringing snowmobile watercross racing to BIR again this summer for two Wet & Wild Weekends: June 3-4 and Sept. 23-24. ​The IWA is teaming up with the Bracket Drag Racing Series on the quarter-mile track, Central Roadracing Association on the road course for thrilling Superbike racing, and Mud Rhythm…

BIR’s "Hoffman Weber Construction" Bracket Drag Racing Series features some of the best amateur drag racing in the country as 250+ drag racers compete in 10 different classes. Fans can see dragsters, cars, trucks, bikes, snowmobiles and Junior Dragsters, all of which are competing for prize money, hardware and all-important series points that go toward…

The International Watercross Association (IWA) is bringing snowmobile watercross racing to BIR again this summer for two Wet & Wild Weekends ​Watercross is crazy fun racing that you can’t miss. Lake BIR, the pond in the middle of BIR’s PleasureLand RV VIP Campground, is transformed into a race track for snowmobiles as they race on…