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This weekend! Show & Go Drag Racing & Car Show

July 4th weekend means Outlaw Drag Racing during the 23rd annual Show & Go

A perennial favorite for drag racing fans, the 23rd Annual Show & Go returns this year with a fantastic lineup for fans and racers alike. It all starts on the drag strip with Outlaw Drag Racing, featuring beefed-up muscle cars that can scream down the track at 200 mph. Off the track, you'll be treated to a classic car show, and on Saturday night, BIR pulls out the stops with a spectacular fireworks display and live music by Rockfist. It all happens this weekend!

Next Weekend! Modern Automotive Performance Sport Compact Proving Grounds

Import and Sport Compact cars to light up BIR's drag strip

Brainerd International Raceway brings a unique brand of drag racing to the track next weekend during the Modern Automotive Performance Sport Compact Proving Grounds. It's drag racing for import and sport compact cars, July 10-11. You'll see front-wheel, rear-wheel and all-wheel-drive cars, some of which are the fastest sport compacts in the country. The weekend also includes autocross, competition drifting, a car show, car stereo competition and live music Friday night by Series 5.

Mini Cooper Can-Am Challenge

Mini Cooper Can-Am Challenge entertains BIR's crowd

mini for home In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Mini Cooper, Brainerd International Raceway was the site of the Mini Cooper Can-Am Challenge June 27-28, which featured race-ready Minis from all over the country as they took on BIR's new 2.5-mile Competition Road Course. The event was hosted by the Phil Wicks Mini Driving Academy.

Jacoby wins Yamaha Grizzly ATV

Cottage Grove Man Wins Yamaha Grizzly ATV

Tom Jacoby of Cottage Grove, Minn., is the new proud owner of a new Yamaha 550 Grizzly ATV. He was the grand prize winner in an online contest sponsored by Yamaha and Brainerd International Raceway. Yamaha, BIR and Brothers Motorsports officials presented Jacoby with his new ride May 20 at BIR. He picked it up with his wife Leanne, who encouraged her husband to register for the contest. The contest started last summer to signal the start of Yamaha's track sponsorship at BIR that makes Yamaha the Official ATV and Side by Side of BIR.