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Welcome sign in May 1997

Brainerd International Raceway is a road course, and dragstrip racing complex northwest of the city of Brainerd, Minnesota. The complex has a Шаблон:Convert dragstrip, and overlapping Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert road courses. The complex also includes a kart track. The raceway hosts the National Hot Rod Association's Lucas Oil Nationals. It is a popular racetrack for the Trans Am Series. The spectator seating capacity of the circuit is 20,000.[1]

History

Opened in July 1968 as Donnybrooke Speedway, there were no safety barriers, run-out areas, grandstands or even restrooms. George Montgomery and Bud Stall cleared the racetrack through a wooded area on the south side of North Long Lake. It was SCCA's first venue in the region.[2] It was also an NHRA-sanctioned track, with the first official event there an NHRA race, at the opening; Top Fuel Dragster was won by Doc Halladay.[3] With the help of St Paul sports promoter Dennis Scanlan, it hosted a 2-heat USAC Indy Car race in 1969. The heats were won by Gordon Johncock and Dan Gurney.[4]

Donnybrooke, played host to CanAm races in 1970, 1971, and 1972. These races were won by, respectively, Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, and François Cevert. In 1973 Jerry Hansen bought the track and renamed it Brainerd International Raceway.

In the 1970s, the Donnybrooke track began holding Funny Car events, in particular the Crown Auto Funny Car Championships, and in time, NHRA was convinced to stage a national event at Brainerd: in 1982, Shirley Muldowney (in Top Fuel Dragster), Frank Hawley (Top Fuel Funny Car), and Lee Shepherd (Pro Stock) were the headline winners at the first Quaker State North Star NHRA Nationals.[5]

In Pro Stock, Bob Glidden won at Brainerd in 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1992.[6]

The Brainerd strip became known as "one of the quickest and fastest in the world".[7] It was completely resurfaced in 2003.[8] In 2005, Tony Schumacher turned in a speed of Шаблон:Convert, "the fastest quarter-mile time ever",[9] and in 2016 and 2017, national NHRA records in Funny Car were set there.[10]

Kenny Bernstein won at Brainerd five times, 1983 and 1987 (in Top Fuel Funny Car) and in 1991, 1996, and 2002 (in Top Fuel Dragster)).

In the summer of 2006, Jed and Kristi Copham of Forest Lake, Minnesota, became the new owners of Brainerd International Raceway.[11]

The track hosted two NASCAR K&N Pro Series West events between 2012 and 2013. The track also hosted one NASCAR Midwest Series race in 2004.

Brainerd International Raceway was damaged during a severe thunderstorm that struck portions of Minnesota on July 12, 2015.[12]

Track Information

Brainerd International Raceway consists of 2 road tracks and 1 drag strip.

Donnybrooke Road Course

Brainerd International Raceway maintains the original name of the now 50-year-old course. The course is used for automotive and motorcycle racing.

The Шаблон:Convert Donnybrooke Road Course has 10 turns and is considered wide – the main straight is Шаблон:Cvt wide. There is essentially no elevation change. BIR is a high-speed course; vehicles can reach speeds of nearly Шаблон:Cvt and take the slowest corners around Шаблон:Cvt. There are wide runoff areas at most of the corners, which makes BIR's road course extremely safe. This configuration uses the dragstrip as part of the course.

Competition Road Course

The 2009 racing season was the first for the Шаблон:Convert course which was completed in the 2008 summer.

Turn 1 on the Шаблон:Convert Competition Road Course is the same as Turn 1 on the three-mile road course. Turn 1 is a narrow but very high-speed banked right-hand 60-degree turn, which is intended be taken flat out by all vehicles. Turns 1 through 8 of the original Шаблон:Convert road course are used for the new circuit. At Turn 8, a 240-degree right-hand Clover Leaf transitions drivers from the old course to the new stretch of asphalt that winds its way back across the infield, eventually tying back into the original circuit just before Turn 1, avoiding the dragstrip. In all, the Competition Road Course features 13 turns and very little elevation change.

Dragstrip

The dragstrip dates back to 1969, when Donnybrooke converted the mile-long straightaway on its road course to a drag strip and hosted an NHRA Divisional Points Race. In 1977, BIR hosted the Crown Auto Funny Car Championships and the Crown Auto Winston Points Championship. It was reconstructed in 2005, adding a Шаблон:Cvt concrete launch pad and new asphalt for the remaining Шаблон:Cvt was installed. Tony Schumacher, set the world record for top fuel dragsters with a Шаблон:Convert run in 2005. This speed and time are recorded at the end of a standing start quarter mile acceleration race, before the NHRA shortened top fuel and funny car races to the current Шаблон:Convert since 2008.[13]

Lap records

As of July 2023, the fastest official race lap records at the Brainerd International Raceway for different classes are listed as:

Category Time Driver Vehicle Date
Brainerd International Raceway Competition Road Course: 4.023 km (2008–present)
Formula Regional 1:23.109[14] Joshua Car Ligier JS F3 2021 Brainerd FR Americas round
Trans-Am 1:27.348[15] Ernie Francis Jr. Ford Mustang Trans-Am 2021 Brainerd Trans-Am round
Superbike 1:29.922[16] Jake Gagne Yamaha YZF-R1 2021 Brainerd MotoAmerica round
Formula 4 1:31.585[17] Jason Alder Crawford F4-16 2021 Brainerd F4 United States round
Stock 1000 1:32.671[18] Hayden Gillim Suzuki GSX-R1000 2023 Brainerd MotoAmerica round
Supersport 1:32.787[19] Sean Dylan Kelly Suzuki GSX-R600 2021 Brainerd MotoAmerica round
Twins Cup 1:36.944[20] Anthony Mazziotto Aprilia RS 660 2022 Brainerd MotoAmerica round
Junior Cup 1:42.236[21] Gus Rodio Kawasaki Ninja 400R 2021 Brainerd MotoAmerica round
Brainerd International Raceway Donnybrooke Road Course: 4.989 km (1968–present)
Can-Am 1:27.090[22] Michael Roe VDS-002 1984 Pepsi Grand Prix
Group 7 1:27.860[23] Denny Hulme McLaren M8F 1971 Minneapolis Tribune
IMSA GTP 1:31.560[24] John Paul, Jr. Porsche 935 JLP-3 1982 Pepsi Grand Prix
IMSA GTO 1:33.130[25] Gianpiero Moretti Porsche 935/79 1979 Pepsi Grand Prix
IMSA GTX 1:34.170[26] John Paul, Jr. Lola T600 1981 Pepsi Grand Prix
TO 1:36.086[27] Scott Pruett Mercury Capri 1986 Brainerd Trans-Am round
World SBK 1:40.870 Doug Polen Ducati 888 SBK 1991 Brainerd World SBK round
IMSA GTU 1:43.510[28] Walt Bohren Mazda RX-7 1980 Pepsi Grand Prix
TU 1:52.000[29] Horst Kwech Alfa Romeo GTV 1972 Brainerd Trans-Am round

References

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External links

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