and Grille is very popular and gives our campers something else to do while they ’ re here at night ,” Wieczorek says .
Wednesday ’ s Street Legal program is popular with those who are new to the facility or racing altogether . Participants may pay a flat fee and enjoy the thrill of drag racing , as well as the drifting pad or the autocross track depending on which one is in operation that night . Instructors are available and ready to show participants the correct way to engage in either sport . “ We ’ re a full-service racetrack !” smiles Wieczorek .
BIR has a robust bracket points program , consisting of 12 points-earning events and contested during six weekends in 2020 . “ We offer two separate eliminators on these weekends , one on Saturday and another on Sunday ,” Wieczorek says . A total of 10 points-earning classes make up Brainerd ’ s bracket program in addition to Jr . Youth and Jr . Trainee , both of which are non-points exhibition classes for entry-level opportunities . There ’ s also snowmobile competition on the track as well as motorcycle classes within the bracket program , all of which are contested on the full quarter-mile , with the exception of the Jr . Dragster classes .
Brainerd also hosts a heavily attended muscle car series that gathers on holiday weekends such as Memorial Day , Labor Day and Fourth of July weekend . “ Our muscle car series is mostly heads-up and runs on the eighth-mile . During last year ’ s Labor Day event , we had over 500 entries that weekend .”
There is much do to and see at BIR and with such a diverse array of attractions , there ’ s often four separate events going on at once . “ It sure makes for a full and exciting weekend !” Wieczorek concludes . DI
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