The Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) is a multi-purpose racing facility near the coast of the North Long Lake just outside Brainerd, a 2-hour ride away from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota. It began operating under the name of Donnybrook Speedway back in 1968 as a private initiative by the NHRA champion and American Motorsports Hall of Famer George Montgomery. The BIR road course has a 2.5-mile (4.02-km) Competition layout and a longer 3.1-mile (4.9-km) layout known as Donnybrook. The Motorsports complex includes a quarter-mile drag strip that holds the world record of speed in any dragster competition, thanks to the 337.58 MPH (543.28 km/h) reached by Tony Schumacher in 2005.
The Brainerd International Raceway hosts a wide variety of motorsports competitions such as the NHRA Nationals, MotoAmerica Superbike, the F4 US Championship, the TransAm Championship, and many other local club racing events. Winters in Minnesota are some of the coldest in the United States, with subzero temperatures and up to 44 inches of snow all over the place, enough reason for the Brainerd International Raceway to remain closed from November to March. During the rest of the year, racing enthusiasts are welcome to enjoy their favorite sports and even stay in some of the world-class accommodations available at BIR.
The Competition road course at Brainerd International Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.02-km) layout that starts near the beginning of the front straightaway, where drivers are free to step hard on the gas pedal through the first and second corners of the track. Turn number three is a 60-degree right-hander, followed immediately by turn number four, a 60-degree left-hander. Turns 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this layout are the same ones of the Donnybrook circuit. In the straight between 8 and 9, the Competition Road Course does not change its direction, following through turns 9 and 10, another 60-degree right-hander bringing racers back into the front straightaway.
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