{"id":3467,"date":"2025-08-16T14:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:56:38","slug":"severe-storm-hits-brainerd-motorsports-park-causing-damage-while-racers-onsite-for-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=3467","title":{"rendered":"Severe Storm Hits Brainerd Motorsports Park Causing Damage While Racers Onsite for Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A severe storm tore through the Chattanooga area just before the highly anticipated heads-up race weekend at Brainerd Motorsports Park in Ringgold, Georgia, leaving a trail of damage and forcing the event\u2019s cancellation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0038.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3460\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><\/p>\n<p>Racers were already on-site, ready to compete, but the storm\u2019s high winds and heavy rain caused significant damage to the track facilities, including bleachers, fencing, and surrounding infrastructure. Thankfully, everyone is safe, with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0042.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3461\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><\/p>\n<p>The track posted \u201cRacers were teaming together to keep their awning from flying away and everyone was trying to find a safe place to hide. The awnings were ripped off the bleachers and wrapped themselves in the power lines, damaged bleachers, many trees fell, and the track is just a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sending heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery to the Brainerd team.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s come together to support this great track as they rebuild\u2014check out their schedule at brainerdmotorsports.com and show up for their next event!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0033.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3462\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0043.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3463\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0041.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3464\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0040.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3466\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0039.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3465\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A severe storm tore through the Chattanooga area just before the highly anticipated heads-up race weekend at Brainerd Motorsports Park in Ringgold, Georgia, leaving a trail of damage and forcing the event\u2019s cancellation. Racers were already on-site, ready to compete, but the storm\u2019s high winds and heavy rain caused significant damage to the track facilities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0038-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_0038-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}