The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas. Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line Ennis is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 16045 at the 2000 census. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Built in 1986 by former funny car driver Billy Meyer, the Motorplex was the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) "super track. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Funny Car is a Drag racing car class In the USA other "professional" classes are Top Fuel, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. "NHRA" redirects here For other uses see NHRA (disambiguation. " It annually hosts the NHRA O'Reilly Fall Nationals each September, when hundreds of professional and amateur drag racers compete for over $2 million in prize money. Past winners have included John Force, Kenny Bernstein, and Tony Schumacher. John Force (born May 4, 1949 in Bell Gardens California) is an NHRA drag racer and 14 - time Funny Car champion Kenny Bernstein (born September 6 1944 in Clovis New Mexico) is an American Drag racing driver This article is about the drag racer For the German football players see Toni Schumacher.
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