{"id":102390,"date":"2025-10-14T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/photo-gallery-behind-the-scenes-at-texas-motorplexs-champions-dinner-and-prestage-fan-fest\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:44:31","slug":"photo-gallery-behind-the-scenes-at-texas-motorplexs-champions-dinner-and-prestage-fan-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/photo-gallery-behind-the-scenes-at-texas-motorplexs-champions-dinner-and-prestage-fan-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO GALLERY: Behind The Scenes at Texas Motorplex\u2019s Champions\u2019 Dinner and Prestage Fan Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Motorplex\u2019s Stampede of Speed isn\u2019t just about what happens on the track \u2014 it\u2019s a weeklong celebration of drag racing culture. Two marquee off-track events, the Texas NHRA FallNationals Champions\u2019 Dinner and the Prestage Fan Fest, helped set the tone for the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The Champions\u2019 Dinner honored the defending FallNationals winners in a classy evening setting, bringing together drivers, teams, sponsors, and fans to celebrate their accomplishments. The following night, the party moved to downtown Waxahachie\u2019s Railyard Park for the Prestage Fan Fest, where fans packed in for one of the biggest autograph sessions in the sport. The star-studded event gave fans the chance to meet their heroes up close before racing kicked into high gear.<\/p>\n<p>Photos by DI contributing photographers Milissa Martini and Randy Curtis capture the energy, excitement, and pageantry of both events.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09A0558_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89478\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09A0550_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89477\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6735-1_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89476\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6722_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89475\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6700_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89474\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6579_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89473\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6542_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89472\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6511-1_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89471\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6462-1_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89470\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MMM_6324-1_watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89468\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"post-modified-info\">This story was originally published on October 14, 2025. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DI_flat_red-e1711481551475.png\" width=\"20px\" alt=\"Drag Illustrated\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/photo-gallery-behind-the-scenes-at-texas-motorplexs-champions-dinner-and-prestage-fan-fest\/\">PHOTO GALLERY: Behind The Scenes at Texas Motorplex\u2019s Champions\u2019 Dinner and Prestage Fan Fest<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/\">Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Motorplex\u2019s Stampede of Speed isn\u2019t just about what happens on the track \u2014 it\u2019s a weeklong celebration of drag racing culture. Two marquee off-track events, the Texas NHRA FallNationals Champions\u2019 Dinner and the Prestage Fan Fest, helped set the tone for the festivities. The Champions\u2019 Dinner honored the defending FallNationals winners in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}