The Bernstein name is well-known in Texas racing circles. Each year
when the NHRA circuit makes it annual stop at the Texas Motorplex, it’s
as if Kenny and Brandon Bernstein journey back to their roots.
When six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein and his son Brandon get to
the Motorplex for O’Reilly Super Start Batteries Fall Nationals Sept.
19-21, they will see many familiar faces.
Kenny started his racing career in and around the Dallas area. Some of
the car owners that he originally drove for in the early days of his
career, Mitchell and Donald Anderson, Vance Hunt, along with Bobby
Langley, are annual guests in the Bernstein pit area. They still bench
race and tell tales of the early days of racing. The only one missing
from the familiar confines of the pit area is Kenny’s father Bert, who
succumbed to cancer in 2005 shortly after watching his grandson Brandon
win in St. Louis.
Brandon’s mother and many Texas A & M college friends are always
on-site to cheer the Budweiser/Lucas Oil team. Brandon won the Dallas
event in 2006 with family and friends helping to celebrate the team’s
victory.