Drag School Headlines - Frank Hawley

We hope you have all had the opportunity to see our newly redone website, but if you haven’t, please check it out! You now have access to our calendar of dates and you can book the Dragster Adventure/Dragster Adventure Challenge on-line! We are also adding a video page, so watch for that. For anyone who would like to share some good video of their time at the school or grads in competition, please email the link to us so we can post it.

Speaking of video…We had a great time last week when John Spar, owner of ReplayXD visited our school here at Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, FL. John, a long time friend and Tanner Stauss, a producer that works for John, spent two days shooting video of our cars in action. The video will be used for commercials at NHRA National events, our web site and other promotions.

They shot some of the most amazing video! At times they had as many as 10 cameras on a single car and the cameras were in very unusual locations. For one shot John put a camera on the race track a few hundred feet down the track and then proceeded to make a full power run…right over top of the camera! John is an experienced race car driver and multi-National Event winner and he did a great job as he put the center of the car dead on top of the camera at full speed!

Next week I’m heading to the Winternationals in Pomona, CA where we’ll be doing some media rides before the event and have a display also. Our new commercial will be running there on the Jumbotron during the event. Please stop by and say hello.

Remember to let all the adrenaline junkies you know that they can “Race Dragsters Side-by-Side” in the Dragster Adventure Challenge program starting in April at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, CA and other great race tracks listed on our website! Of course we’re continuing to run our popular Super Comp and Super Gas license programs too!

Frank

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Frigid temperatures across the country didn’t stop students at Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School from bringing in the New Year with a roar at the school’s annual “New Years” class held in Gainesville, FL. Blue skies and warm temperatures greeted the drivers that made the trip south. Following two days of tire smoking action and over 70 quarter mile runs, a new group of NHRA competition licensed drivers will start the 2014 season on the right track.

Classes will continue here at Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville for the next several weeks and then we’ll be headed west for Phoenix, AZ. This will be the school’s first trip ever to the Phoenix track.

Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is the new name for the facility in Phoenix, previously called Firebird Raceway. The raceway is under new management. I’ve been talking with the folks there just this week and I think racers, fans and our students will be quite impressed when they see the racetrack. They have a new concrete racing surface, new state of the art Compulink timing system and many other improvements. Our Phoenix class will run Feb 25/26, just after the National Event and before the Division event which will give our students the chance to take in some NHRA racing action in addition to driving our cars.

The school will be back in Gainesville after our Phoenix trip with classes in March following the Gatornationals. This class is always popular with students looking to escape the long winter, travel south to watch the Gatornationals and enjoy some race car driving at the school.

Then it’s off to Fontana, California for the school’s debut at Auto Club Dragway. We are so excited about the re-opening of the drag strip at Fontana! Our classes begin at Fontana in April with our competition licensing courses and our new Adventure Dragster course which offers ‘side-by-side’ racing. The Fontana, California track will be a regular visit on our 2014 tour.

In the next few weeks watch for updates on our new race cars and new transporters!

Frank

We are very grateful for all the friendships and relationships we have made in the past and we look forward to making many more! Thank you for your support and patronage! We wish here you a Blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with Peace and Happiness!

Merry Christmas from Frank and Lana!

Luke 2:9-11 – And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them…And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Hello Folks,

I got a call from “Big Daddy” Don Garlits himself, telling me that I’ll be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame next spring! This is “very cool”, especially when you read the list of previous inductees! Check out my letter! Hall of Fame 2014

The banquet is Thursday, March 13, 2014 during the Gatornationals. So if you’re going to be in town, contact the Garlits Museum and get some tickets. Hope to see you there!

Frank Hawley

www.frankhawley.com

866-480-7223

Hello Folks! We’re back at home in Gainesville, Florida for Fall and Winter classes and I wanted to announce some great pricing for our Super Classes! At $1495 that’s a savings of $500! The weather this time of year is awesome! Sunny, low humidity and in the 70s and 80s. It’s a perfect time to visit us, get ready for next year…and have some fun. Super Comp/Super Gas class dates/Gainesville, FL: November 12-13, 2013; December 9-10, 2013; December 30-31, 2013; January 16-17, 2014; February 11-12, 2014; March 18-19, 2014 (after Gatornationals). Give us a call at 866-480-7223! I look forward to seeing you! Frank Hawley www.frankhawley.com

Attached are two stories from the July issue of MoparMax Magazine – the first one is by one of our grads, Alex Rogeo. Alex attended our class in Las Vegas this spring and we thank her for the very nice and detailed article she wrote!

The second link will take you to an interview with Frank by Richard Kratz, Editor/Publisher of MoparMax. Enjoy!

http://moparmax.com/features/2013/viii_7-hawley-1.html

http://moparmax.com/features/interview/viii_7-hawley-1.html

We’re heading to Houston, then on to Las Vegas for classes! This will be our last road trip of 2013. There are still some seats left, so contact us soon…we’d love to see you at one of our classes! Bring your own car, drive one of ours or get a “tune-up” during our classroom lectures. Click on the link below for information.

Houston Pre-Release 2013

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We’re going to be back at Maple Grove Raceway in August, so don’t miss out! Whether you bring your own car, drive one of ours or tune up your mind with our classroom, we’d love to see you August 27 & 28 at the Grove!

Just click on the link below to access the story:

Maple Grove Pre-Release 2013

SC and SG Class Dates: Seattle August 7-8, Maple Grove August 27-28, Gainesville Sept 10-11, Houston September 24-25, Las Vegas Sept 30-Oct 1 & Oct 2-3, Gainesville October 17-18, Gainesville November 4-5, Gainesville December 9-10.

PSB Class Dates: November 21-22 and December 19-20

TAD and TD dates available on request

A great time was had by all in attendance at the Mickey Thompson day at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio! Check it out below!

Mickey Thompson Entertains Their Customers at FHDRS 2013

If you or your company would like to discuss having the school put on a day for your company or group, please contact us – lots of options are available from having Frank come and speak to your folks, to a private class, to a ride-along program. Many options are available. Contact us at 866-480-7223 and we’ll look forward to helping you with your plans.

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Audiences, students and racers agree, Frank’s lectures have provided them with some of the most insightful and useful information they have ever received!

Please click on the link below for information on having Frank speak to your group at any location !

Frank Hawley Speaking Engagements 2013

We’ll look forward to speaking with you at 866-480-7223.