Frank Hawley’s Bio
Driving Career
- NHRA’s Top 50 drivers of all time
- Two-time NHRA World Champion in Nitro Funny Car
- One of only 16 drivers to ever win National titles in both Top Fuel Dragsters AND Nitro Funny Cars
- International Drag Racing Hall of Fame
- Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame
- Nine NHRA National Championships
- Member of the NHRA “4 second club”
- “Driver of the year” – Car Craft Magazine
Non-Driving Career
- Race Team Development and Management
- Television Commentator for ABC, ESPN and Independent programming
- Author of 2 best selling books
- Founder of the first Drag Racing School
- Lecturer and Instructor
- Expert Witness
Licensed to drive dragsters at the age of 16, Frank has spent his life driving some of the fastest machines on the planet. He built his racing career piloting 330 mph Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars in addition to obtaining NHRA competition licenses in 6 other categories. Over the past 3 decades Frank has taught thousands of drivers how to improve their personal performance, on and off the track. Over the past couple of seasons Frank’s graduates have won 10 World Championships in the fastest categories of NHRA competition including Top Fuel Dragster and Nitro Funny Car. When not teaching regular driving classes, Frank consults with many of NHRA’s top professional drivers.