Frank Hawley’s Bio
Driving Career
- NHRA’s Top 50 drivers of all time
- International Drag Racing Hall of Fame 2014
- Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame
- Two-time NHRA World Champion in Nitro Funny Car
- Nine NHRA National Championships
- One of only 16 drivers to ever win National titles in both Top Fuel Dragsters AND Nitro Funny Cars
- Member of the NHRA “4 second club”
- “Driver of the year” – Car Craft Magazine
Non-Driving Career
- 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 personel performance, on and off the track. When not teaching regular driving classes, Frank consults with many of NHRA’s top professional drivers.