Frank Hawley’s Bio

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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 14 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.