Frank Hawley

Frank Hawley

Frank Hawley (born 1954 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a two-time World champion drag racing driver. He won seven National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car and two Top Fuel Dragster national events during his 10-year Top fuel racing career that included the 1982 and 1983 National Hot Rod Association Funny Car World Championship. He was voted "Car Craft" magazine's "Driver of the year".

Frank Hawley also served as a television sports commentator for ABC, TNN, and ESPN and authored two books on the sport of drag racing. Inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1995, on the National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000, Hawley was ranked No.43.

In 1985 he founded Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School, the Official School of the NHRA.

External links

* [http://www.frankhawley.com/index.html Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School]

References

* Hawley, Frank. "Drag Racing : Drive To Win". (1989 - Motorbooks International ISBN 0-87938-386-0
* Hawley, Frank. "Drag Racing : How To Get Started". (1993 - Motorbooks International) ISBN 0-87938-752-1


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