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". 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Nickname: The Forest City Location Coordinates , Government Country Province County Canada Ontario Middlesex County Settled Incorporated 1826 (as village) 1855 (as city) City Mayor Governing Body MPs MPPs Anne Marie DeCicco London City Council Sue Barnes (LPC) Joe Fontana (LPC) Irene Mathyssen (NDP) Joe Preston (CPC) Chris Bentley (OLP... A European Top Alcohol Dragster at Santa Pod Raceway Front engine dragsters were popular in the 1960s and are still in competition today. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ... Funny Car is an NHRA drag racing car class. ... Clocked Speed = 314 mph (506 km/h), Kwinana Race Track, W.A., 2005 Top-Fuel Racing refers to a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol (90% nitromethane, 10% methanol under FIA) also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...

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. A sportscaster is an announcer on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... TNN may be: TNN Networks, a telecommunications company in Israel TNN Radio, a radio network in Bulgaria The Nashville Network, a television network today called Spike TV The New Naphtilians, a webcomic by Geppers Creepers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame was founded in 1993 by Lee Abrahamson and Gary Magwood to fill a need in the Canadian motorsport community. ... The National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000 was created in 2001as part of the National Hot Rod Associations 50th Anniversary celebration. ...

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

External link

• Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School

References

• Hawley, Frank. Drag Racing : Drive To Win. (1989 - Motorbooks International ISBN 0879383860
• Hawley, Frank. Drag Racing : How To Get Started. (1993 - Motorbooks International) ISBN 0879387521