Frank Hawley Drag Racing School: About Us-Meet Our Staff

Frank Hawley

Driving Career
•	Two-time NHRA World Champion in Nitro Funny Car (driving for Austin Coil in the "Chi-Town Hustler")
•	Nine NHRA National Championships in both Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars
•	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"
•	Named one of NHRA's top 50 drivers of all time
•	Car Craft Magazine "Driver of the year"
•	Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame

Licensed to drive dragsters at the age of 16, Frank has spent his life driving some of the fastest machines on the planet.

Frank built his racing career piloting 300 mph Top Fuel Dragsters, Nitro Funny Cars, Top Alcohol Dragsters and Funny Cars, in addition to obtaining NHRA licenses in Pro Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas.

During the past 24 years that Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School has been in operation, Frank has taught thousands of drivers, in a variety of classes, the fast way down the quarter mile. When not teaching regular driving classes or working with many of today’s top professionals Frank spends time behind the wheel of a 330 mph NHRA Nitro Funny Car owned by Roger Burgess.

Non-Driving Career
•	Television commentator for ABC, TNN, ESPN and Independent programming
•	Author of 2 best selling books
•	Founder of the first Drag Racing School
•	Lecturer and instructor
•	Expert witness

Jack Beckman

Driver of MTS
Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing

Jack Beckman holds licenses in eight NHRA categories and has driven Top Fuel Dragsters, Nitro Funny Cars, Top Alcohol Dragsters, Top Alcohol Funny Cars, Front Engine Nostalgia Dragsters and Super Comp Dragsters.

After winning the 2003 NHRA World Championship in Super Comp, Jack drove the Menards Top Fuel Dragster for the 2005 season. In 2006 Jack started driving Nitro Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing. Since then he has won numerous National titles in Nitro Funny Car.

Jack Beckman came to Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School having served his country as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force, and has instructed thousands of students at Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School.

Kathy Fisher

Kathy fisher is no stranger to the world of Drag Racing. Kathy was licensed in Super Comp at Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School in 2003. Since then she has added IHRA Quick Rod and Super Rod, along with Top Dragster in both sanctioning bodies to her license list. To date she has an IHRA Quick Rod national event win, and a top 10 national finish. She was a Summit Racing Equipment All-Star Qualifier (all in 2007) and has been a constant top 10 finisher in IHRA Div 3 Quick Rod each year she has competed.

When not working with the Frank Hawley Drag Racing School crew or competing in her Ohio Crankshaft powered, Amalie Oil/Performance by Fisher dragster, she can be found in front of the TV camera. Kathy hosts various shows such as "Inside Drag Racing", "World of Trucks" and "Bidding Wars" among others.

Matt Milano

Born May 13 1987

Hometown: Palm City Florida

Current residence: Gainesville Florida

Racing experience: began racing Jr. Dragsters at the age of 12

Finished with 22 wins and 2 division 2 runner-ups, and 2 Wally’s

Currently races in nhra super-comp and top dragster along with local bracket races

Favorite track: Bristol

Hobbies: Drag Racing, being outdoors, trucks

Jimmy Montgomery

On weekends Jimmy races his Super Comp Dragster. He is a three-time Super Pro Track Champion at Gainesville Raceway, 2004 National Dragster Challenge Super Pro winner, 2002 Valvoline Cup National Points Standings Runner-up and a recipient of the Forrest Myer Sportsmanship Award.

Jimmy maintains Super Comp and Alcohol cars at the school’s Gainesville, Florida location. He has 13 years experience in race car fabrication working for one of the nation’s top chassis builders and operating his own chassis business.

Paul Shields

Paul Shields started working at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School in Gainesville, Florida in 1994 then moved to the California office in 1996. He is now back in Gainesville. Paul assists with classes, coordinates the drag racing programs for graduates of the school and takes a special interest in implementing the Christian Outreach Drag Racing Programs.

Paul has been racing since 1992, is licensed in Super Gas, Super Comp, and ET.

Ronnie Swearingen

Ronnie Swearingen literally grew up in drag racing, attending races and working on race cars at Lions Drag Strip when he was 10 years old. Ronnie is one of the most knowledgeable crew chiefs in drag racing and has multiple national event victories to his credit, having put drivers like Dean Skuza, Tim Wilkerson, KC Spurlock, Al Segrini and more in the victory circle.

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