Drag Illustrated Issue 153, February 2020 | Page 50
PRODUCTS & PRESS
FIVE 2019 NHRA
WORLD CHAMPIONS ARE
HAWLEY GRADS!
ATI WILL PARTNER
WITH DAN FLETCHER
RACING FOR 2020
■ When you have 104 national
event wins and 3 NHRA National
Championships, who do you pick
for your partner? It’s easy - only
the best!
Dan Fletcher, one of the most
successful drag racers of all time,
has chosen to partner with ATI
Performance Products (Baltimore,
Maryland). Dan has always cam-
paigned with ATI products which
helped him to achieve these strato-
spheric goals.
ATI branding will play a major
role on Dan’s ‘69 Camaro and SST
Nova and claim other real-estate
on his Super Stocker, Dragster and
bracket Chevelle - instead of just
under the hood.
ATI Performance Products has
been making high performance
race transmissions, converters and
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dampers along with associated drive-
line equipment since 1976 when the
company decided to focus solely on
the high-performance world after
15 years of automotive operations.
“I’m over the top excited to part-
ner with ATI Performance Prod-
ucts as both a major and associate
sponsor of Dan Fletcher Racing for
the 2020 season and beyond. Since
I met Jim Beattie over 25 years ago,
I have chosen to race and win with
ATI products. He and ATI are a
company that has truly been a
champion of the sportsman racer.
We often talked about ATI taking
on a larger role with my program,
and I’m super proud that JC Beattie
Jr and the family run, American-
made company is making that
vision a reality” Watch for more
record setting in 2020!
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■ Steve Torrence, Robert Hight,
Erica Enders, Steve Jackson and
Megan Meyer have at least a couple
things in common. They are all
2019 NHRA World Champions
and they are all graduates of Frank
Hawley’s Drag Racing School!
“Five of the 2019 NHRA World
Champions are graduates of our
School! It’s pretty amazing when I
think about it,” said school founder
Frank Hawley. “When we opened
the school 3 decades ago, we had
no idea how successful the pro-
gram would become. We began
with a curriculum that would suit
the needs of the beginning racer but
soon discovered that many of our
customers were fairly experienced
and were looking for more advanced
training. So, we started gearing our
training towards serious racers.”
Throughout the years many of
the school’s grads have won every-
thing from National Champion-
ships to ‘Big Money’ bracket races.
The list of Frank Hawley graduates
reads like a “who’s who” of drag rac-
ing including 2019 NHRA Rookie
of the year John Force Racing Top
Fuel driver Austin Prock.
“The first drag race car Austin
drove was our Super Comp dragster
before moving up to our Alcohol
Funny Car. Coincidentally another
one of NHRA’s newest stars, Top
Fuel driver Jordan Vandergriff, was
also in Austin’s Super Comp class,”
said Hawley. “Both Austin and Jor-
dan had a great first year and we’re
all looking forward to watching
them as their careers develop.”
HARLAND SHARP
CELEBRATES 60 YEARS
OF QUALITY
CRAFTSMANSHIP & SERVICE
■ Harland Sharp roller rocker arms
is proud to announce the celebra-
tion of their 60th year in the high-
performance aftermarket auto-
motive industry in January 2020.
Dedicated to being 100% Made
in USA, Harland Sharp continues
that path of excellence instilled
by our founder, Harland himself.
Maintaining quality products, un-
surpassed customer service and a
true dedication to the aftermarket
roller tipped rocker arm has always
been and will always be our top pri-
orities. As the 2020 race season en-
sues, be sure to look for Harland
Sharp at events across the coun-
try, as well as many other exciting
things to come from the “Original
Roller Rocker Arm Manufacturer!”
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