Hawk Performance, based in Solon, Ohio, is a premium performance brand of Carlisle Brake & Friction, who is a premier provider of innovative products for high performance and severe duty brake, clutch and transmission applications to OEM and aftermarket customers in the mining, construction, military, motorsports, renewable energy, industrial and aerospace industries. Hawk has been making high performance motorsports brake pads and rotors since 1990. Hawk Performance is part of the Hawk Performance Products Group, which also includes Cragar wheels and Black Rock Wheel Collection. Hawk Performance is recognized as the official brake pad of several prestigious organizations including SCCA, NASA, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Skip Barber Racing School and Ron Fellows Performance Driving School. Hawk Performance brake products are used by more motorsports champions than any other friction manufacturer and are also recognized as the leader in the performance street market. Hawk Performance brake products offer superior braking over OE and other leading aftermarket brands. Hawk's experience designing friction materials for not only automotive and motorsports applications, but also aerospace, industrial and military applications gives them an advantage over all other competitors.