Hawk Brakes is the motorsports and automotive wing of the much larger Carlisle Brake and Friction group who has over 80 years in the braking industry and build brake systems for everything from heavy duty construction equipment, aircraft, wind turbines, and of course cars. Hawk Brakes is no stranger to sports cars or motorsports, in general and are sponsors of the SCCA and NASA. Hawk builds excellent brake pads for any occasion with their ceramic pads for daily use and their heavy-duty HP-Plus pads for high performance driving.

Hawk builds all of their brake pads with unique blends of ferro-carbon compounds suited to different applications. Hawk's pads provide more bite with significantly less brake fade than most other competing brands.