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. After you get you pads squared away, check out our selection of complete brake kits for spine-crushing stopping ability.
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Hawk Performance Company History
- Hawk Performance brand disc brake pad products are owned and manufactured by Wellman Products Group, the world's leader in severe-duty friction products. For nearly a century Wellman Products Group has engineered and manufactured severe-duty friction products for brakes, clutches, transmissions, and driveline components. Wherever there is acceleration or deceleration, you will find Wellman Products Group.
- Wellman Products Group is renowned for providing engineered solutions to original equipment and aftermarket customers for products that perform in demanding aerospace, on-highway truck, agriculture, construction, mining, powersports, motorsports, automotive, military, industrial, and specialty applications. With our exceptional research and development programs, we can provide friction materials designed to improve power management for any friction application.
Stage 3 Motorsports partnered with Hawk Performance in 2006.



