01 · Touring & major events
Major Series Success
- Six-time Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100 winner: 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1991
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Frank Gawlinski
Calumet City, IL
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1977First Recorded Feature Race
198725 Feature Wins — Career High
1996Illiana Motor Speedway Champion
1995Illiana Motor Speedway Champion
1994Illiana Motor Speedway Champion
188Recorded Feature Wins
306Recorded Results
305Recorded Top-3 Finishes
10Track Championships
0Series Championships
1977–1997Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
3Tracks Won At
3Classes Won In
Late ModelTop Winning Class
Illiana Motor SpeedwayTop Winning TrackTony Bettenhausen Memorial 100Top Winning Series
May 10, 1997Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
May 10, 1997Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Apr 26, 1997Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Sep 28, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Sep 7, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Aug 31, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Aug 24, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Aug 10, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Aug 3, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP2Jul 20, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP3Jul 6, 1996Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1
Feature Wins by Class
01Late Model184
02Hobby Stock3
03IRA Stock Car1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
19972 Results2 Wins2 Top 3s
19969 Results6 Wins9 Top 3s
199514 Results10 Wins14 Top 3s
199413 Results8 Wins13 Top 3s
199311 Results7 Wins11 Top 3s
199211 Results8 Wins11 Top 3s
199110 Results9 Wins10 Top 3s
199013 Results10 Wins13 Top 3s
198918 Results13 Wins18 Top 3s
198810 Results4 Wins10 Top 3s
198729 Results25 Wins29 Top 3s
198618 Results8 Wins18 Top 3s
198519 Results13 Wins19 Top 3s
19846 Results2 Wins6 Top 3s
19839 Results4 Wins9 Top 3s
198223 Results11 Wins23 Top 3s
198111 Results7 Wins10 Top 3s
198029 Results18 Wins29 Top 3s
197922 Results9 Wins22 Top 3s
197825 Results11 Wins25 Top 3s
19774 Results3 Wins4 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
1996
Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1995Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1994Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1993Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1990Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1989Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1987Grundy County SpeedwayLate Model
1986Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1982Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
1980Illiana Motor SpeedwayLate Model
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
19 additional images connected to this driver
1981 • Rockford SpeedwayBob Elman
1987 • Grundy County SpeedwayDon Besch
1988 • Grundy County SpeedwayDon Besch
1990 • Lake Geneva RacewayBob Schafer
Year UnknownJohn Vass
Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Illiana SpeedwayPete Fileca Post
Year Unknown • Golden Gate SpeedwayRicky Smallwood Post
Year Unknown • Illiana SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Rockford SpeedwayDon Besch
Year Unknown • Grundy County SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Grundy County SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownPete Fileca Post
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Year Unknown • Illiana SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Complete Results
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