Matt Hawkins (racing driver)
Matthew Hawkins was an American professional racing driver. He had competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series for one season in 2008, but scored one win and four top-10 finishes. Prior to this, he had won the Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway in 2006, and the Southern All-Star Super Late Model Series championship in 2005.
Racing career
Hawkins would start racing in go-karts when he was four years old before progressing to late models years later.In 2004, Hawkins would run in various late model series and events, including the All American 400 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. In the following year, he would run the Southern All-Star Super Late Model Series, winning the championship in his only full-time year in the series. He would run the X-1R Pro Cup Series in both the South and National divisions in 2007, finishing ninth and sixth in points respectively.
In 2008, he would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at Iowa Speedway in the No. 39 Dodge owned by his father Fred. He would qualify 28th, but would go on to win the race ahead of Justin Allgaier. He would make four more starts, earning three top-10's, including a duo of fourth place finishes at Rockingham Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway, and was originally due to run another partial schedule the following year.