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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Champion (spark plug) page on 4 July 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Originally Champion was a Fortune 500 Company founded by Robert A. Stranahan and Frank D. Stranahan in 1908 in Boston and then moved to Toledo, Ohio in 1910 to be close to the Willys-Overland Auto Company.
In 1931, Champion introduced its first suppressor-type spark plugs. They used a carbon-based resistor to reduce the effects of ignition noise on radio waves.
In 1989, Champion was purchased by Cooper Industries and is now a wholly owned brand of Federal-Mogul Corporation. Its main products are a line of spark plugs for a wide range of cars, trucks, SUVs, racing and marine applications. Also included in the brand are spark plug wires and other ignition system specific wiring.
Champion is also a longtime sponsor of various racing events, cars, and series including two series run under sanctioning by IMSA.
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Yankee 300 Motor Trend, August 1965 View Champion Yankee 300 Advertisement - 2,738KB |
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Bill Jenkins Also Judy Lilly, Fred Teixeira, Steve Woods, and Ed McCulloch Popular Hot Rodding, July 1972 View Champion Spark Plug Advertisement - 4,271KB |
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 25 December 1922 | NEW SPARK PLUG MARKED ADVANCE | Washington Times-Herald |
| 31 December 1922 | Factory in Toledo Produces 120,000 Spark Plugs Daily | Washington Times-Herald |
| 30 March 2007 | Johnson Controls to Market Champion® Batteries | Anthony Fontanelle |
| 1 August 2016 | New at Summit Racing Equipment: Champion Filtration Products | Summit Racing Equipment |
