Champion is an American brand of spark plugs.

Originally Champion was a Fortune 500 Company founded by Robert A. Stranahan and Frank D. Stranahan in 1908 in Boston, MA and then moved to Toledo, OH in 1910 to be close to the Willys-Overland Auto Company.

In 1989, Champion was purchased by Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries is a former US-based company that in 2009 switched its incorporation office from Bermuda to Ireland, maintaining its chief operational offices in Houston, Texas. It produces transformers, tools and electrical equipment, employing 29,000 staff around the world. Revenue in 2007 was...

 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

Racing

A sport race is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time...

 and marine applications. Also included in the brand are spark plug wires and other ignition system specific wiring.

Champion is also a long time sponsor of various racing events, cars, and series including two series run under sanctioning by IMSA.

See also

• Champion Spark Plug Hour
  Champion Spark Plug Hour
  Champion Spark Plug Hour was a music radio program sponsored by Champion. It was broadcast on New York's WJZ and WGY during the late 1920s and early 1930s. An entry in The Chronicle-Telegram for October 4, 1926, indicates the show aired on Tuesday afternoons at 5:00pm...
  
  
• Albert Champion
  Albert Champion (cyclist)
  Albert Champion was a French road bicycle racer, who won the 1899 Paris–Roubaix. In 1908 he founded the Champion Ignition Company to make spark plugs in Flint, Michigan. In 1909 the name changed to AC Spark Plug Company, after Champion's initials.-Cycling:Albert Champion was a talented racing...
  
  - founder of original company as well as AC Spark Plug