Falken Tires

Falken Tires

Falken Tire is a brand of tires by Japanese Sumitomo Rubber Industries. They produced its first tire in 1983 and it wasn't until two years later that they began exporting their tires outside Japan, only to enter the US market in 1990. [ [http://www.tiretrends.com/catalog2.php3?manufacturerID=22 Falken Tires | TireTrends : Save on Falken tires! ] ]

It was Ohtsu Tire and Rubber Company's flagship brand until the company's merger with the Sumitomo Group in 2003. [ [http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=4567 Sumitomo Rubber and Ohtsu Tire & Rubber to Merge in July ] ]

ponsorship

The brand sponsor cars partipicating in a number of motorsport series including the domestic Super Taikyu series, 24 Hours Nürburgrings and drifting series such as Formula D, D1 Grand Prix, British Drift Championship [cite web|url=http://www.britishdriftchampionship.com| title=British Drift Championship Official page] and others.

References

ee also

*jaSee JA Wikipedia for article about Ohtsu Tire and Rubber Company

External links

* [http://www.falkentire.com Falken Tire Homepage]
* [http://www.autoluxurystyle.com/vbulletin/ Auto Luxury Style - Falken Blog]


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