Motor Sports History

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1950

1950
Founded Daikin Mfg. Co., Ltd.
(predecessor of EXEDY Corporation)

1960

1964
Developed clutch covers compatible to high revolution of the racing engines Started to develop racing clutches for the automobile manufacturer from this time.

1970

1980

1988
Started full-scale development of the metallic discs
Made the first prototype of the metallic discs for Civic Race, and repeatedly tested in practice.

1990

Honda Civic Race

1990
Employee using EXEDY products became the series champion for the Honda Civic Race.
(Suzuka Freshman Trophy Race, Tohoku Series)
Started sales of EXEDY brand products.
1994
Suzuki Sports Cultus has won the overall championship in Japan Dirttrial Championship.

Ferrari Team

1995
Ferrari team has won the F1 Canada Grand Prix.
Won the 73rd Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb.
“Subaru Team” has won the Safari Rally N Class with Impreza.
Started sales of HYPER MULTI

Kozure Okami HINO

1996
“Kozure Okami HINO” has won one-two finish in the Camions class of the Dakar Rally.
1997
“Team HINO” has won one-two-three finish in the Camions class of the Dakar Rally.
Supplied clutches to Formula Nippon “FUNAI SUPER AGURI”.

Penzoil Nismo GTR

1998
Sponsored the Penzoil Nismo GTR in the Japan GT Championship.
1999
5.5 inch metal twin clutch is accepted for the Formula Dream vehicles.

2000

2001
Started sales of the “HYPER SINGLE” with aluminum cover
2003
Started sales of the street-use carbon clutch “HYPER CARBON SERIES” (later changed the name to CARBON-R)

Racing full carbon clutch

2004
Started to provide carbon triple clutches to the Super GT GT300 class
Started sales of the lightest model of metal clutch, the “COMPE-R”
Started sales of the world's first carbon clutches with a damper, the “D-CORE” (later changed the name to CARBON-D)
2006
Started sales of the model with a disc damper, the “COMPE-D”, based on the COMPE-R
Started full-scale supply of products to Japan F3 Championship. First win in the third round
Started full-scale supply of racing full carbon clutches to the Super GT
Started sales of the new generation disc “ULTRA FIBER DISC”

SuperGT GT300

2007
First win in the Super GT GT300 (First round, Endless Advan Senzai Kakumei Z)

SUZUKI SPORT XL7・スーパーGT GT300・スーパー耐久ST-3クラス・エクセディシビック・全日本ジムカーナ

2008
Started sales of the HYPER SINGLE UF. (For Civic FD2, EP3 / Integra DC5 / Accord CL7)
Wins in the Super GT GT300
(Fourth round, Cusco Dunlop Subaru Impreza)
Nobuhiro Tajima riding the Suzuki Sports XL7 wins 3 in a row at the PPIHC (Pikes Peak International Hill Climb)
EXEDY H.I.S. ings Z wins the series championship in the Super Taikyu Series, ST-3 class
EXEDY Civic wins 4 races in the Civic Inter Series (second place in the Series)

MotoGP

2009
Won series championship in MotoGP

1950

MotoGP

2010
Won series championship in MotoGP
(FIAT YAMAHA TEAM captured the triple crowns for the third successive years.)
2012
Won series championship in MotoGP

All Japan Gymkhana Championship

2013
Tetsuya Yamano has won his 15th series championship of All Japan Gymkhana Championship