Kia Racing to Defend 2011 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Championship

The 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Championship season will be on January 27, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway.Last year, KIA Motor America's Motorsports programs reached a new high and the team won the drivers in the 2011 Street Tuner (ST). Now they look forward to 2012 with new driver pairings for both the number-10 and number-12 Infinity Audio Forte Koups.

kia_race_car In 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Championship KIa will have Andy Lally and Nic Jönsson to lead the way. Lally returns to the Kia Racing program fresh off his 2011 Sonoco Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year performance, reuniting with ST Driver Champion Jönsson. Both drivers were last seen capturing Kia’s first-ever Grand-Am podium at Daytona in January 2011 before Lally went off to NASCAR.

They are extremely excited and looking forward to the start of the new season and defending the Driver and Team championships for Kia Racing.