Discover KIA to Sponsor Maritime Street Stock Showdown

Tom Nicholls, promoter of the inaugural Maritime Street Stock Showdown, is happy to announce Discover KIA – Charlottetown & Summerside as the event’s major sponsor. With 38 cars registered to-date, it is shaping up to be the largest street stock event ever held in Atlantic Canada. The Discover KIA Maritime Street Stock Showdown is set for June 24 at Oyster Bed Speedway in Prince Edward Island.

“We’re thrilled to be teaming up with Tom and Oyster Bed Speedway for what we know will be a thrilling family-friendly event and a really unique opportunity for us to showcase our multiple award-winning line-ups of KIA vehicles,” said Kent MacLeod, General Manager/ Dealer Partner – Discover KIA. “I’ve always been a proud member of the racing community and jumped at the chance to combine one of my passions with our rapidly growing Discover KIA brand. We couldn’t be more excited.”

“I am extremely happy to have Kent and both PEI KIA locations come on as the major sponsor of the event,” said Nicholls. “This event will offer the KIA brand with direct exposure to a captive clientele. It will be a history making event that KIA will be proud to be involved with as we reach for our goal of showcasing the street stock class in Atlantic Canada with 40 plus cars and 3000 fans”.

KIA will be on hand with a full vehicle display of their 2017 models. On track presence for the evening will include a pre-race parade of the new 2017 KIA models prior to the 100 lap showdown. During the evening, KIA will feature their exciting line-up of vehicles in the warm up laps preceding each race.

Information on the Discover KIA Maritime Street Stock Showdown can be found at www.streetstockshowdown.com.

About KIA

• KIA is the Highest Ranked Automotive Brand for Initial Quality as awarded by JD Power.
• JD Power has also awarded the 2017 KIA Sportage and 2016 KIA Soul the Highest-Ranked Small SUV, and the Highest Ranked Multi-Purpose Vehicle (two years in a row) respectively.
• Discover KIA is Consumer Trust Certified – a Canada-wide, auto industry-sponsored certification that is earned by dealers that exhibit the highest levels of customer service and transparency in their marketing, sales and service interactions.
• 2017 marks the 17th year of operations for Discover KIA and the 5th anniversary of growing to a second location on Water Street East in Summerside. The two dealerships are proud members of the Morris Automotive Group, proudly serving Islanders for nearly two decades.

– source, event communications