Blake Koch

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Blake Koch

Born

August 5, 1985
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)

2013 position

74th

Best finish

74th (2013)

First race

2013 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

NASCAR Nationwide Series career

86 race(s) run over 5 year(s)

Car no., team

No. 44 (TriStar Motorsports)

2013 position

25th

Best finish

18th (2011)

First race

2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)

Last race

2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career

6 race(s) run over 2 year(s)

2013 position

101st

Best finish

100th (2012)

First race

2012 American Ethanol 225 (Joilet)

Last race

2013 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

Statistics current as of November 17, 2013.

Blake Koch (born August 5, 1985) is an American stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving for TriStar Motorsports.

Personal life

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Koch currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina with his wife Shannon and their son.^[1]

Career

Koch racing at Road America in 2011

Koch racing Hal Martin at Richmond in 2013

Koch began his racing career at the age of 22 after he graduated from college with an Associates Degree in Marketing and Business Degree at Northwood University. Prior to racing on 4 wheels. Koch raced on 2 wheels and was considered one of the top 20 motorcross riders in the state of Florida. Koch raced 8 years until the end of 2008 when he made the transition to NASCAR. In 2009, He started racing in the NASCAR Camping World West Series. He finished 8th in the final point standings and finished runner up in the Rookie of the Year standings.^[2] In 2011 He made his 1st Nationwide Series race at Phoenix and finished 17th and on the lead lap. He earned 4 top 20 finishes in 2011 and finished 18th in the final point standings.^[3]

Koch planned to compete for Rick Ware Racing in the 2012 Nationwide Series driving the No. 41.^[4] Partway through the season Koch was switched to the No. 15 when Timmy Hill returned to Nationwide competition, and soon afterwards was forced to switch to a limited schedule due to a lack of sponsorship.^[1]

For 2013, Koch returned to SR² Motorsports, for which he had driven a limited start-and-park schedule late in 2012, to run most of the season in the team's No. 24 and No. 00 Toyotas.^[5] In October, he made his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving for Leavine Family Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.^[6]

After driving for RAB Racing in the 2013 Nationwide Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he started on the outside pole, Koch moved to TriStar Motorsports for the full 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.^[7]

ESPN controversy

Koch appeared in a commercial for the voting awareness organization Rise Up And Register; however, it was rejected by ESPN due to "religious and political overtones";^[8] despite there being no religious messages in the commercial.^[9] ESPN later issued a statement saying, "Koch’s personal religious beliefs played no role in our evaluation."^[10]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Points
2013	Leavine Family Racing	95	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT 38	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	74th	0¹

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Season	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Points
2009	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM 17	TEX		HOM 24	102nd	173
2009	Day Enterprises	05	Chevy																																		PHO DNQ		102nd	173
2010	Day Enterprises	05	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW 22	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	115th	97
2011	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge	DAY	PHO 27	LVS	BRI 30	CAL 33	TEX 25		NSH 25	RCH 27	DAR 18		IOW 21	CLT 34	CHI 27	MCH 25	ROA 14	DAY 28	KEN 22	NHA 18	NSH 27	IRP 20	IOW 28	GLN 29		BRI 23	ATL 23	RCH 27		DOV 21	KAN 25			PHO 14			18th	610
		81	Chevy																															CLT 18	TEX 22		HOM 23
		82	Dodge							TAL 16				DOV 43
		70																									CGV 38
		52																													CHI 27
2012	Rick Ware Racing	41	Ford	DAY 17	PHO 31	LVS 18	BRI 38																																31st	230
		41	Chevy					CAL 25
		15							TEX 36			DAR 34	IOW 40	CLT	DOV 41	MCH 36	ROA	KEN 41
		75								RCH 39	TAL DNQ
	MacDonald Motorsports	82	Dodge																DAY 19
	The Motorsports Group	42	Chevy																	NHA	CHI 36	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV 41
	SR² Motorsports	00	Toyota																							BRI DNQ	ATL 36	RCH 37	CHI 36	KEN			KAN 36	TEX 38	PHO 39	HOM 39
		24																													DOV 22	CLT
2013		24		DAY 38	PHO 16	LVS 21	BRI 25	CAL 32	TEX 24	RCH 25						MCH 22					CHI 27					BRI 31													25th	349
		00									TAL 33	DAR 22	CHA	DOV 40	IOW 36		ROA	KEN 34	DAY DNQ	NHA 37		IND	IOW 38	GLN 36	MOH 40		ATL 40	RCH	CHI 38	KEN 39	DOV 30	KAN 37	CHA 38	TEX 36	PHO 38
	RAB Racing	99	Toyota																																	HOM 11

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Season	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Points
2012	Alger Motorsports	86	Ram	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI 32	POC	MCH	BRI QL^†										100th	0¹
2012	JJC Racing	0	Ford														ATL 35	IOW	KEN 36	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 36	HOM 36	100th	0¹
2013	Rosenblum Racing	28	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CHA 19	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	101st	0¹
^† - Qualified for Clay Greenfield

^* Season in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Moring, Mark (August 7, 2012). "NASCAR Driver Blake Koch Takes a Stand for Jesus". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
↑ "About No. 81 « Daystar Racing". Daystarracing.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
↑ Blake Koch. "Blake Koch - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
↑ Adamcyzk, Jay (January 20, 2012). "Koch joins Rick Ware Racing". Jayski.com. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ "Blake Koch Returning With SR² Motorsports". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. February 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
↑ "Major Travis Kvapil and more news". Yardbarker. Fox Sports. October 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
↑ Estrada, Chris (January 10, 2014). "NNS: Jeffrey Earnhardt, Blake Koch land full-time rides". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
↑ Diamond Joe's Media Rantz. "ESPN Blocks The Vote, Rejects NASCAR Driver’s Ad Allegedly Due To "Religious Overtones"". Sportsrantz.com. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
↑ Gluck, Jeff (March 29, 2012). "ESPN Declines To Air NASCAR Sponsor Commercial Due To 'Advocacy'". SBNation. Vox Media. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
↑ Pockrass, Bob (March 29, 2012). "Nationwide driver loses sponsor after ESPN rejects commercial". Sporting News. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

External links

Official website
Blake Koch driver statistics at Racing Reference

TriStar Motorsports

Personnel

Ownership	Mark Smith

Drivers

Nationwide Series	(10) David Starr (14) Eric McClure / Jeff Green (19) Mike Bliss (44) Blake Koch / Will Kimmel (91) Jeff Green

Notable former drivers

Persondata
Name	Koch, Blake
Alternative names
Short description	American stock car racing driver
Date of birth	August 5, 1985
Place of birth	West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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