# Blake Koch

Blake Koch (born August 7, 1985) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He is also the founder of FilterTime, a residential air filter company that delivers the filters to consumer's homes on a regular basis.

## Racing career

Koch began his racing career at the age of 22 after he graduated from college with an associate 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 motocross 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. 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.
Koch planned to compete for Rick Ware Racing in the 2012 Nationwide Series driving the No. 41. 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. Koch lost the sponsor after the accompanying ESPN ad campaign was denied for "political and religious overtones".
For 2013, Koch could not find a full-time ride, and was forced to start-and-park for SR² Motorsports, for which he had driven a limited start-and-park schedule late in 2012. Koch ran most of the season in the team's No. 24 and No. 00 Toyotas. The team ran full races on occasion. In October, he made his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving for Leavine Family Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Later in 2013, Koch finally caught a break, landing a ride with RAB Racing in the Nationwide Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he started on the outside pole.
However, again unable to find a full-time ride, Koch moved to TriStar Motorsports for the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, for the most part running the team's start-and-park entries which help fund TriStar's full-time teams. He also signed with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 35 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series for a limited schedule of races. He also ran a handful of races for Go FAS Racing as well.
In 2015, Koch was finally given a full-time ride by TriStar Motorsports for the full Xfinity Series (formerly Nationwide Series) in the No. 8 Toyota with LeafFilter Gutter Protection as a primary sponsor. Koch was leading with 6 laps to go in Road America when the battery died, resulting in a 20th-place finish. After the race Koch described the race as the closest he had come to winning in his entire career.
In 2016, LeafFilter owner Matt Kaulig left TriStar to start his own team, Kaulig Racing, with an alliance with Richard Childress Racing. Koch came over as well, running the full season in the No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet. Koch finished 9th at the season opener at Daytona, his first top-ten of his career. Koch went on to have the best season of his career, scoring five top-10s and qualifying for the inaugural Xfinity Series playoffs. Koch would finish 7th in points, by far his best career NASCAR performance.
In 2017, Koch returned to Kaulig Racing for another full-time Xfinity season with LeafFilter.
On January 9, 2018, it was announced that Ryan Truex would take over Koch's No. 11 ride. Koch knew in the later stages of December that LeafFilter would not return in a large role and that he needed to find sponsorship to stay with the team. Kaulig has stated that he would like to retain Koch in a second car dependent on sponsorship. Koch has stated that he has been contacted by teams in all three of NASCAR's national series and that he would be content with a full or part-time ride in any of those series. He instead served as a driver coach for Matt Tifft and as an analyst for the "Blake's Take" segment of NASCAR Race Hub.
After not driving at all in 2018, on December 4, Koch announced he would be joining JD Motorsports in their No. 4 entry in the Xfinity Series in 2019, left vacant by Ross Chastain. Koch's company FilterTime was announced as a sponsor of the team. On January 31, 2019, Koch stepped down from the ride to focus on his FilterTime business after it was announced that Chastain was returning to the team. Koch continued his driver coaching in 2019, working with Harrison Burton.

## Personal life

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Koch currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina with his wife Shannon and their son, Carter and daughter, Bailey.
Koch is a Christian. Koch has spoken about his faith saying, "[God has] given me this platform that people listen to me and I feel like I have a great opportunity to tell people about Jesus through that."
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"; despite there being no religious messages in the commercial. ESPN later issued a statement saying, "Koch’s personal religious beliefs played no role in our evaluation."
Koch is the founder and owner of FilterTime, a residential air filter delivery service. The business was founded in 2017 after losing his ride with Kaulig Racing, formed for the purpose of funding his racing career. Dale Earnhardt Jr. became a partner in the company in April 2019.

## Motorsports career results
### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – 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 | Pts |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 2014 | Front Row Motorsports | 35 | Ford | DAY | PHO 37 | LVS DNQ | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | KAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 67th | 0$^1$ |
| 2014 | Go FAS Racing | 32 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 35 | DOV 30 | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT 39 | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM 38 | 67th | 0$^1$ |

#### Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 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 | |
| 2011 | MacDonald Motorsports | 82 | Dodge | | | | | | | TAL 16 | | | | DOV 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 610 |
| 2011 | MacDonald Motorsports | 70 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CGV 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 610 | |
| 2011 | MacDonald Motorsports | 52 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 610 |
| 2011 | MacDonald Motorsports | 81 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 18 | TEX 22 | | HOM 23 | | 18th | 610 | |
| 2012 | Rick Ware Racing | 41 | Ford | DAY 17 | PHO 31 | LVS 18 | BRI 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 | |
| 2012 | Rick Ware Racing | 41 | Chevy | | | | | CAL 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 |
| 2012 | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Chevy | | | | | | TEX 36 | | | DAR 34 | IOW 40 | CLT | DOV 41 | MCH 36 | ROA | KEN 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 |
| 2012 | Rick Ware Racing | 75 | Chevy | | | | | | | RCH 39 | TAL DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 |
| 2012 | MacDonald Motorsports | 82 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 19 | NHA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 | |
| 2012 | The Motorsports Group | 42 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 36 | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 |
| 2012 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI DNQ | ATL 36 | RCH 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 | |
| 2012 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 36 | KEN | | | KAN 36 | TEX 38 | PHO 39 | HOM 39 | | | | 31st | 230 | |
| 2012 | SR² Motorsports | 24 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 22 | CLT | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 230 | |
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 24 | Toyota | DAY 38 | PHO 16 | LVS 21 | BRI 25 | CAL 32 | TEX 24 | RCH 25 | | | | | | MCH 22 | ROA | | | | CHI 27 | IND | | | | BRI 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 349 | |
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Toyota | | | | | | | | TAL 33 | DAR 22 | CLT | DOV 40 | IOW 36 | | | KEN 34 | DAY DNQ | NHA 37 | | | IOW 38 | GLN 36 | MOH 40 | | ATL 40 | RCH | CHI 38 | KEN 39 | DOV 30 | KAN 37 | CLT 38 | TEX 36 | PHO 38 | | | | | | 25th | 349 | |
| 2013 | RAB Racing | 99 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 11 | | | | 25th | 349 | |
| 2014 | TriStar Motorsports | 44 | Toyota | DAY 22 | | LVS 20 | | | | | RCH 21 | | | | | MCH 24 | ROA | KEN 19 | | | | | | | | | ATL 28 | | | KEN 25 | DOV 23 | | | | PHO 18 | HOM 22 | | | 24th | 317 | |
| 2014 | TriStar Motorsports | 10 | Toyota | | PHO 39 | | BRI 40 | CAL 39 | TEX 40 | DAR 40 | | TAL 40 | IOW | CLT | DOV 40 | | | | DAY DNQ | NHA 39 | CHI 39 | IND 40 | IOW 38 | GLN 38 | MOH 35 | | | | CHI 40 | | | KAN 36 | CLT | TEX 39 | | | | | | | | 24th | 317 | |
| 2014 | Rick Ware Racing | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24th | 317 | |
| 2014 | TriStar Motorsports | 91 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24th | 317 | |
| 2015 | TriStar Motorsports | 8 | Toyota | DAY 20 | ATL 22 | LVS 35 | PHO 25 | CAL 19 | TEX 32 | BRI 22 | RCH 24 | TAL 23 | IOW 22 | CLT 23 | DOV 30 | MCH 36 | CHI 22 | DAY 18 | KEN 22 | NHA 20 | IND 37 | IOW 24 | GLN 18 | MOH 24 | BRI 21 | ROA 21 | DAR 27 | RCH 19 | CHI 21 | KEN 40 | DOV 23 | CLT 33 | KAN 25 | TEX 21 | PHO 20 | HOM 18 | | | 17th | 646 | |
| 2016 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 9 | ATL 20 | LVS 26 | PHO 16 | CAL 12 | TEX 34 | BRI 37 | RCH 8 | TAL 24 | DOV 12 | CLT 14 | POC 15 | MCH 13 | IOW 13 | DAY 22 | KEN 14 | NHA 32 | IND 15 | IOW 13 | GLN 35 | MOH 12 | BRI 8 | ROA 18 | DAR 19 | RCH 15 | CHI 15 | KEN 11 | DOV 14 | CLT 12 | KAN 9 | TEX 14 | PHO 8 | HOM 20 | | | 7th | 2200 | |
| 2017 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 15 | ATL 40 | LVS 12 | PHO 13 | CAL 12 | TEX 16 | BRI 9 | RCH 11 | TAL 31 | CLT 19 | DOV 32 | POC 27 | MCH 17 | IOW 25 | DAY 38 | KEN 23 | NHA 13 | IND 17 | IOW 8 | GLN 22 | MOH 11 | BRI 14 | ROA 7 | DAR 11 | RCH 11 | CHI 9 | KEN 17 | DOV 19 | CLT 25 | KAN 23 | TEX 13 | PHO 6 | HOM 16 | | | 11th | 2138 | |

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2012 | Alger Motorsports | 86 | Ram | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI 32 | POC | MCH | BRI QL$^†$ | | | | | | | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2012 | JJC Racing | 0 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ATL 35 | IOW | KEN 36 | LVS | TAL | MAR Wth | TEX DNQ | PHO 36 | HOM 36 | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2013 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT 19 | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 101st | 0$^1$ | |
| 2014 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 109th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2014 | MB Motorsports | 36 | Ram | | | | | DOV 35 | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 35 | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | | | | | | 109th | 0$^1$ |
| 2014 | MB Motorsports | 36 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TEX 32 | PHO | HOM | 109th | 0$^1$ | |
| $^†$ - Qualified for Clay Greenfield ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

#### K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NKNPSWC | Pts |
| 2008 | Jim Offenbach | 31 | Chevy | AAS | PHO | CTS | IOW | CNS | SON | IRW | DCS | EVG | MMP | IRW | AMP | AAS 22 | 68th | 97 |
| 2009 | Jim Offenbach | 21 | Chevy | CTS 11 | AAS 5 | PHO 7 | MAD 13 | IOW 9 | DCS 7 | SON 11 | IRW 8 | PIR 12 | MMP 9 | CNS 14 | IOW 20 | AAS 14 | 8th | 1726 |
| 2010 | Jim Offenbach | 21 | Chevy | AAS 9 | PHO 28 | IOW 5 | DCS 3 | SON 29 | IRW 2 | PIR 6 | MRP 7 | CNS 10 | MMP | AAS | PHO | | 13th | 1223 |

### ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 6 | Toyota | DAY | PBE 3 | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW | MFD | POC | BLN | NJE | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR | 81st | 220 | |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points