26 Facts About Blake Koch

Blake Koch was born on August 7,1985 and is an semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver and businessman.

Blake Koch last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 11 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.

Blake Koch is the founder of FilterTime, a residential air filter company that delivers the filters to consumer's homes on a regular basis.

Blake Koch raced 8 years until the end of 2008 when he made the transition to NASCAR.

Blake Koch finished 8th in the final point standings and finished runner up in the Rookie of the Year standings.

Blake Koch earned 4 top 20 finishes in 2011 and finished 18th in the final point standings.

Blake Koch planned to compete for Rick Ware Racing in the 2012 Nationwide Series driving the No 41.

Partway through the season Blake 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.

Blake Koch lost the sponsor after the accompanying ESPN ad campaign was denied for "political and religious overtones".

Blake Koch ran most of the season in the team's No 24 and No 00 Toyotas.

Later in 2013, Blake 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, Blake 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.

Blake Koch signed with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No 35 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series for a limited schedule of races.

Blake Koch ran a handful of races for Go FAS Racing as well.

In 2015, Blake Koch was finally given a full-time ride by TriStar Motorsports for the full Xfinity Series in the No 8 Toyota with LeafFilter Gutter Protection as a primary sponsor.

Blake Koch was leading with 6 laps to go in Road America when the battery died, resulting in a 20th-place finish.

Blake Koch came over as well, running the full season in the No 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet.

Blake Koch finished 9th at the season opener at Daytona, his first top-ten of his career.

Blake Koch went on to have the best season of his career, scoring five top-10s and qualifying for the inaugural Xfinity Series playoffs.

In 2017, Blake Koch returned to Kaulig Racing for another full-time Xfinity season with LeafFilter.

Blake 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.

Blake Koch instead served as a driver coach for Matt Tifft and as an analyst for the "Blake's Take" segment of NASCAR Race Hub.

On January 31,2019, Blake Koch stepped down from the ride to focus on his FilterTime business after it was announced that Chastain was returning to the team.

Blake Koch continued his driver coaching in 2019, working with Harrison Burton.

Blake 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.

Blake Koch is the founder and owner of FilterTime, a residential air filter delivery service.