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Although Koch was winless Chevy CAMARO SS
CREW CHIEF:
after 213 career starts ROB GOODMAN
before taking 2018 FEATURED DRIVERS
off, he did qualify OWNER: JD MOTORSPORTS
for the NASCAR WITH GARY KELLER
Playoffs in 2016
and ’17 for Kaulig
Racing. He Koch has made 213 career starts in the series. All
barely missed the 10 of his top-10 finishes came in the 2016 and 2017

Championship 4 season. His career best finish is seventh at Road
round in 2016 and America in 2017.
wound up fifth in the
final standings. A year
Koch started racing at 22 after he graduated with
later he was 11th in an associate’s degree in Marketing and Business
points.
at Northwood University. Before he decided to
concentrate on stock cars, he was considered one of
He has five top-10 finishes in the top 20 motocross riders in Florida.

each year, and he won his only
Busch Pole Award at Talladega in 2017.

“We are excited to get Blake back in a race FOLLOW ONLINE
car,” Davis said. “He is another overlooked
talent that needs an opportunity to race, and @BlakeKochRacing @BlakeKochRacing
we’re happy to have him at our organization.”
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