Blake Feese

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Blake Feese
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Feese in 2005
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1982-02-08) February 8, 1982 (age 41)
Saybrook, Illinois
ARCA Re/Max Series career
Debut season2003
Former teams FitzBradshaw Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Sadler Brothers Racing, Baker Curb Racing
Starts10
Wins2
Poles0
Best finish30th in 2004
Finished last season163rd (2008)
Previous series
2003 X-1R Pro Cup Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
13 races run over 3 years
Best finish62nd (2004)
First race 2004 Meijer 300 Presented by Oreo (Kentucky)
Last race 2005 Kroger 200 (IRP)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 3 years
Best finish74th (2005)
First race 2005 Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers (Kentucky)
Last race 2011 Ford 200 (Homestead)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Last updated on: June 13, 2020.

Blake Feese (born February 8, 1982) is a second-generation[ citation needed ] American auto racing driver. He competed in USAC before joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2004 and 2005 as a development driver, racing in ARCA and the NASCAR Busch Series for the team. After being released from that deal, he drove in those two series as well as the NASCAR Truck Series part-time with a number of other teams through 2011.

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Racing career

Early career

Feese began racing at the age of ten in quarter midgets, where he won his first two starts, moving up to Mini-sprints two years later. He won the 600cc track championship at Jacksonville Raceway in the mini-sprint division in 1998, before moving up to main Sprint Cars, where he won once, and was named Rookie of the Year.

In 2000, he drove in the International Racing Association, winning three races. In 2001, he competed in his first World of Outlaws race at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing ninth. Later, he won a WoO sanctioned event at Knoxville Raceway, then won again at the All-Star sprint at Eldora Speedway the following season.

NASCAR

Late in the season, he met NASCAR winner Jimmy Spencer, who would help Feese get a NASCAR driving contract.[ citation needed ]

After going through 2003 without a major ride, Feese met Rick Hendrick and signed to drive two races for him that season in the ARCA series. In his second start at Nashville Superspeedway, Feese qualified 3rd and won the race. After posting two more top-tens that season, he won his second career ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway. He made his Busch Series debut at Kentucky Speedway in the No. 87 ditech Chevrolet Monte Carlo for NEMCO Motorsports, starting sixteenth but finishing 41st after an early crash. After running two more races for NEMCO, he finished the year running the No. 00 Chevy for Haas CNC Racing, posting his best finish of the year, a 25th at the Aaron's 312.

In 2005 during the first ARCA Series race of the season at Daytona, Feese was involved in a scary accident on pit road where came into his pit stall too fast and overshot his pit stall and went through the hole in the pit wall hitting four photographers before coming to a stop. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt but Feese had to retire with radiator damage. [1] Feese moved up to the Busch Series that same season to share the No. 5 Lowe's Chevy with fellow Hendrick development drivers Boston Reid and Kyle Krisiloff. Feese struggled during the season however, his best finish being a 23rd at Atlanta out of six starts. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Kentucky for Billy Ballew Motorsports, starting 30th and finishing 15th.

At the end of 2005, Feese was released from his contract at Hendrick, and went back to racing sprint cars in Indiana during his time without a ride, of which he would not find one until 2007, where he ran a limited ARCA and Busch Series schedule with Sadler Brothers Racing. He also attempted to qualify for the ARCA season-opener at Daytona for Baker Curb Racing using Norm Benning Racing's owner points, but failed to qualify. Feese did not run any NASCAR or ARCA races until August 2009, where he competed in the Truck Series race at Nashville in the No. 15 Toyota Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports, starting 18th and finishing 12th.

In 2011, Feese would join Turner Motorsports, competing in most of the second half of the Truck Series season in their No. 32 truck, replacing Brad Sweet, [2] who only ran the first eight races of the season in the truck.

Feese was replaced by Miguel Paludo, who moved over from the No. 7 Red Horse Racing truck, in the Turner No. 32 for 2012, which left him without a ride. He ended up not finding a ride for that year or any year after that.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2004 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
41		 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP
33		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
34		62nd469 [3]
Haas CNC Racing 00 Chevy KAN
24		 CLT
27		 MEM
40		 ATL
25		 PHO DAR HOM
2005 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL
23		 NSH BRI
28		 TEX
37		 PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN
34		 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR
37		 GTY IRP
29		 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 73rd414 [4]
2007 Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
DNQ		 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM N/A0 [5]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
2005 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN
15		 KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 74th118 [6]
2009 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH
12		 BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 79th127 [7]
2011 Turner Motorsports 32 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH
18		 IRP POC MCH BRI
18		 ATL
4		 CHI NHA
21		 KEN
12		 LVS
13		 TAL
19		 MAR
32		 TEX
27		 HOM
23		24th253 [8]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARMCPtsRef
2003 FitzBradshaw Racing 14 Dodge DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO
11		126th175 [9]
2004 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY NSH
1		 SLM KEN
8		 TOL CLT
7		 KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM 30th885 [10]
94 TAL
1*
2005 DAY
36		 NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 163rd60 [11]
2007 Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Dodge DAY USA NSH
DNQ		 SLM KAN
3		 WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
6		 POC NSH
9		 ISF MIL GTW DSF 41st815 [12]
8 CHI
9		 SLM TAL TOL
2008 Baker Curb Racing 8 Ford DAY
DNQ		 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL N/A0 [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN PIT ROAD ACCIDENT" . Retrieved February 13, 2005.
  2. ↑ "Turner Motorsports Hires Blake Feese". Speed Sport. April 21, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Blake Feese – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
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