Mike Koch (racing driver)

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Mike Koch
Born (1963-10-12) October 12, 1963 (age 59)
Mountain Home, Arkansas
ARCA Menards Series career
56 races run over 9 years
Best finish20th (2007)
First race 2003 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 (Salem)
Last race 2012 Allen Crowe 100 (Springfield)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of July 4, 2023.

Mike Koch (born October 12, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series.

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Racing career

From 1999 to 2002, Koch competed in various racing series' like the Big Johnson Late Model National Championship, the Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association, and Southern United Professional Racing Series. [1]

In 2003, Koch would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at Salem Speedway driving the No. 06 Chevrolet for Wayne Peterson Racing, where he would finish 23rd due to vibrations in the car. He would make four more starts for Peterson before moving to his own team for the race at Winchester Speedway driving the No. 6 Chevrolet. In 2004, he would run one race for Peterson at Kansas Speedway, where he would finish 33rd due to transmission issues, before making four starts with Norm Benning Racing in the No. 8 Chevrolet with a best finish of 34th at Gateway International Raceway due to a clutch issue. He would then make two more starts for Benning the following year before making a start for his own team in the No. 87 Chevrolet at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track, where he would finish 32nd due to vibrations due to vibrations in the car.

In 2006, Koch would attempt all but run race in the schedule for K&K Racing in a mix of Chevrolets and Pontiacs for the No. 79 entry, finishing 25th in the final points standings with a best finish of twentieth at Kansas despite failing to qualify fourteen races that year. For the following year in 2007, he would enter in all events on the schedule in the No. 79, where he would finish twentieth in the points with a best result of 22nd at Toledo Speedway despite failing to qualify for six races. In 2008, he would enter in the first seven races of the schedule, this time solely in a Chevrolet, failing to qualify at the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway, and qualifying for the next six races, getting a best result of 23rd at Rockingham Speedway.

In 2009, Koch would run at Salem in his self owned No. 28 Ford, where he would qualify in nineteenth and lead four laps before cutting a tire on lap 71 and eventually retiring from the race on lap 112 when the car developed brake issues. He would officially be classified in 21st. [2] He would run three more races, with two of those races being run with Hixson Motorsports.

After not racing in the series in 2010, Koch would return in 2011 at DuQuoin, driving the No. 94 Chevrolet, where he would finish seven laps down in 24th after starting 31st. In 2012, he would fail to qualify for Daytona, before running five races in the No. 79 Chevrolet, getting a best result of nineteenth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track which would be his most recent start in ARCA competition.

Koch has most recently competed in the Scrappin 40's Super Stock Series at Legit Speedway Park in West Plains, Missouri, where he would finish fourteenth. [1]

Motorsports results

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARSCPtsRef
2003 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM
23
TOL
25
BLN
25
KAN
28
MCH LER POC POC 52nd600 [3]
00 KEN
38
CLT
K&K Racing 79 Chevy NSH
DNQ
ISF
6 WIN
33
29 DSF
35
CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO
2004 Wayne Peterson Racing 6 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN
33
87th280 [4]
Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy POC
37
MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW
34
POC
35
LER NSH
41
ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
2005 K&K Racing 10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM
DNQ
37th1035 [5]
87 KEN
DNQ
TOL
DNQ
LAN KAN
Wth
KEN BLN POC GTW LER
DNQ
NSH
DNQ
MCH
DNQ
ISF
DNQ
TOL
DNQ
DSF
32
CHI
DNQ
SLM
DNQ
TAL
Wth
Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy MIL
40
POC
39
MCH
2006 K&K Racing 79 Pontiac DAY
DNQ
TOL
DNQ
CHI
37
SLM
DNQ
TAL
DNQ
IOW
DNQ
25th2175 [6]
Chevy NSH
DNQ
SLM
DNQ
WIN
34
KEN
DNQ
TOL
DNQ
POC KAN
20
KEN
37
BLN
DNQ
POC
30
GTW
38
NSH
DNQ
MCH
41
ISF
DNQ
MIL
DNQ
DSF
22
87 Pontiac MCH
DNQ
2007 79 DAY
DNQ
USA
34
NSH
35
SLM
DNQ
KAN
41
BLN
26
KEN
DNQ
MIL
26
GTW
37
CHI
39
SLM
24
TAL
DNQ
TOL
DNQ
20th2610 [7]
Chevy WIN
31
KEN
DNQ
TOL
22
IOW
33
POC
36
MCH
37
POC
23
NSH
35
ISF
24
DSF
38
2008 DAY
DNQ
SLM
35
IOW
37
KAN
31
CAR
23
KEN
34
TOL
34
POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 45th685 [8]
2009 28 Ford DAY SLM
21
CAR TAL 58th530 [9]
Hixson Motorsports KEN
31
TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM CAR
40
K&K Racing 79 Chevy KAN
37
2011 K&K Racing 94 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF
24
SLM KAN TOL 137th110 [10]
2012 79 DAY
DNQ
MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK
28
POC MCH WIN
22
NJE IOW
31
CHI
31
IRP POC BLN ISF
19
MAD
Wth
SLM DSF KAN 39th520 [11]

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References

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