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

[3] Koch planned to compete for Rick Ware Racing in the 2012 Nationwide Series driving 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.

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

[7] In October, he made his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving for Leavine Family Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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

[14] 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.

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

[18] 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.

[17] Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Koch currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina with his wife Shannon and their son, Carter and daughter, Bailey.

[22] ESPN later issued a statement saying, "Koch’s personal religious beliefs played no role in our evaluation.

"[23] Koch is the founder and owner of FilterTime, a residential air filter delivery service.