Mike Koch (born October 12, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series.
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.
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. 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.
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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2003 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC 52nd 600 00 KEN CLT K&K Racing 79 Chevy NSH ISF 6 WIN 29 DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 2004 Wayne Peterson Racing 6 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN 87th 280 Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 2005 K&K Racing 10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM 37th 1035 87 KEN TOL LAN KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy MIL POC MCH 2006 K&K Racing 79 Pontiac DAY TOL CHI SLM TAL IOW 25th 2175 Chevy NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL DSF 87 Pontiac MCH 2007 79 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN BLN KEN MIL GTW CHI SLM TAL TOL 20th 2610 Chevy WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH POC NSH ISF DSF 2008 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 45th 685 2009 28 Ford DAY SLM CAR TAL 58th 530 Hixson Motorsports KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM CAR K&K Racing 79 Chevy KAN 2011 K&K Racing 94 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 137th 110 2012 79 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 39th 520
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