Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year contender Blake Koch announced that the Daystar Television Network and Blake Koch Incorporated have signed a new long-term, multi-year agreement to continue their relationship well beyond the 2011 season. This newly formed partnership will secure support for Koch’s racing career for multiple seasons in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. A native of West Palm Beach, Florida who now is relocating to North Carolina, Blake Koch began his racing career in motocross as a teenager. After continued injuries led him to seek a safer form of competition, he began racing late model stock cars and speedway trucks at various venues on the East Coast. In 2008 he made his debut in the NASCAR West series. Shortly thereafter he developed a relationship with the Daystar Television Network, who became a title sponsor of the up and coming driver that showed great promise, despite very little experience in the sport. The Daystar Television Network is an Emmy award winning faith based network that is dedicated to spreading the Gospel 24 hours a day, seven days a week all around the globe through all media formats possible. Daystar is the fastest growing, and one of the two largest, faith based networks in the world today and can be viewed on all major and secondary satellite and cable systems. Daystar programming reaches over 200 countries into more than 91 million homes in the United States and 680 million homes globally.(Koch PR)(6-30-2011)
UPDATE: Blake Koch will contest the remainder of the 2011 season with MacDonald Motorsports, as backer DayStar re-upped for the remainder of the season after initially being slated for 10 races, the driver informed Frontstretch on Thursday. The growing sponsorship will also see Koch contest a full 2012 Nationwide Series schedule with Daystar backing, though no details are currently available on whether Koch will remain with MacDonald for next year. “We…signed a multi-year, long-term agreement [with Daystar] to do whatever it takes to keep me in the race car and keep things going strong” said Koch of the new arrangement. “The big thing is to keep putting in the effort to spread the message of Jesus Christ. That is a big goal for us, [in fact] the main goal.” No word on how this affects Donnie Neuenberger and his previously announced deal to drive the #81 car with Eagle Convenience Stores sponsorship; Neuenberger was scheduled at the start of the year to race both at Michigan and this weekend at Daytona in the #81.(Frontstretch)(7-1-2011)
