Kaulig Racing

Kaulig Racing
Owner(s) Matt Kaulig
Base Kernersville, North Carolina
Series Xfinity Series
Car numbers 11
Race drivers 11. Blake Koch
Sponsors 11. LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Opened 2016
Career
Debut 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Latest race 2016 Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega)
Races competed 3
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Pole positions 0

Kaulig Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Matt Kaulig, an owner of team sponsor LeafFilter. The team currently fields the No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet Camaro full-time for Blake Koch. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, and operates out of the NTS Motorsports facility.[1]

Xfinity Series

Car No. 11 history

Blake Koch pilots the No. 11 LeafFilter Chevy Camaro at Daytona International Speedway.

In June 2015, Blake Koch announced he and longtime sponsor LeafFilter Gutter Protection would re-sign with TriStar Motorsports for the 2016 season.[2] However, in the 2015 offseason, LeafFilter owner Matt Kaulig decided to start his own team, Kaulig Racing. He brought along Koch, who he had sponsored the past two seasons, to pilot the No. 11 Chevy. Longtime NASCAR crew chief Chris Rice was hired as the team's general manager and crew chief. Kaulig Racing formed a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing for the 2016 season.[1][2][3] The team also used the owner's points of TriStar's former No. 8 team.[2] In the team's debut, they finished 9th at Daytona after a strong showing, followed by a 20th-place finish at Atlanta the following week. For the team's third race Koch was running solidly in the top 15 before mechanical problems regulated him to a 26th-place finish six laps down. At Fontana, Koch finished 12th and on the lead lap, after running in the top 10 for much of the day.

References

  1. 1 2 Team release (January 20, 2016). "KAULIG RACING INC. TO JOIN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES IN 2016". nascar.com (Mooresville, North Carolina).
  2. 1 2 3 Knight, Chris (January 20, 2016). "Blake Koch Prepares For XFINITY Championship Bid With New Team". Catchfence.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. "KAULIG RACING™ INC. TO JOIN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES IN 2016". Kaulig Racing. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

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