Blake Koch moves to a tie with Timmy Hill for NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year

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MacDonald Motorsports continued its strong, end of the year stretch with impressive runs by both the No. 81 and No. 82 teams at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS).  Reed Sorenson drove The Bullet Liner/Foametix No. 82 Dodge to a solid 16th place result.  Blake Koch netted a 22nd place finish in his Daystar.com No. 81 Chevy earning him Rookie of the Race and a tie with Timmy Hill for Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year.

Starting 22nd, Reed Sorenson ran as high as 14th in the Bullet Liner/Foametix No. 82 during the course of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at TMS.  Running 21st with 50 laps to go, Reed and the MacDonald Motorsports team scratched and clawed their way to an impressive 16th place finish.

Blake Koch had his best qualifying result of the year with an outstanding effort to put him 13th on the starting grid.  During the course of the race, the Daystar.com No. 81 seemed to have a motor problem developing.  The car just wasn’t putting out the power that the team was hoping for but the team pushed hard to the finish.  The 22nd place result was enough to earn Blake another Sunoco Rookie of the Race award.  This puts him into a tie with Timmy Hill for Rookie of the Year with just two races remaining.

“I’m so pumped heading in these final two races being tied with Timmy,” explained Blake Koch.  “I know our Daystar team can pull this off if we can keep running the way we have been the last few races.”

Reed Sorenson remains fifth in the NNS driver’s standings but just five points behind Justin Allgaier and Aric Almirola, who are tied third.  Blake Koch stays solidly in 18th, while the MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 remains 25th in the owner’s standings.

Burtin Polymer Laboratories (BPL) has announced that they will be the primary sponsor on Reed Sorenson’s No. 82 Dodge for the remainder of the season, starting last Saturday at Texas.  MacDonald Motorsports and Sorenson and very happy to represent BPL in these final races while growing exposure for their great products, The Bullet Liner and Foametix Spray Foam Solution.

Next week, Blake Koch will be in his normal Daystar.com No. 81 Dodge, while Reed Sorenson will be in The Bullet Liner/Foametix No. 82 Dodge.  The Wypall 200 at Phoenix International Raceway can be seen live this Saturday at 3:30 pm on ESPN2.

MacDonald Motorsports PR

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