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Blake Bjorklund

{{short description|American stock car racing driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Blake Bjorklund

|image =

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|09|08}}

|birth_place = Isanti, Minnesota, U.S.

|achievements =

|awards =

|Total_Busch_Races = 3

|Years_In_Busch = 1

|Busch_Car_Team =

|Prev_Busch_Pos =

|Prev_Busch_Year =

|Best_Busch_Pos = 109th (2007)

|First_Busch_Race = 2007 Camping World 300 Presented by RVs.com (Fontana)

|Last_Busch_Race = 2007 Arizona Travel 200 (Phoenix)

|First_Busch_Win =

|Last_Busch_Win =

|Busch_Wins = 0

|Busch_Top_Tens = 0

|Busch_Poles = 0

|Total_Truck_Races = 15

|Years_In_Truck = 1

|Truck_Car_Team =

|Prev_Truck_Pos =

|Prev_Truck_Year =

|Best_Truck_Pos = 29th (2007)

|First_Truck_Race = 2007 Chevy Silverado HD 250 (Daytona)

|Last_Truck_Race = 2007 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)

|First_Truck_Win =

|Last_Truck_Win =

|Truck_Wins = 0

|Truck_Top_Tens = 0

|Truck_Poles = 0

|updated = August 22, 2012

}}

Blake Bjorklund (born September 8, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Nationwide Series, and the ARCA Re/Max Series. In addition to racing stock cars, he has also raced snowmobiles.

Racing career

=ARCA Re/Max Series=

Before his venture into NASCAR, Bjorklund raced in the series full-time for one year in 2006. He made a run for Rookie of the Year with Country Joe Racing, a team well known for developing young talents such as Joey Miller and Ryan Hemphill. Although he failed to qualify for the season-opening Daytona and Nashville races, he bounced back with poles at Berlin and Milwaukee and earned his first career victory at Salem Speedway, passing ARCA legend Frank Kimmel with two laps to go. Bjorklund also earned the Bill France Triple Crown award for the three dirt tracks on the ARCA schedule. He finished the season 5th in points with one win, ten finishes in the top ten, and two poles.

=Craftsman Truck Series=

In 2007, Bjorklund was signed by MRD Motorsports to run in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado, he earned a best finish of 13th place at Nashville Superspeedway.

=Nationwide Series=

After his release from his truck ride, Bjorklund was signed late in 2007 by Jay Robinson Racing to drive the No. 28 U.S. Border Patrol/Kibbles 'n Bits Chevrolet in three races. Two of his races were ended early by engine failures and he was only able to muster a best finish of 30th at California Speedway.

In 2009, Bjorklund returned to the Nationwide Series in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, but failed to qualify the No. 96 K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge.

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Nationwide Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| NASCAR Nationwide 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

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! {{Tooltip|NNSC|NASCAR Nationwide Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2007

! Jay Robinson Racing

! 28

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAL

| MXC

| LVS

| ATL

| BRI

| NSH

| TEX

| PHO

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| GTY

| IRP

| CGV

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
{{small|30}}

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|35}}

| MEM

| TEX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
{{small|33}}

| HOM

! 109th

! 195

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bjorkbl01/2007/B|title=Blake Bjorklund – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

2009

! Whitney Motorsports

! 96

! Dodge

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| PHO

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| KEN
{{small|DNQ}}

| MLW

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| GTY

| IRP

| IOW

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| CGV

| ATL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| MEM

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! N/A

! 0

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bjorkbl01/2009/B|title=Blake Bjorklund – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=32| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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

! 24

! 25

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2007

! MRD Motorsports

! 8

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
{{small|31}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN
{{small|34}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MFD
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEM
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
{{small|13}}

| BRI

| GTW

| NHA

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| ATL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 29th

! 1355

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bjorkbl01/2007/C|title=Blake Bjorklund – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

=ARCA Re/Max Series=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=30| ARCA Re/Max 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

! {{Tooltip|ARSC|ARCA Re/Max Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2006

! rowspan=2| Country Joe Racing

! 0

! rowspan=2| Dodge

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
{{small|DNQ}}

| colspan=22|

! rowspan=2| 5th

! rowspan=2| 4655

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bjorkbl01/2006/A|title=Blake Bjorklund – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

32

|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NSH
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SLM
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WIN
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KEN
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN
{{small|37}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KEN
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLN
{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GTW
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ISF
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIL
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TOL
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DSF
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHI
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SLM
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOW
{{small|28}}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100607151034/http://bjorklundracing.com:80/}}
  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Blake_Bjorklund}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1985 births

Category:People from Isanti County, Minnesota

Category:Racing drivers from Minnesota

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers

Category:ARCA Midwest Tour drivers