Bach and B-K leave them racing for second SAUKVILLE, WI (August 26, 2002) - Jamie Bach and his B-K Motorsports team did it again this weekend and this time it was at the site of the upcoming SCCA National Championship RUNOFFS...Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Bach started from the pole with a new track record, beat the field into turn one, and after some early race pressure from Jim Goughary...Pulled away to a 25-second victory. Under near perfect conditions Saturday afternoon, Bach went out and set a new qualifying track record at the scenic 2.8-mile circuit. The track record this weekend gives Bach the current Formula Mazda track record at four circuits in the Midwest: Blackhawk Farms, Mid-Ohio, Nelson Ledges, and Indianapolis Raceway Park. Since he started racing Formula Mazda's in the summer of 2000, Bach has now held the track record at least once at six of the eight circuits in the Midwest. And by sitting on the pole this weekend, Bach and his team have moved their pole positions count for 2002 to nine. This now betters the number of pole positions they set in 2001, which was eight. As was the case in June, first year Formula Mazda driver and SCCA sports car racing veteran Jim Goughary was second in the line-up to Bach in the thirty-five car field. Bach was focused on getting a great start and did exactly that, winning the race to turn one and ultimately leaving the rest of the field to race for second place. Bach did win the race to turn one, however, in the early laps his mirrors were full of Goughary, third place starter Fabio Castellani, and fourth place starter Bob Kaminsky. On the third lap, Goughary bumped the curbing in turn one and spun in the center of the track with the entire field on his heels. Fortunately there was no contact, but much of the pack had to get on the brakes and it allowed Bach to escape a bit. Then, just a few laps later, two slower cars also spun in turn one and Castellani spun when he saw the incident. This allowed Bach to extend his lead and lap after lap he simply pulled away and worked slower traffic...lapping all but nine cars in the field on his way to scoring his eleventh win of the season. Bach and his team now set their sites completely on the 2002 SCCA National Championship RUNOFFS. The RUNOFFS begin at Mid-Ohio on September 16, with the nationally televised (SPEED Channel) championship race being run on Sunday, September 22 at 11:50 a.m. Eastern Time. The television schedule for the SPEED Channel broadcast of the Formula Mazda Championship race has not yet been sent. Post Race Quotes: Jamie Bach, B-K Motorsports Formula Mazda #13 "We are really happy to get another win and especially here at Mid-Ohio. The car was really good and we were getting out of the turns really well. We were making good power on the straight and the traffic was not too bad. I have to thank Ron Roland for his continued help on our set-up and Daryl Drummond has continued to build strong reliable motors for the entire STAR MAZDA community. We were glad that we could make the transmission change so quickly on Sunday morning after the warm-up. Everything worked well during the race and that is when it counted. Now is the time we have been waiting for all season. We wanted to repeat as division champs, we wanted to win the Central Division STAR MAZDA SERIES, and now we really want to bring home a 2002 Championship at the RUNOFFS. We are right were we wanted to be when the season started and now we are 100% focused on what we need to do to win the RUNOFFS. With a little luck on our side, we hope we can complete the season with a win. FINSHED 8/26/02: 1st STARTED 8/26/02: 1st POINTS EARNED 8/26/02: 12 2002 SCCA Central Division National Championship with maximum points and 2002 Central Division STAR MAZDA SERIES OTHER 2002 RESULTS: JANUARY 2nd at Sebring Intl' Raceway (Sebring, Florida) 3rd at Moroso Motorsports Park (W. Palm Beach, Florida) MARCH 1st at Road Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia)-POLE APRIL 5th at Phoenix International Raceway (Phoenix, Arizona) 1st at GingerMan Raceway (South Haven, Michigan) MAY 1st at Blackhawk Farms Raceway (Rockton, Illinois) 1st at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin)-POLE 1st at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin)-POLE JUNE 1st at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio)-POLE 1st at Grattan Raceway (Grattan, Michigan)-POLE 4th at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin) 4th at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio) STAR MAZDA SERIES PRO-TV RACE JULY 6th at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin) STAR MAZDA SERIES PRO-TV RACE 1st at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin)-POLE AUGUST 1st at Gateway International Raceway (Madison, Illinois)-POLE 1st at Grattan Raceway (Grattan, Michigan)-POLE 1st at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio)-POLE