| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Takuma AOKI | Honda | 2:09.749 | 162.70 | 7 | 10 | |
| 2 | 9 | Akira RYO | Kawasaki | 2:10.132 | 0.383 | 162.22 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 45 | Yuichi TAKEDA | Honda | 2:10.328 | 0.579 | 161.98 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 10 | Noriyuki HAGA | Yamaha | 2:10.421 | 0.672 | 161.86 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | 96 | Hitoyasu IZUTSU | Ducati | 2:10.957 | 1.208 | 161.20 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 6 | Akira YANAGAWA | Kawasaki | 2:11.101 | 1.352 | 161.02 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | 8 | Yukio NUKUMI | Ducati | 2:11.200 | 1.451 | 160.90 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Shoichi TSUKAMOTO | Kawasaki | 2:11.350 | 1.601 | 160.72 | 10 | 11 |
| 9 | 76 | Makoto SUZUKI | Ducati | 2:11.827 | 2.078 | 160.14 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | 57 | Shin'ya NAKATANI | Kawasaki | 2:13.695 | 3.946 | 157.90 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 36 | Hideo SENMYO | Honda | 2:13.983 | 4.234 | 157.56 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | 29 | Toshiyuki KAKU | Yamaha | 2:14.241 | 4.492 | 157.26 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 47 | Kiyokazu SATO | Honda | 2:14.382 | 4.633 | 157.09 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | 49 | Tamotsu MIZUSAWA | Kawasaki | 2:14.746 | 4.997 | 156.67 | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | 30 | Tetsuya AKAGI | Honda | 2:15.102 | 5.353 | 156.26 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | 59 | Masayuki YAMANAKA | Honda | 2:15.394 | 5.645 | 155.92 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 37 | Hideaki TSUTSUI | Kawasaki | 2:15.658 | 5.909 | 155.61 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 | 55 | Shogo SATAKE | Kawasaki | 2:16.221 | 6.472 | 154.97 | 5 | 11 |
| 19 | 65 | Masaaki TSUKAMOTO | Honda | 2:16.520 | 6.771 | 154.63 | 4 | 11 |
| 20 | 71 | Koji KITAO | Honda | 2:17.165 | 7.416 | 153.91 | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | 74 | Takayuki SUZUKI | Honda | 2:17.213 | 7.464 | 153.85 | 9 | 10 |
| 22 | 93 | Katsuhisa MOTOIKI | Kawasaki | 2:17.380 | 7.631 | 153.66 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 51 | Ken'ichi YANAGI | Kawasaki | 2:17.926 | 8.177 | 153.06 | 10 | 11 |
| 24 | 83 | Motofumi NIGA | Kawasaki | 2:18.267 | 8.518 | 152.68 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 | 60 | Mamoru YAMAKAWA | Kawasaki | 2:18.388 | 8.639 | 152.55 | 8 | 10 |
| - | 53 | Hiroki KOBAYASHI | Suzuki | --.--- | 1 | |||
| - | 62 | Yu MATSUSHIMA | Yamaha | --.--- | 1 |
1996-09-06 to 1996-09-08
Suzuka Superbike 2 Heat Race
Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 26,000
Entries: 62 / Practised: 56 / Qualified: 44
Sessions
Qualifying 2 - Group A
Scheduled duration: 25 mins
Started: 27 / Classified: 25
Scheduled start time: 15:30
Weather: Sunny / Track: Dry
Results
Submit additional info
Sources:
Official results/ Official program/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ MFJ Magazine No. 319 1996-01 pg19/ MFJ Magazine No. 330 1997-01 pg19/ Motoracing-japan.com/ ohmi.homeip.net