| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72 |  Shin'ichi ITO | Honda | 2:28.346 | 142.31 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2 | 6 | Shin'ya TAKEISHI | Kawasaki | 2:29.284 | 0.938 | 141.41 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | Akira RYO | Kawasaki | 2:31.870 | 3.524 | 139.00 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 77 | Kousuke AKIYOSHI | Suzuki | 2:35.270 | 6.924 | 135.96 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | 45 | Yuichi TAKEDA | Honda | 2:36.742 | 8.396 | 134.68 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | 43 | Takaharu KISHIDA | Honda | 2:37.654 | 9.308 | 133.90 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | 48 | Takayuki SUZUKI | Honda | 2:37.793 | 9.447 | 133.79 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Shoichi TSUKAMOTO | Kawasaki | 2:37.842 | 9.496 | 133.74 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | Yuji HARAGUCHI | Honda | 2:38.034 | 9.688 | 133.58 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | 51 | Hiroshi OTA | Honda | 2:39.301 | 10.955 | 132.52 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 18 | Tomohiko KANEYASU | Honda | 2:39.534 | 11.188 | 132.33 | 8 | 9 |
| 12 | 25 | Toshiya KOBAYASHI | Honda | 2:39.820 | 11.474 | 132.09 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 65 | Masaaki TSUKAMOTO | Honda | 2:39.888 | 11.542 | 132.03 | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | 39 | Keiji SHIOMI | Suzuki | 2:40.034 | 11.688 | 131.91 | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | 21 | Manabu KAMADA | Honda | 2:40.169 | 11.823 | 131.80 | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | 17 | Katsunori HASEGAWA | Yamaha | 2:40.608 | 12.262 | 131.44 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 76 | Osamu NISHIJIMA | Kawasaki | 2:42.084 | 13.738 | 130.24 | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | 60 | Mamoru YAMAKAWA | Kawasaki | 2:43.349 | 15.003 | 129.23 | 8 | 8 |
| 19 | 62 | Hidefumi SUGINO | Honda | 2:47.525 | 19.179 | 126.01 | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | 55 | Yasuhiko GORIKU | Yamaha | 2:51.180 | 22.834 | 123.32 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 53 | Hiroki KOBAYASHI | Suzuki | 2:52.679 | 24.333 | 122.25 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | 57 | Shogo TAKEMI | Yamaha | 2:53.640 | 25.294 | 121.58 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 66 | Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA | Honda | 2:53.862 | 25.516 | 121.42 | 6 | 7 |
| 24 | 35 | Kazuhiro IMURA | Kawasaki | 2:59.691 | 31.345 | 117.48 | 3 | 5 |
1997-09-05 to 1997-09-07
Suzuka Superbike 2 Heat Race
Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 21,000
Entries: ? / Practised: 54 / Qualified: 44
Sessions
Qualifying 2 - Group B
Scheduled duration: ?
Started: 24 / Classified: 24
Scheduled start time: ?
Weather: Raining / Track: Wet
Results
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Sources:
Official results/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ MFJ Magazine No. 330 1997-01/02 pg15/ MFJ Magazine No. 341 1998-01/02 pg64-66/ europark.com/ Motoracing-japan.com/ procione.com/suzukaland