| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |  Wataru YOSHIKAWA | Yamaha | 1:30.629 | 148.46 | 17 | 18 | |
| 2 | 4 | Keiichi KITAGAWA | Suzuki | 1:30.745 | 0.116 | 148.27 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 8 | Noriyuki HAGA | Yamaha | 1:30.775 | 0.146 | 148.22 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | 6 | Shin'ya TAKEISHI | Kawasaki | 1:31.199 | 0.570 | 147.53 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | Katsuaki FUJIWARA | Suzuki | 1:31.464 | 0.835 | 147.11 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | Akira RYO | Kawasaki | 1:31.609 | 0.980 | 146.87 | 10 | 16 |
| 7 | 72 | Shin'ichi ITO | Honda | 1:31.877 | 1.248 | 146.45 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | 12 | Shoichi TSUKAMOTO | Kawasaki | 1:32.009 | 1.380 | 146.24 | 22 | 23 |
| 9 | 45 | Yuichi TAKEDA | Honda | 1:32.085 | 1.456 | 146.12 | 20 | 21 |
| 10 | 14 | Hitoyasu IZUTSU | Ducati | 1:32.197 | 1.568 | 145.94 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | 41 | Takahiro SOHWA | Honda | 1:32.349 | 1.720 | 145.70 | 14 | 21 |
| 12 | 11 | Tamaki SERIZAWA | Suzuki | 1:32.374 | 1.745 | 145.66 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 21 | Manabu KAMADA | Honda | 1:33.078 | 2.449 | 144.56 | 12 | 20 |
| 14 | 29 | Yuji HARAGUCHI | Honda | 1:33.139 | 2.510 | 144.46 | 7 | 21 |
| 15 | 31 | Shin'ya NAKATANI | Kawasaki | 1:33.466 | 2.837 | 143.96 | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | 25 | Toshiya KOBAYASHI | Honda | 1:34.155 | 3.526 | 142.90 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | 16 | Ryuji TSURUTA | Kawasaki | 1:34.413 | 3.784 | 142.51 | 6 | 14 |
| 18 | 32 | Yasuhiro ONODERA | Ducati | 1:35.022 | 4.393 | 141.60 | 9 | 13 |
| 19 | 17 | Katsunori HASEGAWA | Yamaha | 1:35.118 | 4.489 | 141.46 | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | 47 | Kiyokazu SATO | Honda | 1:35.171 | 4.542 | 141.38 | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | 78 | Katsushi FUJIBAYASHI | Yamaha | 1:35.208 | 4.579 | 141.32 | 14 | 23 |
| 22 | 37 | Hideaki TSUTSUI | Kawasaki | 1:35.279 | 4.650 | 141.22 | 13 | 23 |
| 23 | 62 | Eiji SASAKI | Suzuki | 1:35.513 | 4.884 | 140.87 | 7 | 14 |
| 24 | 58 | Takuma YAMAMOTO | Kawasaki | 1:35.513 | 4.884 | 140.87 | 21 | 22 |
| 25 | 24 | Hideo SENMYO | Honda | 1:35.556 | 4.927 | 140.81 | 14 | 24 |
| 26 | 30 | Yukihiro AOYANAGI | Yamaha | 1:35.614 | 4.985 | 140.72 | 20 | 21 |
| 27 | 48 | Takayuki SUZUKI | Honda | 1:35.752 | 5.123 | 140.52 | 16 | 18 |
| 28 | 71 | Katsuhito KOSHIYAMA | Honda | 1:35.996 | 5.367 | 140.16 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 55 | Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA | Honda | 1:36.009 | 5.380 | 140.14 | 20 | 21 |
| 30 | 50 | Izumi MATSUBARA | Kawasaki | 1:36.082 | 5.453 | 140.04 | 10 | 20 |
| 31 | 51 | Hiroshi OTA | Honda | 1:36.218 | 5.589 | 139.84 | 20 | 21 |
| 32 | 56 | Hitoshi TANIGUCHI | Yamaha | 1:36.502 | 5.873 | 139.43 | 6 | 20 |
| 33 | 63 | Ryuichi OSAKI | Suzuki | 1:36.586 | 5.957 | 139.31 | 13 | 17 |
| 34 | 34 | Takahiro FUKAMI | Yamaha | 1:36.800 | 6.171 | 139.00 | 19 | 19 |
| 35 | 67 | Keiichi NAKAZAWA | Kawasaki | 1:36.906 | 6.277 | 138.85 | 12 | 14 |
| 36 | 35 | Kazuhiro IMURA | Kawasaki | 1:37.181 | 6.552 | 138.45 | 17 | 17 |
| 37 | 76 | Tamotsu NAKAMURA | Yamaha | 1:37.950 | 7.321 | 137.37 | 11 | 13 |
| 38 | 53 | Katsutoshi ABIKO | Honda | 1:38.968 | 8.339 | 135.95 | 20 | 20 |
| 39 | 61 | Hidenori MAESOBA | Honda | 1:39.209 | 8.580 | 135.62 | 15 | 17 |
| 40 | 59 | Katsuya WATANABE | Honda | 1:39.285 | 8.656 | 135.52 | 12 | 21 |
| 41 | 75 | Kazuto ANZAI | Honda | 1:40.269 | 9.640 | 134.19 | 15 | 18 |
| 42 | 46 | Atsushi YOSHIHIRO | Honda | 1:40.680 | 10.051 | 133.64 | 6 | 7 |
| 43 | 89 | Tomonao AOKI | Suzuki | 1:42.284 | 11.655 | 131.55 | 4 | 5 |
| - | 57 | Ken'ichi SHIMODA | Kawasaki | 1:46.253 | 15.624 | 126.63 | 2 | 2 |
| - | 54 | Masayasu MAKITA | Honda | 1:48.249 | 17.620 | 124.30 | 2 | 2 |
| - | 771 | Yoshihiko NAKAMURA | Yamaha | --.--- | 1 |
1997-10-31 to 1997-11-02
MFJ Grand Prix Superbike Race in SUGO
Sugo (Permanent circuit, 3.7375 km)
Attendance: 36,600
Entries: 52 / Practised: 46 / Qualified: 40
Sessions
Qualifying 1
Scheduled duration: ?
Started: 46 / Classified: 43
Scheduled start time: 10:00
Weather: Sunny / Track: Dry
Results
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Provisionally scheduled as 2 qualifying session of 20 minutes split into A and B groups due to number of entries.
Sources:
Official results/ Official grid sheet/ Official program/ 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