1997 MFJ Grand Prix Superbike Race in SUGO - Sugo - Final Results

1997 All Japan Superbike/Sugo

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

1 Nov, Sat

2 Nov, Sun

Warm-Up

Final

Scheduled duration: 25 laps
Started: 40 / Classified: 33

Scheduled start time: 11:05
Weather: Sunny / Track: Dry

Results

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P.	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	KM/H	Best Lap	On	Gr.
1	5	Katsuaki FUJIWARA	Suzuki	25	38:13.217		146.68	1:30.837	15	5
2	72	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	25	38:13.232	0.015	146.68	1:30.788	10	8
3	20	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	25	38:14.740	1.523	146.59	1:30.492	4	1
4	2	Akira RYO	Kawasaki	25	38:15.475	2.258	146.54	1:30.667	16	6
5	6	Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	25	38:20.039	6.822	146.25	1:30.590	9	4
6	45	Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	25	38:27.114	13.897	145.80	1:31.046	6	9
7	14	Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Ducati	25	38:27.730	14.513	145.76	1:31.220	4	10
8	12	Shoichi TSUKAMOTO	Kawasaki	25	38:44.784	31.567	144.69	1:31.320	11	7
9	41	Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	25	38:48.862	35.645	144.44	1:31.934	8	11
10	4	Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	25	38:56.799	43.582	143.95	1:30.840	4	2
11	31	Shin'ya NAKATANI	Kawasaki	25	39:09.556	56.339	143.17	1:32.426	8	15
12	16	Ryuji TSURUTA	Kawasaki	25	39:29.051	1:15.834	141.99	1:33.317	3	17
13	29	Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	25	39:30.520	1:17.303	141.90	1:33.455	25	14
14	30	Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	25	39:51.522	1:38.305	140.65	1:34.504	16	19
15	78	Katsushi FUJIBAYASHI	Yamaha	25	39:53.687	1:40.470	140.53	1:34.635	4	22
16	58	Takuma YAMAMOTO	Kawasaki	25	40:00.540	1:47.323	140.12	1:34.616	15	26
17	48	Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	25	40:04.557	1:51.340	139.89	1:34.841	10	24
18	32	Yasuhiro ONODERA	Ducati	25	40:05.663	1:52.446	139.83	1:34.904	3	18
19	24	Hideo SENMYO	Honda	25	40:40.094	2:26.877	137.85	1:34.458	21	27
20	25	Toshiya KOBAYASHI	Honda	24	38:37.141	1 lap	139.36	1:34.400	15	16
21	34	Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	24	38:53.328	1 lap	138.39	1:35.320	9	34
22	51	Hiroshi OTA	Honda	24	38:56.195	1 lap	138.22	1:35.375	4	31
23	50	Izumi MATSUBARA	Kawasaki	24	39:05.266	1 lap	137.69	1:36.173	8	30
24	71	Katsuhito KOSHIYAMA	Honda	24	39:09.792	1 lap	137.42	1:36.240	12	28
25	63	Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	24	39:13.994	1 lap	137.18	1:36.502	14	33
26	62	Eiji SASAKI	Suzuki	24	39:14.840	1 lap	137.13	1:36.078	9	25
27	771	Yoshihiko NAKAMURA	Yamaha	24	39:15.457	1 lap	137.09	1:36.476	6	36
28	53	Katsutoshi ABIKO	Honda	24	39:45.892	1 lap	135.35	1:37.156	8	42
29	59	Katsuya WATANABE	Honda	24	39:56.245	1 lap	134.76	1:37.867	12	39
30	61	Hidenori MAESOBA	Honda	24	40:02.890	1 lap	134.39	1:38.279	22	40
31	35	Kazuhiro IMURA	Kawasaki	24	40:31.253	1 lap	132.82	1:39.339	22	37
32	17	Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	23	37:14.380	2 laps	138.50	1:34.330	20	20
33	37	Hideaki TSUTSUI	Kawasaki	24	--.---	1 lap		1:34.763	4	23
RT	8	Noriyuki HAGA	Yamaha	17	--.---	Accident		1:30.862	4	3
RT	21	Manabu KAMADA	Honda	13	--.---	---		1:32.463	4	13
RT	67	Keiichi NAKAZAWA	Kawasaki	5	--.---	---		1:38.367	4	35
RT	11	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Suzuki	4	--.---	---		1:32.346	4	12
RT	55	Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	4	--.---	---		1:36.879	4	29
RT	76	Tamotsu NAKAMURA	Yamaha	4	--.---	---		1:37.111	3	38
RT	89	Tomonao AOKI	Suzuki	3	--.---	---		1:39.224		41
NS	47	Kiyokazu SATO	Honda			Not started				21
NS	56	Hitoshi TANIGUCHI	Yamaha			Not started				32

Fastest lap	20	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	1:30.492	on lap 4	148.69 km/h

Red-flagged on lap 5. Re-started over 21 laps - aggregate times.

Penalties

#4 Kitagawa: Stop-and-go (false start).

Rider notes

#53 Abiko, #89 Aoki: Promoted to grid as reserve rider.

#37 Tsutsui: Non-finisher, classified due to completing sufficient race distance.

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