1998 Suzuka Superbike 200km Race - Suzuka - Final Results | Superbike Archives

1998 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

1998-05-29 to 1998-05-31

Suzuka Superbike 200km Race

Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 22,000
Entries: 76 / Practised: 67 / Qualified: 44

Map of Suzuka circuit.

Sessions

Entry list available.

29 May, Fri

No results.

Free Practice 1 - Group A

No results.

Free Practice 1 - Group B

No results.

Free Practice 2 - Group A

No results.

Free Practice 2 - Group B

30 May, Sat

Results are available.

Qualifying 1 - Group A

Results are available.

Qualifying 1 - Group B

Results are available.

Qualifying 2 - Group A

Results are available.

Qualifying 2 - Group B

Qualifying times available.

Overall qualifying

31 May, Sun

Results are available.

Results are available.

Final

Scheduled duration: 35 laps
Started: 44 / Classified: 29

Scheduled start time: 14:15
Weather: Sunny / Track: Dry

Results

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P.	#	Cl.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	KM/H	Best Lap	On	Gr.
1	5		Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	35	1:17:20.861		159.21	2:09.856	2	1
2	9		Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	35	1:17:33.178	12.317	158.79	2:10.639		5
3	4		Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	35	1:17:36.952	16.091	158.66	2:11.414		7
4	51		Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	35	1:17:40.601	19.740	158.53	2:11.680		10
5	6		Akira RYO	Suzuki	35	1:17:40.672	19.811	158.53	2:11.417		9
6	7		Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	35	1:17:44.501	23.640	158.40	2:10.506		2
7	1		Noriyuki HAGA	Yamaha	35	1:17:51.832	30.971	158.15	2:10.741		3
8	12		Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	35	1:18:36.277	1:15.416	156.66	2:10.652		8
9	3		Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	35	1:18:58.578	1:37.717	155.93	2:10.642		4
10	19		Osamu NISHIJIMA	Kawasaki	35	1:19:16.925	1:56.064	155.32	2:13.660		12
11	67		Naoto OGURA	Suzuki	35	1:19:26.282	2:05.421	155.02	2:14.208		14
12	13		Manabu KAMADA	Honda	35	1:19:29.079	2:08.218	154.93	2:13.225		15
13	56		Neil HODGSON	Kawasaki	35	1:19:29.268	2:08.407	154.92	2:12.978		17
14	27		Shuya ARAI	Honda	34	1:17:48.714	1 lap	153.74	2:14.543		23
15	16		Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	34	1:17:57.935	1 lap	153.43	2:14.900		16
16	44		Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	34	1:18:01.979	1 lap	153.30	2:15.430		22
17	40		Kazuki SHIMIZU	Kawasaki	34	1:18:13.682	1 lap	152.92	2:14.660		32
18	17		Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	34	1:18:14.425	1 lap	152.89	2:14.836		41
19	26	S-NK	Ryuji TSURUTA	Kawasaki	34	1:18:18.894	1 lap	152.75	2:15.597		36
20	99	S-NK	Yoshiteru KONISHI	Honda	34	1:18:24.930	1 lap	152.55	2:15.937		34
21	48		Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	34	1:18:27.743	1 lap	152.46	2:15.409		26
22	53	S-NK	Shin'ichiro IMAI	Kawasaki	34	1:18:40.733	1 lap	152.04	2:16.165		35
23	35		Tamotsu MIZUSAWA	Kawasaki	34	1:18:41.708	1 lap	152.01	2:16.066		33
24	34		Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	34	1:18:50.299	1 lap	151.74	2:16.301		37
25	68		Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	34	1:19:01.507	1 lap	151.38	2:16.288		40
26	38		Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	34	1:19:06.514	1 lap	151.22	2:16.474		30
27	63		Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	33	1:17:25.591	2 laps	149.96	2:17.153		43
28	49		Yoshinori KAMIMURA	Honda	33	1:17:50.960	2 laps	149.14	2:17.358		44
29	70		Yusuke TAKEYAMA	Yamaha	26	1:01:38.938	9 laps	148.39	2:15.732		25
RT	55		Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	24	55:45.958	---	151.42	2:16.426		42
RT	72		Naoshi NAKAGAWA	Honda	19	43:19.420	---	154.30	2:15.132		31
RT	21		Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	14	32:06.626	---	153.40	2:16.220		29
RT	32		Toshiya KOBAYASHI	Honda	13	29:27.617	---	155.26	2:14.139		24
RT	41		Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	12	27:04.193	---	155.97	2:13.453		20
RT	65		Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	12	27:29.151	---	153.61	2:15.702		27
RT	46	S-NK	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	12	28:55.636	---	145.96	2:16.035		38
RT	36		Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	11	24:37.841	---	157.13	2:12.897		11
RT	24		Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	10	22:36.411	---	155.63	2:13.988		21
RT	8		Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	8	17:56.627	---	156.86	2:12.922		18
RT	82		Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	7	17:31.281	---	140.56	2:15.317		28
RT	45		Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	6	13:21.096	---	158.11	2:11.863		6
RT	916		Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	5	11:34.010	---	152.09	2:15.212		19
RT	84	S-NK	Takatoshi ONISHI	Yamaha	2	4:45.865	---	147.69	2:17.389		39
RT	29		Isami HIGASHIMURA	Kawasaki	1	16:56.653	---	20.76	16:56.653		13

Fastest lap	5	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	2:09.856	on lap 2	162.57 km/h

Rider notes

#70 Takeyama: Non-finisher, classified due to completing sufficient race distance.

Sources:

Official results/ Official entry list/ Official program/ Official grid sheet/ MFJ Magazine No. 352 1999⁠-⁠01 pg60⁠-⁠62/ bike.ne.jp/ europark.com/ honda.co.jp/motorsports/ moriwaki.co.jp/ motoracing⁠-⁠japan.com/ Photos by roadrace.jog.buttobi.net