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

1998 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

1998-09-04 to 1998-09-06

Suzuka Superbike Race

Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 18,000
Entries: 61 / Practised: 54 / Qualified: 44

Map of Suzuka circuit.

Sessions

Entry list available.

4 Sep, Fri

No results.

Free Practice 1

No results.

Free Practice 2

5 Sep, Sat

Results are available.

Qualifying 1 - Group A

Results are available.

Qualifying 1 - Group B

Results are available.

Qualifying 2 - Group A

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Qualifying 2 - Group B

Qualifying times available.

Overall qualifying

6 Sep, Sun

Results are available.

Results are available.

Final

Scheduled duration: 20 laps
Started: 44 / Classified: 32

Scheduled start time: 14:00
Weather: Raining / Track: Wet

Results

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P.	#	Cl.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	KM/H	Best Lap	On	Gr.
1	7		Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	20	50:08.044		140.36	2:28.095		1
2	3		Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	20	50:11.450	3.406	140.20	2:29.224		7
3	36		Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	20	50:11.553	3.509	140.20	2:29.240		12
4	9		Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	20	50:34.049	26.005	139.16	2:30.352		5
5	6		Akira RYO	Suzuki	20	50:37.887	29.843	138.98	2:29.216		4
6	45		Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	20	51:13.894	1:05.850	137.35	2:31.167		11
7	98		Atsushi WATANABE	Suzuki	20	51:17.878	1:09.834	137.18	2:30.764		10
8	59		Toshiyuki ARAKAKI	Honda	20	51:19.124	1:11.080	137.12	2:31.214		20
9	12		Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	20	51:20.474	1:12.430	137.06	2:31.527		8
10	48	S-NK	Shin'ichiro IMAI	Kawasaki	20	51:23.061	1:15.017	136.94	2:31.715		22
11	4		Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	20	51:27.839	1:19.795	136.73	2:33.063		3
12	40	S-NK	Kazuki SHIMIZU	Kawasaki	20	51:32.280	1:24.236	136.54	2:32.469		19
13	21		Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	20	51:54.715	1:46.671	135.55	2:32.913		30
14	27		Shuya ARAI	Honda	20	52:05.232	1:57.188	135.10	2:33.376		27
15	25		Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	20	52:19.486	2:11.442	134.48	2:33.564		38
16	16		Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	20	52:27.958	2:19.914	134.12	2:34.336		26
17	74	S-NK	Takatoshi ONISHI	Yamaha	20	52:35.648	2:27.604	133.79	2:35.593		25
18	31		Hideo SENMYO	Honda	20	52:39.819	2:31.775	133.62	2:34.821		34
19	17		Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	20	52:41.625	2:33.581	133.54	2:35.990		14
20	30		Takuma YAMAMOTO	Kawasaki	20	52:41.996	2:33.952	133.53	2:35.949		21
21	65		Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	20	52:43.719	2:35.675	133.45	2:35.813		24
22	916		Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	20	52:43.789	2:35.745	133.45	2:35.366		17
23	41		Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	19	50:22.074	1 lap	132.72	2:36.888		18
24	68		Hiroaki KAWASE	Suzuki	19	50:28.686	1 lap	132.43	2:36.241		36
25	58	S-NK	Takaharu KISHIDA	Kawasaki	19	50:40.328	1 lap	131.93	2:36.756		41
26	26	S-NK	Ryuji TSURUTA	Kawasaki	19	50:54.952	1 lap	131.29	2:37.482		16
27	63		Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	19	51:28.721	1 lap	129.86	2:40.047		43
28	50	S-NK	Minoru OUCHIDA	Kawasaki	19	51:41.105	1 lap	129.34	2:41.009		44
29	61	S-NK	Hideto HOTTA	Kawasaki	19	52:09.668	1 lap	128.16	2:41.156		39
30	38		Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	19	52:57.969	1 lap	126.21	2:44.246		29
31	13		Manabu KAMADA	Honda	17	44:24.569	3 laps	134.68	2:35.143		13
32	44		Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	16	43:28.771	4 laps	129.47	2:33.155		15
RT	8		Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	13	32:21.692	---	141.34	2:27.659	7	6
RT	5		Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	12	29:52.648	Accident	141.31	2:27.782		2
RT	75	S-NK	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	10	27:03.581	---	130.02	2:36.352		37
RT	24		Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	7	18:50.747	---	130.69	2:38.918		33
RT	51		Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	6	15:24.840	Accident	136.96	2:31.914		9
RT	55		Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	6	15:48.783	---	133.50	2:33.056		32
RT	29		Isami HIGASHIMURA	Kawasaki	4	10:37.061	---	132.55	2:35.368		23
RT	54		Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	4	10:51.705	---	129.57	2:37.498		35
RT	77		Kozo MINAMIKAWA	Yamaha	3	8:29.473	---	124.31	2:44.044		42
RT	34		Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	3	8:43.534	---	120.97	2:50.451		28
RT	71		Mamoru YAMAKAWA	Kawasaki	1	2:57.401	---	119.00	2:57.401		40
RT	70		Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	1	3:27.210	---	101.88	3:27.210		31

Fastest lap	8	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	2:27.659	on lap 7	142.97 km/h

Rider notes

#13 Kamada, #44 Takahashi: Non-finisher, classified due to completing sufficient race distance.

#75 Tokinaga: Entered as bike number 46.

Sources:

Official results/ Official entry list/ Official program/ Official grid sheet/ MFJ Magazine No. 352 1999⁠-⁠01 pg60⁠-⁠62/ asahi⁠-⁠net.or.jp/~hi2m⁠-⁠msn/ bike.ne.jp/ europark.com/ honda.co.jp/motorsports/ moriwaki.co.jp/ motoracing⁠-⁠japan.com