1998 All Japan Superbike Championship

Points system

Riders Championship: 1st: 20; 2nd: 17; 3rd: 15; 4th: 13; 5th: 11; 6th: 10; 7th: 9; 8th: 8; 9th: 7; 10th: 6; 11th: 5; 12th: 4; 13th: 3; 14th: 2; 15th: 1.

At the MFJ Grand Prix, an additional 3 points are awarded for each position.

The number of points-paying positions is dependent on the number of riders who participate in official qualifying. If there are 25 or more participants, points will be awarded to the top 15 finishers; the number of finishers awarded points decreases as follows with the number of participants: 24-22 riders: top 12 finishers, 21-20: top 10, 19-18: top 9, 17-16: top 8, 15-14: top 7, 13-12: top 6, 11-10: top 5, 9-8: top 4, 7-6: top 3, 5: top 2, 4 or fewer: no points awarded.

Riders Championship

P.RiderTotalGapJapanMOTJapanSUGJapanTSUJapanSUZJapanMINJapanSUZJapanTSUJapanAIDJapanSUG
1Shin'ichi ITO129017202020202012
2Keiichi KITAGAWA106-23171311171513119
3Akira RYO97-3220101111171711
4Wataru YOSHIKAWA94-352013155131513
5Shin'ya TAKEISHI87-42151510172010
6Yuichi TAKEDA67-62713171578
7Kensuke HAGA62-67139813109
8Hitoyasu IZUTSU59-7015879137
9Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI55-7411899108
10Tamaki SERIZAWA54-7511171178
11Takahiro SOHWA52-77101071015
12Atsushi WATANABE42-87958911
13Manabu KAMADA39-907734765
14Ichiro ASAI28-10186635
15Tadayuki OKADA23-10623
16Noriyuki HAGA23-106914
17Takuma YAMAMOTO21-10853634
18Toshiyuki ARAKAKI18-1116282
19Osamu NISHIJIMA16-113466
20Katsunori HASEGAWA16-11341146
21Kazuki SHIMIZU13-116544
22Akira YANAGAWA10-11910
23Yuji HARAGUCHI9-12045
24Shin'ichiro IMAI7-12261
25Jun'ichi KATO6-12333
26Naoto OGURA5-1245
27Ryuji TSURUTA5-1245
28Yukihiro AOYANAGI5-12414
29Shuya ARAI4-12522
30Tomohiko KANEYASU3-1263
31Takayuki SUZUKI2-1272
32Naoshi NAKAGAWA2-1272
33Takahiro FUKAMI2-1272
34Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI2-1272
35Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA1-1281
36Masaaki TSUKAMOTO1-1281
37Kei NASHIMOTO1-1281
38Takashi TODA1-1281