1998 Motegi Superbike Race - Motegi - Final Results

1998 All Japan Superbike/Motegi

1998-04-10 to 1998-04-12

Motegi Superbike Race

Motegi (Permanent circuit, 4.8010 km)
Attendance: 12,000
Entries: 44 / Practised: 42 / Qualified: 38

Sessions

11 Apr, Sat

12 Apr, Sun

Scheduled duration: 22 laps
Started: 38 / Classified: 29

Scheduled start time: 14:40
Weather: Overcast / Track: Dry

Results

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P.	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	KM/H	Best Lap	On	Gr.
1	4	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	22	41:57.976		151.01	1:53.445	11	3
2	9	Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	22	42:11.939	13.963	150.18	1:54.061	3	9
3	12	Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	22	42:18.204	20.228	149.81	1:54.217	8	5
4	51	Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	22	42:24.901	26.925	149.41	1:54.599	5	8
5	45	Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	22	42:35.097	37.121	148.82	1:55.206	4	4
6	36	Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	22	42:42.438	44.462	148.39	1:55.138	3	10
7	98	Atsushi WATANABE	Suzuki	22	43:05.447	1:07.471	147.07	1:56.686	2	11
8	916	Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	22	43:10.359	1:12.383	146.79	1:56.776	2	16
9	13	Manabu KAMADA	Honda	22	43:24.389	1:26.413	146.00	1:57.320	5	13
10	59	Toshiyuki ARAKAKI	Honda	22	43:34.995	1:37.019	145.41	1:58.070	6	14
11	30	Takuma YAMAMOTO	Kawasaki	22	43:35.139	1:37.163	145.40	1:58.050	22	15
12	17	Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	22	43:39.602	1:41.626	145.15	1:58.013	4	17
13	41	Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	22	43:40.998	1:43.022	145.07	1:57.504	7	19
14	48	Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	22	43:55.681	1:57.705	144.27	1:58.410	14	20
15	38	Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	22	44:01.379	2:03.403	143.95	1:58.102	15	22
16	72	Naoshi NAKAGAWA	Honda	21	42:01.848	1 lap	143.92	1:58.707	17	24
17	65	Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	21	42:02.341	1 lap	143.90	1:58.783	17	21
18	21	Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	21	42:04.265	1 lap	143.79	1:58.823	7	18
19	63	Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	21	42:25.543	1 lap	142.58	1:59.819	16	28
20	53	Naoji YAMAZAKI	Kawasaki	21	42:30.338	1 lap	142.32	1:59.962	5	25
21	25	Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	21	42:50.107	1 lap	141.22	2:00.445	21	29
22	55	Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	21	42:54.719	1 lap	140.97	2:00.554	2	30
23	44	Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	21	43:04.354	1 lap	140.44	2:00.475	4	39
24	60	Toshitake MATSUSHITA	Kawasaki	21	43:14.982	1 lap	139.87	2:01.666	9	31
25	54	Yoshihiko NAKAMURA	Yamaha	21	43:18.960	1 lap	139.65	2:02.303	15	33
26	52	Makoto USUI	Yamaha	21	43:24.389	1 lap	139.36	2:02.488	13	34
27	46	Atsushi YOSHIHIRO	Honda	20	42:20.470	2 laps	136.07	2:05.324	2	38
28	49	Yoshinori KAMIMURA	Honda	20	42:21.392	2 laps	136.02	2:04.682	5	37
29	5	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	18	34:17.724	4 laps	151.19	1:53.642	17	2
RT	24	Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	15	30:23.155	---	142.20	2:00.284	3	23
RT	16	Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	12	23:59.461	---	144.08	1:58.570	3	27
RT	8	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	9	17:17.144	Accident	149.98	1:54.217	7	7
RT	50	Hiroshi SAEKI	Kawasaki	6	16:04.290	---	107.54	2:00.626	6	26
RT	58	Hideaki TSUTSUI	Honda	5	10:27.002	---	137.83	2:02.652	5	36
RT	56	Hitoshi TANIGUCHI	Yamaha	0	0:00.000	---				32
RT	61	Yasunari KAWAMURA	Honda	0	0:00.000	---				35
NR	7	Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki			Accident				1
NR	3	Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda			Accident				6
NS	6	Akira RYO	Suzuki			Not started				12

Fastest lap	4	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	1:53.445	on lap 11	152.35 km/h

Red-flagged due to accident on lap 1. Re-started over full distance.

Penalties

#44 Takahashi: Stop-and-go (false start).

Rider notes

#5 Ito: Non-finisher, classified due to completing sufficient race distance.

#44 Takahashi: Allowed to start as reserve rider.

#3 Takeda, #7 Takeishi: Did not take part in re-start.

Sources:

Official results/ Official entry list/ Official grid sheet/ Official programme/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ 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