1997 MCN British Superbike Championship Rounds 1 & 2 - Donington Park - Race 1 Results | Superbike Archives

1997 British Superbike/Donington Park

1997-04-11 to 1997-04-13

MCN British Superbike Championship Rounds 1 & 2

Donington Park (Permanent circuit, 4.0230 km)
Attendance: 17,000
Entries: 45 / Practised: 32 / Qualified: 31

Map of Donington Park circuit.

Sessions

Entry list available.

11 Apr, Fri

No results.

Free Practice 1

No results.

Free Practice 2

No results.

Free Practice 3

12 Apr, Sat

No results.

Qualifying 1

No results.

Qualifying 2

Qualifying times available.

Overall qualifying

13 Apr, Sun

No results.

Warm-Up

Results are available.

Results are available.

Race 1

Scheduled duration: 15 laps
Started: 28 / Classified: 24

Scheduled start time: 12:30
Weather: Sunny / Track: Dry

Results

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P.	#	Cl.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	KM/H	Best Lap	On	Gr.
1	1		Niall MACKENZIE	Yamaha	15	24:05.290		150.31	--.---		1
2	33		John REYNOLDS	Ducati	15	24:09.874	4.584	149.84	1:35.382		2
3	11		Steve HISLOP	Ducati	15	24:15.516	10.226	149.25	--.---		6
4	2		Chris WALKER	Yamaha	15	24:17.158	11.868	149.09	--.---		4
5	21		Jim MOODIE	Suzuki	15	24:19.955	14.665	148.80	--.---		3
6	3		Terry RYMER	Kawasaki	15	24:25.618	20.328	148.23	--.---		8
7	5		Sean EMMETT	Ducati	15	24:25.658	20.368	148.22	--.---		7
8	13		Iain MacPHERSON	Kawasaki	15	24:30.963	25.673	147.69	--.---		10
9	4		Michael RUTTER	Honda	15	24:38.184	32.894	146.97	--.---		9
10	7	P	Ray STRINGER	Kawasaki	15	24:59.837	54.547	144.84	--.---		12
11	12	P	Andy HATTON	Ducati	15	25:00.022	54.732	144.83	1:38.587		13
12	75	P	Dean ASHTON	Ducati	15	25:00.396	55.106	144.79	--.---		11
13	57	P	Andy WARD	Ducati	15	25:07.358	1:02.068	144.12	--.---		15
14	88	P	Roger BENNETT	Kawasaki	15	25:13.788	1:08.498	143.51	--.---		14
15	10	P	Darren DIXON	Kawasaki	15	25:17.067	1:11.777	143.20	--.---		16
16	77	P	Brett SAMPSON	Kawasaki	15	25:17.101	1:11.811	143.20	--.---		17
17	14	P	Graham WARD	Kawasaki	15	25:21.679	1:16.389	142.76	--.---		18
18	19	P	Steve MARKS	Kawasaki	15	25:27.159	1:21.869	142.25	--.---		21
19	17	P	Nigel NOTTINGHAM	Yamaha	15	25:46.492	1:41.202	140.47	--.---		19
20	26	P	Colin HIPWELL	Kawasaki	14	--.---	1 lap		--.---		25
21	39	P	Graeme RITCHIE	Ducati	14	--.---	1 lap		--.---		22
22	30	P	Jon WARD	Ducati	14	--.---	1 lap		--.---		30
23	24	P	Paul JONES	Yamaha	14	--.---	1 lap		--.---		24
24	15	P	Nicol ROBB	Yamaha	14	--.---	1 lap		--.---		29
RT	20		Matt LLEWELLYN	Suzuki		--.---	Accident				5
RT	25	P	Lee DICKINSON	Kawasaki		--.---	---				20
RT	18	P	Neil BAKER	Kawasaki		--.---	---				23
RT	69	P	Steve MOODY	Kawasaki		--.---	---				26
NS	44	P	Tom KNIGHT	Ducati			Not started				27
NS	31	P	David HIGGINS	Suzuki			Not started				28
NS	40	P	John PUGH	Kawasaki			Not started				31

Fastest lap	33	John REYNOLDS	Ducati	1:35.382	151.84 km/h

Sources:

Official entry list/ Official season review VHS/ Motor Cycle News 1997⁠-⁠04⁠-⁠16 pg32⁠-⁠34/ MCN Race '97 yearbook/ Results from demon.co.uk/raceweb/ Results from Futuresport International Media/ Results from glitch.demon.co.uk/ Photos by Mike Capps (Kappa Sport)