1997 British Superbike Riders Championship Points Standings

1997 MCN British Superbike Championship

Points system

Riders Championship: 1st: 25; 2nd: 20; 3rd: 16; 4th: 13; 5th: 11; 6th: 10; 7th: 9; 8th: 8; 9th: 7; 10th: 6; 11th: 5; 12th: 4; 13th: 3; 14th: 2; 15th: 1.

Manufacturers Championship: Points awarded to the highest placed finisher for each manufacturer, according to the same system as the Riders Championship.

Privateers Cup: Points awarded to the top 15 finishers registered for the Privateers Cup, according to the same system as the Riders Championship.

Sponsors/Teams Championship: Points awarded to the 2 highest placed finishers for each sponsor/team, according to the same system as the Riders Championship.

RIDERS MANUFACTURERS PRIVATEERS

Riders Championship

P.	Rider	Total	Gap	DON	DON	OUL	OUL	SNE	SNE	BRA	BRA	THR	THR	OUL	OUL	MAL	MAL	KNO	KNO	CAD	CAD	BRA	BRA	DON	DON
1	Niall MACKENZIE	402	0	25	25	11	16	25	20	8	13	25	25	25	25	25	25		25	9		25	25	25
2	Chris WALKER	345	-57	13	20	25		20	25	20	11	16	11	16	16	10	16	13	20	11	20	5	16	16	25
3	Michael RUTTER	246	-156	7	10	8		16	7	13	20	9	6	13	13	8	13	16		20	25	13	10	9	10
4	John REYNOLDS	227	-175	20		20	25	8			25	11	16	20	20							20	13	20	9
5	Sean EMMETT	218	-184	9	16	13	11	9	11	25	10		9		10	13				10	16	16	20		20
6	Iain MacPHERSON	207	-195	8		7	8			11	16	13	13		11	20		25	16	13	13	9		11	13
7	Terry RYMER	203	-199	10	13	16	20			16		20	20					11	10	16		11	11	13	16
8	Jim MOODIE	160	-242	11	11	9	9	11	13		8	10	10	10	9	11	11		9	8		10
9	Steve HISLOP	148	-254	16			13	3		5	9	4				16	20	20	13		4	8	9	8
10	Matt LLEWELLYN	146	-256		9	10	10	13	16	6	3	8	8	11	8				11	5	7			10	11
11	Ray STRINGER	139	-263	6	7	6	7	5	8		2	7	7	9	7	9	10	8	7	6	6	7	8		7
12	Ian SIMPSON	91	-311											8		7	9	10	8	25	11	6	7
13	Brett SAMPSON	91	-311		5	3	6			4	6	6	4	7	6		8	6	4	3	8	2	4	4	5
14	Andy WARD	81	-321	3	6	2		4		9	5	2	2	3	4		5	7	5	7	9		2	2	4
15	Dean ASHTON	59	-343	4	8		4	2	4	10	4		1			6	7			4				5
16	Graham WARD	42	-360		4	4	3				1	5	5	6		5							3	3	3
17	Andy HATTON	34	-368	5		5	5	7	9	3
18	Darren DIXON	34	-368	1			2		5	7	7			4	3	3	2
19	David JEFFERIES	33	-369															9	6		10	3	5
20	Dave HEAL	23	-379																			4	6	7	6
21	Brian MORRISON	20	-382					10	10
22	Colin HIPWELL	19	-383		3				3					1			1	4	2		5
23	Peter GRAVES	19	-383									3		5	5	2	4
24	Lee DICKINSON	18	-384					6							2	4	6
25	Dean THOMAS	14	-388																					6	8
26	Nigel NOTTINGHAM	8	-394		2		1											5
27	Roger BENNETT	8	-394	2		1													3					1	1
28	Tom KNIGHT	7	-395						6			1
29	Steve MARKS	7	-395							2						1	3						1
30	Jim HODSON	7	-395										3	2						2
31	David HIGGINS	3	-399						2	1
32	Juha BERNER	2	-400																						2
33	Jon WARD	1	-401		1
34	Neil CRAY	1	-401					1
35	James BUNTON	1	-401												1
36	Scott HANNEY	1	-401																	1
37	Pete JENNINGS	1	-401																			1