1998 FIM World Endurance
Championship round 3

Suzuka 8 hours
Suzuka, Japan 26 Jul. 1998
Race Classification
P. No.  Cls. 1st.Rider         2nd.Rider         Lap  Machine             Total Time   Team

 1  33  SB   S.ITO             T.UKAWA           212  Honda RVF/RC45      8:01'54.740  Lucky Strike Honda
 2  11  SB   S.GIBERNAU BULTO  A.BARROS          212  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'37.976  Castrol Honda with Iwaki
 3   4  SB   C.EDWARDS         T.OKADA           212  Honda RVF/RC45      8:04'03.749  Castrol Honda
 4   3  SB   S.TAKEISHI        T.SERIZAWA        211  Kawasaki ZX-7RR     8:03'46.665  Kawasaki Racing Team
 5   7  SB   M.CRAGGILL        D.BUCKMASTER      210  Kawasaki ZX-7RR     8:03'55.519  Kawasaki Racing Team
 6   1  SB   N.HAGA            S.CRAFAR          210  Yamaha YZF750       8:04'12.518  Marlboro Yamaha Racing Team
 7   2  SB   N.HODGSON         H.IZUTSU          209  Kawasaki ZX-7RR     8:02'12.904  Kawasaki Racing Team
 8   5  SB   S.RUSSELL         N.FUJIWARA        209  Yamaha YZF750       8:02'28.794  BP Yamaha Racing Team 
 9  78  SB   H.AOKI            M.KAMADA          209  Honda RVF/RC45      8:03'34.041  Ultraman RT Sakurai Honda
10  95  SB   M.TAMADA          S.NAKATOMI        207  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'48.617  Ultraman RT Sakurai Honda
11   6  SB   K.KITAGAWA        A.RYO             206  Suzuki GSX-R750     8:03'30.243  Team Suzuki
12  15  SB   O.NISHIJIMA       T.YAMAMOTO        204  Kawasaki ZX-7RR     8:03'31.969  Team Hanshin RS & Hakunan Driving School
13  18  SB   T.KANEYASU        Y.SUGAI           202  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'52.388  PIAA Malta TEAM KANEYASU
14  39  SB   M.SAITO           T.FUKAMI          202  Yamaha YZF750SP     8:02'57.191  Clever Wolf Racing Team
15  10  X-F  J.V.D.GOORBERGH   J.MAEDA           200  Honda CBR900RR      8:02'37.906  F.C.C. TSR
16  25  X-F  S.IMAI            K.SHIMIZU         199  Kawasaki ZX-9R      8:02'54.913  BEET IGOL OIL
17  66  X-F  T.ONISHI          J.KATO            199  Yamaha YZF-R1       8:03'43.272  OVER-de"Light
18  23  SB   T.YAMAGUCHI       H.MARUYAMA        199  Honda VTR1000F      8:04'20.210  Castrol TEAM Harc Pro.
19  61  SB   M.TOKUNAGA        T.KUNIMATSU       199  Honda RVF/RC45      8:05'39.034  RC Kitano & LAIA RT
20  49  SB   Y.KAMIMURA        I.CHIBA           198  Honda VTR1000F      8:02'18.418  P's Supply Killing Shot
21  30  X-F  T.OSHIMA          H.FURUTA          198  Honda CBR900RR      8:02'20.132  Team Yoshiharu Yokkaichi
22  34  SB   M.TSUKAMOTO       T.RYU             198  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'40.830  HONDA Kumamoto Racing
23  73  SB   T.SUZUKI          K.NAKAMURA        198  Honda RVF/RC45      8:03'32.501  Honda Blue Helmet MSC
24  14  X-F  M.TOKINAGA        Y.GORIKU          197  Yamaha YZF-R1       8:02'54.250  YESS Racing Team
25  57  SB   O.MATSUO          M.MISAWA          195  Honda RVF/RC45      8:04'06.331  TEAM MONZAKI
26  70  SB   K.SATO            K.ABIKO           193  Honda RVF/RC45      8:03'39.723  NISSEKI & Nyarome ATS
27  38  NK1  S.YAMASHITA       K.KANKI           192  Kawasaki ZRX1100    8:03'47.948  Team 38
28  77  X-F  Y.KONISHI         K.IWAHASHI        189  Honda CBR900RR      8:02'42.052  Spec-A Yamamoto Racing
29  80  SB   S.WADA            A.OIKAWA          188  Kawasaki ZXR750     8:02'10.166  TEAM S.M.P & Sunoco
30  64  X-F  Y.NUKUMI          M.SUZUKI          187  Yamaha YZF-R1       8:02'31.368  Eijyu Pro Racing
31  76  X-F  S.YANAGIMOTO      H.WADA            185  Yamaha YZF-R1       8:03'55.453  Iwaki & Peter Pan with HW
32  59  X-F  K.OBIKI           T.NAKAGAWA        184  Yamaha YZF1000R     8:04'24.130  Goten'yama-Nirin Hirakata & Photo-space RS & Champ.
33  72  SB   H.SENMYO          S.WATANABE        182  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'39.977  Honda Blue Helmet MSC
34  40  X-F  S.MIZOBUCHI       H.SHINODA         181  Honda CBR900RR      8:04'06.235  Honda Koyokai Dream Racing
35 120  SB   Y.TAGA            N.NAKAI           181  Honda RVF/RC45      8:04'17.190  TEAM ASA
36  44  SB   Y.TAKAHASHI       Y.TAKATSUTO       177  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'00.382  D.D.BOYS Racing
37  19  SB   S.ARAI            K.NASHIMOTO       177  Honda VTR1000F      8:02'54.571  NTT Moriwaki Racing
38  43  SB   K.ADACHI          Y.USAMI           173  Honda VTR1000F      8:02'02.548  TEAM EYELINE & ASA
39  41  SB   T.NAKAMURA        T.SHIMIZU         173  Yamaha YZF750       8:04'17.360  TEAM EBATA
40  16  X-F  M.TOKUNO          M.NAKAGAWA        170  Honda VTR1000F      8:03'02.484  Motobum Rheos Racing
41  17  SB   Y.HARAGUCHI       Y.KOROGI          159  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'34.815  Sofukai Suzuka Racing Team

Did Not Finish:
     9  SB   N.AOKI            K.FUJIWARA        177  Suzuki GSX-R750     6:54'16.238  Team Suzuki

Did Not Classify
    74  SB   H.MAESOBA         Y.HIRAI           151  Honda RVF/RC45      8:03'04.284  Honda Musashinokai Sayama Racing
    63  SB   R.OSAKI           K.MINAMIKAWA      142  Suzuki GSX-R750T    5:57'38.457  Mikuni TELLY & KALLY
    35  SB   N.NAKAGAWA        K.NAGURA          137  Honda RVF/RC45      8:02'52.670  Honda Hamamatsu Escargot & Hamayukai
     8  SB   W.YOSHIKAWA       K.HAGA            132  Yamaha YZF750       5:02'19.564  Marlboro Yamaha Racing Team
    45  SB   H.KAWASE          S.TAKEMI          131  Suzuki GSX-R750     8:02'16.450  JAJA / Marutaka & Etching Factory
    48  X-F  R.TSURUTA         M.OUCHIDA         128  Kawasaki ZX-9R      5:44'58.222  Yellowcorn & P's Supply
    67  SB   T.ABE             M.MIZUTANI         83  Suzuki GSX-R750     3:36'41.636  Riding Sport & Surf
    65  SB   A.HASEGAWA        T.ARAKAKI          82  Yamaha YZF750SP     3:16'29.075  Iwata Tombo RT Jubiro
    81  SB   T.AIKAWA          M.YAMANAKA         82  Honda RVF/RC45      3:47'12.319  ai Shadow Racing
    24  SB   T.KOBAYASHI       T.UKAI             81  Honda RVF/RC45      3:38'51.244  RG - NIWA & ELAN
    56  SB   M.SHOJI           T.IMANISHI         70  Honda RVF/RC45      3:11'58.194  La Force Team 30's American Super Camp
   100  SB   Y.TAKEDA          D.KATO             64  Honda RVF/RC45      2:35'16.255  Lucky Strike with HSC
    51  SB   A.HONDA           Y.SUMI             64  Yamaha YZF750SP     2:43'25.486  T - Motokids
    37  SB   Y.MIURA           H.TSUTSUI          51  Kawasaki ZX-7RR     4:10'54.683  RS-ITOH & AZUMA
    12  SB   T.HAMAGUCHI       N.OGURA            33  Suzuki GSX-R750V    1:14'57.170  Yoshimura Suzuki GP1 Plus
    20  SB   H.KOBAYASHI       K.SHIOMI            9  Suzuki TL1000R        21'11.885  Cyclesounds & Gar Field - RSK
    68  SB   A.YOSHIHIRO       H.ONISHI            3  Kawasaki ZX-7RR        7'31.822  Endo-Ringyo RT & Space Art
    54  SB   M.YAMAKAWA        I.HIGASHIMURA       0  Kawasaki ZXR750R                 Challenge of Yamakawa

    53  SB   K.WATANABE        M.MAKITA          192  Honda RVF/RC45      8:01'55.970  Kasetsu-Sangyo Co.,Ltd. RT.BIG.BOX
    52  SB   M.USUI            J.TAGAWA          190  Yamaha YZF750       8:03'36.968  RT - out Run & Skill
    79  NK1  T.ASAHINA         A.YAMADA          139  Kawasaki Z1         8:04'30.753  Egtech Team Wangan
    55  X-F  S.HIKITA          S.NOGUCHI         112  H-D Daytona Weapon2 7:23'24.787  Team M.C Sundance

Start:  11:30'00   Finish:  19:31'54
Fastest Lap   No.4   2'11.485   3/212   160.55km/h
Number of Complate LAP 159

Penalty

No.68
A 20 sec. Stop and Go Penalty due to non-compliance (CCR Regulation 21.7.1.3.1: Compulsory sighting lap).

No.64
A 40 sec. Stop and Gp Penalty due to non-compliance (CCR Regulation 21.7.1.3.6: Compulsory warm-up lap).

No.64(2 times), 54, 72, 120, 70, 55(3), 80, 37(3), 45, 6, 56, 67, 1, 17, 74(2), 19(2), 43, 35 and 73
One lap reduction from Race result with the lap in question null and void (SR 38-3: Driving off the track).

No.19
A penalty of 250.00 SFr. shall be imposed (CCR Regulation 21.4.3: Compulsory Neglect of Yellow flag).

No.45
A 20 sec. Stop and Go Penalty due to non-compliance (CCR Regulation 21.7.3: Compulsory a speed limit in the pit lane).

Drivers No.53, 52, 55 and 79 shall not be subject to race placing or awarding of prize money in accordance with SR Art.31-4.

Schedule & Results 1998
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