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.