The official qualifying for the "Mote tai", which is counted as the 15th time this year, the "world's largest grass race", will be held on August 25th (Sat) at the road course of Twin Ring Motegi. This year, a total of 103 teams participated in the race, and a heated time attack was held to aim for the final 7-hour endurance race on the following day. The qualifying was divided into two groups, A and B, and the ranking was determined by adding the best times of the first and second riders.

The session started with the first rider of Group A, and first, rider Ushiba of 【#95 Power Factory Roadway】 took the top spot on the leaderboard with an attack on the first lap. The session continued with him maintaining the top time. Furthermore, on the 8th lap near the end of the session, he marked a course record of 2 minutes 23.762 seconds in the NEO-ST Ninja class, getting off to a promising start. Following that, the first rider of Group B, Suzuki of 【#812 Takatsuki Garage Racing】, who won last year's "Open Mote tai", showed his presence by setting the top time of 2 minutes 16.895 seconds.

In Group A, 【#95 Power Factory Roadway】 continued to lead the qualifying throughout the second rider's session. Rider Kotani set a record time of 2 minutes 22.738 seconds, surpassing even his teammate, and awaited the overall qualifying results. However, in the final qualifying session for Group B's second rider, 【#812 Takatsuki Garage Racing】's Fujii, who took the lead from the start, continued to run at the top. On the 5th lap, he set a WS class course record of 2 minutes 15.959 seconds and secured the overall top spot in qualifying.

In addition, in this B group session, the top 4 Ninja250R riders in the WT class have set a hot riding pace, updating the course records. #1 Bulldocka Tagos & Haruman's Kanayama sets the top time of 2 minutes and 18.948 seconds, but #92 GMD Moto Stream Mercury has secured the top grid in the WT class with a difference in overall time.

[Champion's Comment] Representative Ochi of #812 Takatsuki Garage Racing seemed satisfied with the result of the overall pole position in the qualifying. When asked about the reason, he first mentioned the "amount of practice by the rider" and proudly stated, "Our rider's amount of practice is not inferior to any other team." In response to that trust, it is said that there are riders who have reduced their time by nearly one second from the practice to today's main event. In the race, they declared, "We will not do fuel-efficient driving," showing the dignity of last year's "Open Mote Tai" champion.

In the afternoon, a 4-hour endurance race was held by 27 teams who unfortunately did not qualify. From the Le Mans-style start, the top qualifier [#67 Power Factory Roadway] took the hole shot, but the following [#88 Plan B Racing Team × ARATA] and [#101 Quattro Rosso Indies] battled closely and broke away from the opening lap.

After passing one hour from the start, both teams, [#88 Plan B Racing x ARATA] and [#101 Quattro Rosso Indies], were competing for the top spot every time they pitted for refueling. However, with 42 minutes remaining, [#101 Quattro Rosso Indies], who was leading the race, pitted for refueling, allowing [#88 Plan B Racing] to take the lead. With a long run of 33 laps until their first pit stop, all eyes were on whether [#88 Plan B Racing] could make it to the end without another pit stop. However, with 25 minutes remaining, they had to pit for refueling, giving back the lead to [#101 Quattro Rosso Indies], who went on to take the checkered flag and claim victory in the 4-hour endurance race.