This year, the 22nd edition of the 2019 Motegi Open 7-hour endurance road race "Mote tai" will be held on August 24th (Sat) and 25th (Sun). On the 24th (Sat), the official qualifying will be held from 8am, and the grid will be determined by the combined time of the first and second riders. Despite the rain that fell until the morning, the track quickly dried up and the first rider in Group A, #103 NMC × ATJ Racing's Kazuki Tomita, set an astonishing time of 2 minutes and 11.479 seconds, shaving off about 3 seconds from the previous course record.

"I thought I could get into the 12-second range if I put on new tires because I was running in the 13-second range during Friday's practice. When I got my best time, I used the slipstream of another car on the last straight, but other than that, I was running alone. Last year, I was passed at the end, so I want to set the fastest lap in the race as well," said Kazuki Tomita.

Rider Tominaga Nobumichi marked 2 minutes 16 seconds 301 in Round 2. With a combined time of 4 minutes 27 seconds 780, he secured the pole position with a large margin over second place.
"We were able to reduce the weight by about 8kg compared to last year, and we have also improved fuel efficiency. All the riders are stable and fast, so we definitely want to aim for victory," said coach Murasawa confidently.

2nd place: [#33 Shinkensetsu & YMproject] with a time of 4:30.523, 3rd place: [#9 'Summit' No.2 Moto Champ & SE] with a time of 4:30.591, 4th place: [#8 'Summit' No.1 Moto Champ & SE] with a time of 4:31.216, 5th place: [#57 Vesla Racing with Braking Girls] with a time of 4:31.834, 6th place: [#34 Mote Kitazakura Same Soukai + Hasegawa Tekkin] with a time of 4:31.879, 7th place: [#32 team SANMEI] with a time of 4:32.589, 8th place: [#13 Team KYOEI A Team] with a time of 4:32.976, 9th place: [#31 Presto, G3 & N-PLAN] with a time of 4:33.813, and 10th place: [#88 MSTV WITH ME CBR250RR] with a time of 4:34.471.

The Saturday final race was contested for 3 hours as a consolation race. [#51 Koshu Army Corps Hihara Facilities & #51 Massan] initially led the race, but rain started to fall after 30 minutes. The rain, like a squall, quickly wet the road and turned it into wet conditions. The teams that pitted in at this point and those that continued to run had conflicting strategies. The rain soon stopped and the road gradually dried up.

Just after an hour and a half, which was the halfway point of the race, the top runner [#121 CLUB MASSA-R] crashed. Although they restarted, they fell far behind.

The team that was leading in the last hour was [#76 Team Garinko II]. Following closely behind with a 0.312 second difference was [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan], but they soon pitted. [#81 Kitokito RT Bokkosuna] rose to second place. With 40 minutes remaining, [#76 Team Garinko II] pitted and [#81 Kitokito RT Bokkosuna] took the lead. When [#76 Team Garinko II] returned to the track, they had a gap of over 1 minute and 38 seconds against [#81 Kitokito RT Bokkosuna]. Behind them, [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan] was closing in with a 6.449 second difference. Then, with 25 minutes remaining, [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan] overtook [#76 Team Garinko II] and rose to second place. [#76 Team Garinko II], now in third place, closely followed [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan]. The two battled at a pace of 2 minutes and 25 seconds. Meanwhile, the team in the lead, [#81 Kitokito RT Bokkosuna], had made two pit stops due to their good fuel efficiency. However, when it started raining, they switched to rain tires and continued to race. As a result, they were unable to increase their pace and were overtaken by [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan] and [#76 Team Garinko II] with only 3 minutes remaining, dropping to third place. In the end, [#51 Koshu Army Corps Nihara Equipment & #51 Massan] took the lead and crossed the finish line, winning the 3-hour battle and securing their spot in the 7-hour endurance race on Sunday.
"I think the key to our victory was rider #1, Taguchi, who did his best in the rain. Taguchi finished second in the consolation race last year and has now secured a spot in the 7-hour endurance race. With this, all three teams from Yamanashi will be able to race in the 7-hour endurance race. We will enjoy the 7-hour race to the fullest," said team representative and rider, Nihara Tetsuya.

Team #76 Garinko II finished in 2nd place, only 0.354 seconds behind. #81 Kitokito RT Bokkosuna put up a good fight and finished in 3rd place, earning a spot on the podium.