[1997 Twin Ring Motegi Road Race Round 3]
DATE:1997-12-07

SP400/NK4 Official Qualifying Results
WEATHER: Cloudy COURSE: Dry/Wet Road Course 4.801379Km

POS	No.		CLS			DRIVER	TYPE	TIME	DELAY	GAP	LAP		TEAM
1	17		SP400	1		Naoshi Yamazaki	Kawasaki ZXR400R	R 2'11.719	131.22Km/h		7/8		KAZE East Japan & MST RT
2	1		SP400	2		Hideyuki Nojima	Yamaha FZR400RR	2'11.720	0.001	0.001	7/9		Team RS KATAKURA
3	6		SP400	3		Hironari Shida	Yamaha FZR400RR	2'11.927	0.208	0.207	5/8		PJ1 Sabakare Racing
4	18		SP400	4		Sato Akihiro	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'12.593	0.874	0.666	5/8		KAZE East Japan & MST・RT
5	5		SP400	5		Hayashi Katsuhiko	Yamaha FZR400RR	2'13.326	1.607	0.733	7/9		PJ1 Sabakare Racing
6	12		SP400	6		Exit Repair	Honda CBR400RR	2'14.708	2.989	1.382	7/9		Racing Team Honeybee
7	10		SP400	7		Shintaro Hashimoto	Honda CBR400RR	2'16.535	4.816	1.827	7/9		Racing TaSK&ASP
8	15		SP400	8		Kami Takaaki	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'16.648	4.929	0.113	8/8		TEAM MONZAKI
9	14		SP400	9		Takada Masaaki	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'17.085	5.366	0.437	9/9		RSR-Bridgestone
10	11		SP400	10		Koichi Tani	Honda CBR400RR	2'17.580	5.861	0.495	7/9		Yutaka Engineering & Kandai Kurepasu T.T
11	19		SP400	11		Hiroshi Watanabe	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'17.792	6.073	0.212	6/6		KAZE East Japan & MST・RT
12	3		SP400	12		Kosaku Ikeda	Honda CBR400RR	2'20.369	8.650	2.577	8/8		TEAM Taka Afro Z
13	7		SP400	13		Yasuharu Takizawa	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'21.986	10.267	1.617	6/8		NR Racing & Tanaka Eng
14	21		NK4	1		Masaki Ena	Honda CB400SF	2'22.410	10.691	0.424	6/8		RM Staff + Random
15	8		SP400	14		Keishi Arai	Kawasaki ZXR400R	2'24.307	12.588	1.897	7/7		NR Racing & Tanaka ENG
16	22		NK4	2		Iijima Shinobu	Honda CB400SF	2'24.864	13.145	0.557	8/8		Ibaraki Prefecture Yuki District Chiyokawa Village Noguchi Shokai
17	2		SP400	15		Toshinobu Kato	Honda CBR400RR	2'28.408	16.689	3.544	8/8		PG Racing
18	9		SP400	16		Inoue Tomohisa	Honda RVF	2'30.793	19.074	2.385	3/3		Racing TaSK&ASP
19	23		NK4	3		Masami Hoshino	Honda CB400SF	2'30.874	19.155	0.081	5/7		Vincent Racing
	Vehicles that have passed the qualifying round:
	16		SP400			Norio Omori	Honda RVF	Unable to measure					MST Racing Team

Number of Participants 20 Number of Departures 20

Qualifying Time Standard
( Class SP400 120 % ) 2'38.063
( Class NK4 120 % ) 2'50.892

＊Penalty:
No.1 applies the domestic competition regulations 1.4.1).(3) violation (overtaking under yellow flag)
Domestic competition regulations 3.29 1)2 (fine) were applied.