[1998 All Japan Road Race Championship Round 1]
DATE:1998-04-11

SuperBike Official Qualifying 1st Round Official Results
WEATHER: Sunny COURSE: Dry Road Course 4.801379Km

POS	*	No.		RIDER	TYPE	TIME	DELAY	GAP	LAP		TEAM
1		5		Ito Shinichi	RVF／RC45	1'53.862	151.81Km/h		16/20		Team Lucky Strike Honda
2	*	7		Nobuya Takeishi	ZX7−RR	1'54.327	0.465	0.465	10/17		Kawasaki Racing Team
3		8		Seri Tamaaki	ZX7−RR	1'54.647	0.785	0.320	3/17		Kawasaki Racing Team
4	*	9		Keiichi Kitagawa	GSX−R750	1'54.787	0.925	0.140	3/14		Team Suzuki
5		3		Yuichi Takeda	RVF／RC45	1'54.977	1.115	0.190	14/14		Team Lucky Strike Honda
6	*	4		Yoshikawa Wataru	YZF750	1'55.248	1.386	0.271	16/17		Marlboro YAMAHA
7	*	51		Kensuke Haga	YZF750	1'55.736	1.874	0.488	9/16		Marlboro YAMAHA
8		45		Toshiyuki Hamaguchi	GSX−R750	1'55.824	1.962	0.088	3/3		Yoshimura Suzuki GP1 Plus
9		36		Munehiro Sowa	RVF／RC45	1'55.885	2.023	0.061	13/13		Team　Iwaki
10	*	12		Itsuji Niyasu	ZX7−RR	1'56.471	2.609	0.586	4/5		Kawasaki Racing Team
11		98		Atsushi Watanabe	TL1000R	1'57.199	3.337	0.728	14/16		Team Suzuki
12		6		Liang Ming	GSX−R750	1'57.250	3.388	0.051	14/15		Team Suzuki
13	*	13		Kamata Gaku	RVF／RC45	1'57.940	4.078	0.690	5/5		Team Sakurai Honda
14		916		Asai Ichiro	916	1'58.226	4.364	0.286	16/16		Team Foundation
15		17		Yuuji Haraguchi	RVF／RC45	1'58.833	4.971	0.607	7/17		Sofuukai Suzuka Racing Team
16		59		Toshiyuki Aragaki	RVF／RC45	1'58.944	5.082	0.111	14/16		TeamVITALSPIRIT
17	*	30		Takuma Yamamoto	ZX7RR	1'59.102	5.240	0.158	10/10		TEAM GREEN
18		41		Junichi Kato	YZF750	1'59.832	5.970	0.730	5/19		Team YDS
19	*	38		Kenichiro Nakamura	RVF／RC45	1'59.888	6.026	0.056	15/15		Honda Blue Helmet MSC
20		48		Takayuki Suzuki	RVF／RC45	1'59.943	6.081	0.055	14/15		Blue Helmet PG Racing
21		21		Kan Yasutaka	RVF／RC45	2'00.017	6.155	0.074	12/13		Defi T.KANEYASU
22	*	72		Nao NAKAGAWA	RVF／RC45	2'00.499	6.637	0.482	16/17		Honda Hamatomo Club Hamamatsu Escargot
23		65		Masanori Tsukamoto	RVF／RC45	2'00.638	6.776	0.139	11/16		HONDA Kumamoto Racing
24		16		Katsunori Hasegawa	YZF750	2'00.845	6.983	0.207	14/14		TEAM ITA&RC-SUGO
25		25		Kei Nimoto	VTR1000F	2'00.885	7.023	0.040	5/12		Moriwaki Racing
26		63		Takakazu Osaki	GSX−R750	2'01.255	7.393	0.370	16/18		Mikuni TELLY&KALLY
27		53		Naoshi Yamazaki	ZX7RR	2'01.518	7.656	0.263	3/15		KAZE East Japan & MST RT
28		50		Hiroshi Saeki	ZXR7RR	2'01.782	7.920	0.264	16/16		Woodstock Racing Team
29		24		Yukihiro Aoyagi	YZF750	2'02.099	8.237	0.317	13/16		SWIFT・R・MOTUL
30	*	55		Yoshihiko Takatsuto	RVF／RC45	2'02.648	8.786	0.549	13/15		D,D,BOYS Racing
31		60		Satoshi Matsushita	ZX−7RR	2'02.676	8.814	0.028	12/17		RP Bear & YRT☆WAKOS
32		56		Taniuchi Jin	YZF750	2'03.255	9.393	0.579	4/7		Companion Friend & Moto Katabayashi
33		54		Yoshihiko Nakamura	YZF750	2'04.056	10.194	0.801	12/14		MVPROJECT+T's
34		52		Makoto Usui	YZF750	2'04.152	10.290	0.096	7/17		Racing Team OUTRUN
35		49		Yoshinori Kamimura	VTR1000F	2'04.527	10.665	0.375	7/10		P'S Supply+ Nakai Wheel Industry
36		58		Hideaki Tsutsui	VTR1000F	2'04.748	10.886	0.221	4/4		MRD T-CRAFT
37		61		Yasunari Kawamura	RVF／RC45	2'05.656	11.794	0.908	2/7		HONDA Kumamoto Racing
38		46		Yoshihiro Atsushi	RVF／RC45	2'05.985	12.123	0.329	15/16		CLUBNEXT&Seven Stars&MKC
39	*	47		Keiichi Nakazawa	ZX7RR	2'07.389	13.527	1.404	13/13		Endo Wheel Industry RT & Space Art
40		57		Gomi Morimichi	ZX−7RR	2'08.064	14.202	0.675	12/13		RS-ITOH
41		71		Hiroki Takano	YZF750	2'08.277	14.415	0.213	9/9		Auto Boy RC & Ibaraki University Car Club
42		44		Yoshinobu Takahashi	RVF／RC45	2'13.404	19.542	5.127	2/2		D,D,BOYS Racing

*Bib numbers 12, 13, 30, and 47 will have their times deleted for violating Special Competition Rule 25, Section 3 (Shortcut).
*Bib number 38 will receive a warning penalty (submission of a written statement) for violating Official Notice No. 3, Section 29, Article 1 of the Domestic Competition Rules (failure to pass the pit road chicane).
*Bib number 55 will receive a warning penalty for violating Section 10, Article 1 (2) (failure to stop at the tire check location) of the Domestic Competition Rules.
*Bib number 72 will receive a warning penalty for violating Section 4, Article 1 (3) (overtaking in a yellow flag zone) of the Domestic Competition Rules.
*Bib numbers 4, 51, 9, and 7 will receive a warning penalty (submission of a written statement) for violating Section 4, Article 1 (2) (failure to see the checkered flag) of the Domestic Competition Rules, as well as Section 29, Article 1 of the Domestic Competition Rules.