Superbike Race in Suzuka
ST600 B Group Official Qualifying Round 1 Results
DATE:2008-09-06 WEATHER : Cloudy COURSE : Wet International Racing Course
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 4 | Hiroki Noda | Honda CBR600RR | Teruru Honeybee Racing | 2'17.196 | 152.74km/h | 3/7 | |
| 2 | 2 | Hideto Takahashi | Kawasaki ZX-6R | TEAM GREEN | 2'17.687 | 0.491 | 0.491 | 3/9 |
| 3 | 72 | Atsushi Miyazaki | Yamaha YZF-R6 | TEAM DAYTONA GIVI | 2'17.834 | 0.638 | 0.147 | 5/9 |
| 4 | 18 | Eki Hashi | Honda CBR600RR | KEIHINKoharaR.T. | 2'17.945 | 0.749 | 0.111 | 5/8 |
| 5 | 83 | Yoshiyuki Sugai | Ducati 749R | Ducati Racing Japan | 2'18.259 | 1.063 | 0.314 | 7/7 |
| 6 | 43 | Hidenori Namakata | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Espulse Dream Racing | 2'18.392 | 1.196 | 0.133 | 5/9 |
| 7 | 76 | Naoki Shimizu | Kawasaki ZX-6R | RS−ITOH & KAZE | 2'18.401 | 1.205 | 0.009 | 3/7 |
| 8 | 5 | Yuichi Takeda | Yamaha YZF-R6 | HiTMAN RC Koshien Yamaha | 2'19.093 | 1.897 | 0.692 | 7/9 |
| 9 | 19 | Masahiko Oishi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | Ito RACING・GMD Suzuka | 2'19.392 | 2.196 | 0.299 | 5/11 |
| 10 | 24 | Takayuki Oki | Honda CBR600RR | club HARC-PRO. | 2'19.427 | 2.231 | 0.035 | 8/9 |
| 11 | 42 | Shinya Okajima | Kawasaki ZX-6R | TeamGTMM ATOMIC | 2'20.029 | 2.833 | 0.602 | 6/9 |
| 12 | 21 | Shintaro Nakayama | Honda CBR600RR | KoharaRC | 2'20.665 | 3.469 | 0.636 | 5/7 |
| 13 | 705 | Takehiko Kurokawa | Honda CBR600RR | Matsumoto Clinic Garage Speed | 2'20.831 | 3.635 | 0.166 | 7/9 |
| 14 | 40 | Toyoshi Nakanishi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | Beginning of Autumn Motorsports & RC Koshien | 2'21.432 | 4.236 | 0.601 | 7/7 |
| 15 | 59 | Tomoyuki Sato | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RT Bear in the Forest Sato School | 2'21.620 | 4.424 | 0.188 | 3/10 |
| 16 | 47 | Shigenobu Oda | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Espulse Dream Ranger | 2'21.949 | 4.753 | 0.329 | 7/11 |
| 17 | 65 | Takahiro Kosuge | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'22.198 | 5.002 | 0.249 | 8/10 |
| 18 | 60 | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Honda CBR600RR | Racing Team Honey Bee | 2'22.566 | 5.370 | 0.368 | 7/9 |
| 19 | 45 | Taiga Ishimoto | Honda CBR600RR | GENIUS | 2'22.903 | 5.707 | 0.337 | 10/10 |
| 20 | 20 | Masamichi Higashiura | Yamaha YZF-R6 | DAIICHI & Plus Mu | 2'23.200 | 6.004 | 0.297 | 3/3 |
| 21 | 539 | Masaaki Takada | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RSR+539soko | 2'23.251 | 6.055 | 0.051 | 9/9 |
| 22 | 32 | Suma Sadahito | Suzuki GSX-R600 | H.M.F Verity | 2'23.586 | 6.390 | 0.335 | 2/3 |
| 23 | 38 | Hideki Nakayama | Yamaha YZF-R6 | DOG FIGHT RACING | 2'24.028 | 6.832 | 0.442 | 8/8 |
| 24 | 36 | Kota Higuchi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 2'24.644 | 7.448 | 0.616 | 2/2 | |
| 25 | 51 | Junji Takenouchi | Honda CBR600RR | ACTIVE & TOYBOY | 2'24.944 | 7.748 | 0.300 | 8/9 |
Qualifying Pass Criteria Time (110%) 2'30.915
*The above results do not count the laps during which the car entered the pit.
