Superbike Race in Suzuka
ST600 Official Qualifying Overall Results
DATE:2008-09-06 International Racing Course
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Type | Team | Best Time | 1st Session | 2nd Session | |
| 1 | 4 | B | Hiroki Noda | Honda CBR600RR | Teruru Honeybee Racing | 2'16.813 | 2'17.196 | ● 2'16.813 |
| 2 | 7 | A | Satoru Iwata | Honda CBR600RR | F.C.C. TSR | 2'16.849 | 2'17.819 | ● 2'16.849 |
| 3 | 2 | B | Hideto Takahashi | Kawasaki ZX-6R | TEAM GREEN | 2'17.687 | ● 2'17.687 | 2'18.494 |
| 4 | 73 | A | Ryuta Kobayashi | Honda CBR600RR | Urgent recruitment. com HARC-PRO. | 2'16.880 | 2'16.883 | ● 2'16.880 |
| 5 | 72 | B | Atsushi Miyazaki | Yamaha YZF-R6 | TEAM DAYTONA GIVI | 2'17.834 | ● 2'17.834 | 2'18.087 |
| 6 | 1 | A | Yoshiteru Konishi | Honda CBR600RR | Urgent recruitment. com HARC-PRO. | 2'17.112 | 2'17.589 | ● 2'17.112 |
| 7 | 18 | B | Eki Hashi | Honda CBR600RR | KEIHINKoharaR.T. | 2'17.945 | ● 2'17.945 | 2'18.387 |
| 8 | 55 | A | Hiro Michi Kunigawa | Honda CBR600RR | DyDo MiU Racing | 2'17.491 | 2'18.795 | ● 2'17.491 |
| 9 | 83 | B | Yoshiyuki Sugai | Ducati 749R | Ducati Racing Japan | 2'18.155 | 2'18.259 | ● 2'18.155 |
| 10 | 77 | A | Exit Shu | Honda CBR600RR | DyDo MiU Racing | 2'17.518 | 2'18.244 | ● 2'17.518 |
| 11 | 43 | B | Hidenori Namakata | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Espulse Dream Racing | 2'18.166 | 2'18.392 | ● 2'18.166 |
| 12 | 23 | A | Takuya Tsuda | Honda CBR600RR | Team OSG & Motorsports | 2'17.753 | ● 2'17.753 | 2'17.875 |
| 13 | 76 | B | Naoki Shimizu | Kawasaki ZX-6R | RS−ITOH & KAZE | 2'18.401 | ● 2'18.401 | 2'18.750 |
| 14 | 33 | A | Shohei Karita | Kawasaki ZX-6R | RS−ITOH & KAZE | 2'18.096 | 2'18.380 | ● 2'18.096 |
| 15 | 21 | B | Shintaro Nakayama | Honda CBR600RR | KoharaRC | 2'19.081 | 2'20.665 | ● 2'19.081 |
| 16 | 10 | A | Makoto Inagaki | Honda CBR600RR | Burning Blood RT | 2'18.289 | ● 2'18.289 | 2'19.034 |
| 17 | 5 | B | Yuichi Takeda | Yamaha YZF-R6 | HiTMAN RC Koshien Yamaha | 2'19.093 | ● 2'19.093 | 2'19.247 |
| 18 | 8 | A | Koji Teramoto | Suzuki GSX-R600 | PLOT FARO Pantera | 2'18.302 | 2'18.542 | ● 2'18.302 |
| 19 | 24 | B | Takayuki Oki | Honda CBR600RR | club HARC-PRO. | 2'19.223 | 2'19.427 | ● 2'19.223 |
| 20 | 70 | A | Takahiro Satake | Honda CBR600RR | Team OSG & Motorsports | 2'18.763 | 2'19.243 | ● 2'18.763 |
| 21 | 19 | B | Masahiko Oishi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | Ito RACING・GMD Suzuka | 2'19.392 | ● 2'19.392 | 2'19.533 |
| 22 | 13 | A | Maki Izumimoto | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RT Forest Bear Sato School | 2'18.844 | 2'19.306 | ● 2'18.844 |
| 23 | 42 | B | Shinya Okajima | Kawasaki ZX-6R | TeamGTMM ATOMIC | 2'19.960 | 2'20.029 | ● 2'19.960 |
| 24 | 14 | A | Shin Mori | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'18.958 | 2'19.760 | ● 2'18.958 |
| 25 | 705 | B | Takehiko Kurokawa | Honda CBR600RR | Matsumoto Clinic Garage Speed | 2'20.831 | ● 2'20.831 | 2'21.100 |
| 26 | 64 | A | Kenshiro Wada | Suzuki GSX-R600 | VEGA & Z-TECH ★ KMII | 2'20.145 | ● 2'20.145 | 2'21.464 |
| 27 | 40 | B | Toyoshi Nakanishi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | Beginning of Autumn Motorsports & RC Koshien | 2'20.967 | 2'21.432 | ● 2'20.967 |
| 28 | 39 | A | Masahiro Shinjo | Suzuki GSX-R600 | MotoMap SUPPLY | 2'20.229 | ● 2'20.229 | 2'20.583 |
| 29 | 59 | B | Tomoyuki Sato | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RT Bear in the Forest Sato School | 2'21.620 | ● 2'21.620 | 2'21.825 |
| 30 | 91 | A | Silver Daniel | Honda CBR600RR | DanielRacing | 2'20.745 | ● 2'20.745 | 2'20.919 |
| 31 | 60 | B | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Honda CBR600RR | Racing Team Honey Bee | 2'21.762 | 2'22.566 | ● 2'21.762 |
| 32 | 29 | A | Tomoki Yukue | Suzuki GSX-R600 | MotoMap SUPPLY | 2'20.990 | 2'21.840 | ● 2'20.990 |
| 33 | 539 | B | Masaaki Takada | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RSR+539soko | 2'21.819 | 2'23.251 | ● 2'21.819 |
| 34 | 37 | A | Masayuki Matsumoto | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Team GTMM Mercury | 2'21.182 | 2'21.587 | ● 2'21.182 |
| 35 | 47 | B | Shigenobu Oda | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Espulse Dream Ranger | 2'21.949 | ● 2'21.949 | 2'22.028 |
| 36 | 41 | A | Masahiko Murakami | Honda CBR600RR | Nankai Parts Hiroshima Store | 2'21.940 | 2'22.396 | ● 2'21.940 |
| 37 | 65 | B | Takahiro Kosuge | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'22.198 | ● 2'22.198 | 2'22.395 |
| 38 | 66 | A | Yasutaka Kimoto | Honda CBR600RR | Kihara Electric with RSC | 2'21.961 | 2'23.125 | ● 2'21.961 |
| 39 | 32 | B | Suma Sadahito | Suzuki GSX-R600 | H.M.F Verity | 2'22.209 | 2'23.586 | ● 2'22.209 |
| 40 | 44 | A | Kazuki Saito | Honda CBR600RR | Wing Yoshii RC | 2'21.963 | 2'22.886 | ● 2'21.963 |
| 41 | 38 | B | Hideki Nakayama | Yamaha YZF-R6 | DOG FIGHT RACING | 2'22.496 | 2'24.028 | ● 2'22.496 |
| 42 | 35 | A | Masaki Tani | Suzuki GSX-R600 | WEST POWER & AW Taniya | 2'22.223 | 2'23.868 | ● 2'22.223 |
| 43 | 45 | B | Taiga Ishimoto | Honda CBR600RR | GENIUS | 2'22.638 | 2'22.903 | ● 2'22.638 |
| 44 | 52 | A | Yusuke Masuda | Honda CBR600RR | Honda Suzuka Racing Team | 2'22.371 | 2'23.070 | ● 2'22.371 |
| Above are the qualifying vehicles: | ||||||||
| 45 | 36 | B | Kota Higuchi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 2'22.813 | 2'24.644 | ● 2'22.813 | |
| 46 | 48 | A | Yoshihiro Toda | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Wins Route Cargo Osaka SAM | 2'22.525 | 2'22.600 | ● 2'22.525 |
| 47 | 20 | B | Masamichi Higashiura | Yamaha YZF-R6 | DAIICHI & Plus Mu | 2'23.200 | ● 2'23.200 | Did not start |
| 48 | 57 | A | Koji Yokoyama | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'22.640 | ● 2'22.640 | 2'23.505 |
| 49 | 51 | B | Junji Takenouchi | Honda CBR600RR | ACTIVE & TOYBOY | 2'23.926 | 2'24.944 | ● 2'23.926 |
| 50 | 810 | A | Junji Tanaka | Kawasaki ZX-6R | B-SQUARE & Osaka SAM | 2'22.888 | ● 2'22.888 | 2'22.983 |
Qualifying Pass Criteria Time (110%) Group A 1st Attempt 2'30.571 2nd Attempt 2'30.533 / Group B 1st Attempt 2'30.915 2nd Attempt 2'30.494
The rankings for each group were determined according to Domestic Competition Regulations 15-2-7-2 (Official Qualifying).
