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1979 Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance

29 July, Weather:Cloudy, Condition:Dry, Attend:86,000

Qualify
Pos No  1st Rider              Nat   2nd Rider              Nat   Machine       BestTime   Team                               
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 1   2  Graeme CROSBY         (NZE)  Akitaka TOMIE         (JPN)  K:Z1           2'17.33   MORIWAKI Racing                    
 2  11  Masaki TOKUNO         (JPN)  Hiroto TOKUNO         (JPN)  K:KZ1000       2'18.90   Team KAWASAKI                      
 3  12  Kengo KIYAMA          (JPN)  Takao ABE             (JPN)  H:CB900        2'19.20   Team RSC                           
 4   9  Ron HASLAM            (GBR)  Alex GEORGE           (GBR)  H:CB900        2'20.06   HONDA BRITAIN Racing Team          
 5   5  Dale SINGLETON        (USA)  David ALDANA          (USA)  H:CB900        2'20.67   Team HONDA AMERICA                 
 6   1  Wes COOLEY            (USA)  Ron PIERCE            (USA)  S:GS1000       2'21.47   YOSHIMURA Racing                   
 7   6  Tony HATTON           (AUS)  Michael COLE          (AUS)  H:CB900        2'21.86   Team HONDA AUSTRALIA               
 8  50  Takashi SUZUKI        (JPN)  Shigeharu OHTSUKA     (JPN)  Y:TZ350        2'23.11   BEET RACING TEAM                   
 9  52  0samu SUZUKI          (JPN)  Keiji KINOSHITA       (JPN)  Y:TZ350        2'23.94   PRO SHOP TAKAI                     
10  10  Masahiro WADA         (JPN)  Akihiko KIYOHARA      (JPN)  K:KZ1000       2'24.44   Team KAWASAKI                      

Final
Pos Ql   No  1st Rider              Nat   2nd Rider              Nat   Machine     Laps   Time/Delay   Team                     
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 1   7    6  Tony HATTON           (AUS)  Michael COLE          (AUS)  H:CB900      197   8:00'23.78   Team HONDA AUSTRALIA     
 2   4    9  Ron HASLAM            (GBR)  Alex GEORGE           (GBR)  H:CB900      197      1'59.98   HONDA BRITAIN Racing Team
 3  15   17  Shinji SUMITANI       (JPN)  Toshio ASAMI          (JPN)  H:CB900F     187      10 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC         
 4  13   21  Michizo TSUKIJI       (JPN)  Takashi MORITA        (JPN)  H:CB750      185      12 Laps   SUZUKA Racing            
 5  24   19  Tamotsu YAMANASHI     (JPN)  Hiroyuki ITOH         (JPN)  H:CB900F     184      13 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC         
 6  30   61  Jun KINOSHITA         (JPN)  Hideji TOMITA         (JPN)  H:RS250      182      15 Laps   SUZUKA Racing            
 7  14   22  Takashi SAKURAI       (JPN)  Yukiya UEDA           (JPN)  H:CB750      182      15 Laps   SUZUKA Racing            
 8  37   56  Hiroshi KAWAKAMI      (JPN)  Yasuo WATANABE        (JPN)  H:RS250R     182      15 Laps   KAWAKAMI TEAM            
 9  21   25  Yasuo MORITA          (JPN)  Masaaki SHIBATANI     (JPN)  K:Z650       181      16 Laps   BEET & KINOMI MRC        
10  16   26  Tetsumichi SANADA     (JPN)  Hatsushi KAWAI        (JPN)  K:Z1         181      16 Laps   MORIWAKI Racing          
11  35   60  Minoru TSUTSUMI       (JPN)  Takenori NISHIKAWA    (JPN)  Y:TZ250      180      17 Laps   K.G. HUNGRY RIDERS       
12  57   51  Junzo SATOH           (JPN)  Toshimitsu SOH        (JPN)  Y:TZ350      180      17 Laps   PLAYMATE Racing          
13  25   18  Yoichi OGUMA          (JPN)  Shigeo IIJIMA         (JPN)  H:CB900F     180      17 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC         
14  33   63  Kiyotaka TSUNEUCHI    (JPN)  Yosuke TANI           (JPN)  Y:TZ250      179      18 Laps   BEET Racing Team         
15  22   27  Nozomu URAGUCHI       (JPN)  Katsumi BABA          (JPN)  K:Z860       179      18 Laps   URAGUCHI TEAM            
16  11   23  Takumi ITOH           (JPN)  Kunihira HASHIMOTO    (JPN)  H:CB750      178      19 Laps   Team Super Monkey        
17  58   20  Toshiaki YANAGAWA     (JPN)  Toshihiro YOSHIMURA   (JPN)  H:CB750F     178      19 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC         
18  59   48  Kiyokazu TADA         (JPN)  Mitsuo SAITOH         (JPN)  K:KZ400E     178      19 Laps   KOBE SUPER SPORTS        
19  27   30  Seiichi SENGOKU       (JPN)  Masaaki KURODA        (JPN)  K:Z2         177      20 Laps   KINOMI Racing            
20  43   62  Seiichiro OHKI        (JPN)  Hideo HOTATE          (JPN)  Y:TZ250      176      21 Laps   OHKI TEAM                
21  39   69  Tatsuya MORINAGA      (JPN)  Seiichi KUBO          (JPN)  Y:TZ250      174      23 Laps   MORINAGA TEAM            
22  45   32  Toshiya TAKEUCHI      (JPN)  Yukio KUSAKAWA        (JPN)  Y:RD400      172      25 Laps   IWATA RACING FAMILY      
23  46   59  Tomoaki HORIUCHI      (JPN)  Hisato MATSUI         (JPN)  Y:TZ250      172      25 Laps   TEAM ROAD BOYS           
24  42   41  Yoshio TAKAHASHI      (JPN)  Kenzaburo KAWASHIMA   (JPN)  S:GS450      171      26 Laps   KAWASHIMA TEAM           
25  47   15  Tsuguatsu MIHARA      (JPN)  Sohji NOGUCHI         (JPN)  H:CBX        170      27 Laps   Team HONEYBEE            
26  50   65  Takio KOYAMA          (JPN)  Shinsuke HAYAKAWA     (JPN)  Y:TZ250F     170      27 Laps   TEAM YOUNGERS            
27   9   52  0samu SUZUKI          (JPN)  Keiji KINOSHITA       (JPN)  Y:TZ350      168      29 Laps   PRO SHOP TAKAI           
28  49   40  Kazushige ISHIHARA    (JPN)  Yoshiho AKIYAMA       (JPN)  H:CB400N     168      29 Laps   TEAM KIHON MASTERS       
29  36   70  Hisashi NISHIGAWARA   (JPN)  Noritatsu NAGANE      (JPN)  Y:TZ250E     167      30 Laps   TEAM ZEROS               
30  52   33  Akinori MIZOGUCHI     (JPN)  Masaru SHOYAMA        (JPN)  Y:RD350      163      34 Laps   TEAM SKY FANTASY         
31  51   58  Ken'ichi TAMURA       (JPN)  Mitsuru TAKEDA        (JPN)  Y:TZ250      162      35 Laps   Mac Western              
32  26   14  Toshihiro WAKAYAMA    (JPN)  Sankichi ABE          (JPN)  Y:XS1100     155      42 Laps   IWATA RACING FAMILY      
33  20   34  Jun YAMADA            (JPN)  Iwao ISHIKAWA         (JPN)  H:SHIMA498H  155      42 Laps   MOTO RIDER               
34  53   44  Masatetsu TANEDA      (JPN)  Takeki MORI           (JPN)  S:GS400      143      54 Laps   TEAM NEKIWA              
35  54   37  Tokumitsu YOSHINO     (JPN)  Tamotsu SAKAMOTO      (JPN)  H:XL500-S    142      55 Laps   HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT       
36  48   67  Makoto SATOH          (JPN)  Shinji HAGIWARA       (JPN)  H:RS250R     141      56 Laps   SAYAMA Racing            
37  38   36  Etsuo TOYA            (JPN)  Ikuo TOGANE           (JPN)  H:XL500-S    139      58 Laps   HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT       
38   5    5  Dale SINGLETON        (USA)  David ALDANA          (USA)  H:CB900      138      59 Laps   Team HONDA AMERICA       
39  34   28  Koji SOWA             (JPN)  Kazunori KUMAZAWA     (JPN)  K:KZ1000     137      60 Laps   Team ATLANTA             

Did not Classify:                                                                                                               
     6    1  Wes COOLEY            (USA)  Ron PIERCE            (USA)  S:GS1000     131      66 Laps   YOSHIMURA Racing         
    28   73  Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI     (JPN)  Masao TAKAHASHI       (JPN)  Y:TZ350      126      71 Laps   ODAWARA CASTEL           
    32   45  Hiroyuki ITOH         (JPN)  Tadashi SATOH         (JPN)  Y:RD400M     121      76 Laps   666 RIDERS               
    40   16  Hiroyasu TSUKIGI      (JPN)  Tsutomu ENOMOTO       (JPN)  Y:XS1100     119      78 Laps   TSUKIGI Racing           
     8   50  Takashi SUZUKI        (JPN)  Shigeharu OHTSUKA     (JPN)  Y:TZ350      112      85 Laps   BEET Racing Team         
     3   12  Kengo KIYAMA          (JPN)  Takao ABE             (JPN)  H:CB900      105      92 Laps   Team RSC                 
    61   66  Masaharu ISAI         (JPN)  Tadashi YOSHIMURA     (JPN)  Y:TZ250       95     102 Laps   UZUSHIO Racing           
    41   68  Ryuji HIGUCHI         (JPN)  Yasuo ENDOH           (JPN)  Y:TZ250       94     103 Laps   LADY BIRD Racing Team    
    23   57  Susumu IMAI           (JPN)  Seiji OKAMOTO         (JPN)  Y:TZ350       79     118 Laps   Mac Western              
    10   10  Masahiro WADA         (JPN)  Akihiko KIYOHARA      (JPN)  K:KZ1000      68     129 Laps   Team KAWASAKI            
    55   72  Yasuhiro TENMAN       (JPN)  Hiroshi OKUMURA       (JPN)  Y:TZ250       65     132 Laps   TEAM KIHON MASTERS       
     1    2  Graeme CROSBY         (NZE)  Akitaka TOMIE         (JPN)  K:Z1          52     145 Laps   MORIWAKI Racing          
    18   29  Toshiaki HAKAMADA     (JPN)  Hisashi YAMANA        (JPN)  S:GS1000      46     151 Laps   HAMAMATSU TEAM TITAN     
    44   43  Tomohiro YOSHIZAWA    (JPN)  Mitsuo SOH            (JPN)  H:CB400N      30     167 Laps   HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT       
    31   64  Takeyuki YAKUSHIJI    (JPN)  Yoshihiro KUBO        (JPN)  Y:TZ250       25     172 Laps   Team MUKO                
    60   54  Hideo KANAYA          (JPN)  Yasuaki FUJIMOTO      (JPN)  Y:TZ750M      24     173 Laps   Team KANAYA              
     2   11  Masaki TOKUNO         (JPN)  Hiroto TOKUNO         (JPN)  K:KZ1000      23     174 Laps   Team KAWASAKI            
    19   71  Yoshio HIRAI          (JPN)  Eiji NAKANO           (JPN)  Y:TZ250       22     175 Laps   Team SKY FANTASY         
    12    3  Michael J HORNE       (AUS)  Alan DECKER           (AUS)  K:Z1          20     177 Laps   MORIWAKI Racing          
    17   53  Satoru KISHIMOTO      (JPN)  Suguru YOSHIMI        (JPN)  Y:TZ350        9     188 Laps   Mac Western              
    56   46  Sadao UNEME           (JPN)  Daisuke MIKI          (JPN)  H:CB350R       5     192 Laps   MIKI TEAM                


H:Honda / Y:Yamaha / S:Suzuki / K:Kawasaki


No. of Final Race Starters: 60 / Finishers: 39                                                                                  
Pole Position: No.2 MORIWAKI Racing, Graeme CROSBY, 2'17.33, Kawasaki Z1                                                        
Circuit Length: 6.00415 km                                                                                                      


Penalty:                                                                                                                        
No.5,28 and 67                                                                                                                  
5 lap reduction (East course short cut)                                                                                         

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