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1983 Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance

31 July, Weather:Cloudy, Condition:Dry, Attend:139,000

Qualify
Pos No  1st Rider              Nat   2nd Rider              Nat   Machine       BestTime   Team                               
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 1  12  Graeme CROSBY         (NZE)  Rob PHILLIS           (AUS)  S:GSX1000      2'23.11   Team YOSHIMURA MORIWAKI Suzuki     
 2   1  Jacques CORNU         (SUI)  Akihiko KIYOHARA      (JPN)  K:KZ1000J      2'23.64   KAWASAKI FRANCE                    
 3   2  Jean LAFOND           (FRA)  Patrick IGOA          (FRA)  K:KZ1000J      2'25.21   KAWASAKI FRANCE                    
 4   6  Herve MOINEAU         (FRA)  Richard HUBIN         (BEL)  S:GS1000R      2'25.48   SUZUKI FRANCE                      
 5   5  Pierre Etienne SAMIN  (FRA)  Dominique PERNET      (FRA)  S:GS1000R      2'25.64   SUZUKI FRANCE                      
 6   4  Raymond ROCHE         (FRA)  Guy BERTIN            (FRA)  H:RS850R       2'25.72   HONDA FRANCE                       
 7  50  Takao ABE             (JPN)  Masaki TOKUNO         (JPN)  H:RS850R       2'26.46   TEAM HRC                           
 8   3  Fred MERKEL           (USA)  John BETTENCOURT      (USA)  H:RS850R       2'26.61   TEAM HRC                           
 9   8  Christiam Le LIARD    (FRA)  David ALDANA          (USA)  H:ELF          2'28.55   MOTO ELF                           
10  14  Michael Leonard COLE  (AUS)  Scott John STEPHENS   (AUS)  K:Z-1          2'29.40   BEET Racing                        

Final Result
Pos Ql   No  1st Rider              Nat   2nd Rider              Nat   Machine     Laps   Time/Delay   Team                          
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 1   4    6  Herve MOINEAU         (FRA)  Richard HUBIN         (BEL)  S:GS1000R    190   8:02'29.32   SUZUKI FRANCE                 
 2   3    2  Jean LAFOND           (FRA)  Patrick IGOA          (FRA)  K:KZ1000J    190      2'09.30   KAWASAKI FRANCE               
 3   8    3  Fred MERKEL           (USA)  John BETTENCOURT      (USA)  H:RS850R     188       2 Laps   TEAM HRC                      
 4  17   46  Masahiro OKA          (JPN)  Shosuke KITA          (JPN)  K:KR1000     186       4 Laps   TEAM 38                       
 5   5    5  Pierre Etienne SAMIN  (FRA)  Dominique PERNET      (FRA)  S:GS1000R    185       5 Laps   SUZUKI FRANCE                 
 6  11   33  Kunihiro MIKAMI       (JPN)  Shunji YATSUSHIRO     (USA)  K:Z1000J     185       5 Laps   MORIWAKI ENGINEERING          
 7  21   28  Hisashi YAMANA        (JPN)  Toshiaki HAKAMADA     (JPN)  S:GSX1000    183       7 Laps   HAMAMATSU TEAM TITAN          
 8  12   38  Hideji TOMITA         (JPN)  Yoichi YAMAMOTO       (JPN)  H:RS1000     183       7 Laps   SUZUKA Racing                 
 9  14   44  Yasushi MIYAGAWA      (JPN)  Shoji SAITOH          (JPN)  K:KZ1000R    182       8 Laps   TEAM 38                       
10  18   34  Shigeharu OHTSUKA     (JPN)  Yasuo MORITA          (JPN)  H:RS850R     182       8 Laps   BEET Racing                   
11  28   39  Toshiharu ARAKI       (JPN)  Masaki SHINODA        (JPN)  H:RS1000     179      11 Laps   SUZUKA Racing                 
12  20   30  Tadashi FUKUI         (JPN)  Yoshihisa HASEGAWA    (JPN)  H:RS850R     178      12 Laps   TEAM SUPER MONKEY             
13   1   12  Graeme CROSBY         (NZE)  Rob PHILLIS           (AUS)  S:GSX1000    177      13 Laps   Team YOSHIMURA MORIWAKI Suzuki
14  44   32  Satoshi ENDOH         (JPN)  Kenji KANEKO          (JPN)  H:CB900      176      14 Laps   Racing Team HONEYBEE & SANKEI 
15  30   67  Norifusa SAKATA       (JPN)  Akio TANAKA           (JPN)  S:GS1000S    175      15 Laps   MAXIM WORKS                   
16  36   63  Masahiro NAKAHIRA     (JPN)  Tomiji TAKEUCHI       (JPN)  H:CB900      173      17 Laps   HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT RT         
17  37   59  Michimasa ARIMA       (JPN)  Mari IGATA            (JPN)  H:CB900F     172      18 Laps   ENDURANCE Racing              
18  42   47  Ryoichi ARAI          (JPN)  Ken NEMOTO            (JPN)  D:DM650SL/A  171      19 Laps   POWER HOUSE MOTOR CLUB        
19  48   18  David EMDE            (USA)  Isoyo SUGIMOTO        (JPN)  B:R100RS     170      20 Laps   MINT Racing Team              
20  59   54  Takeshi TOJOH         (JPN)  Takashi SUGIYAMA      (JPN)  Y:XJ1000     170      20 Laps   MOTOINE Racing                
21  49   48  Noboru NAKAGAWA       (JPN)  Yutaka SUGANO         (JPN)  D:DM650SL    170      20 Laps   POWER HOUSE MOTOR CLUB        
22  31   43  Tadataka HANAOKA      (JPN)  Yutaka IOKA           (JPN)  S:GSX1000    170      20 Laps   AUTO REC                      
23  45   51  Toshiya TAKEUCHI      (JPN)  Kenji YAMAMOTO        (JPN)  Y:XJ900      168      22 Laps   IWATA RACING FAMILY           
24  51   66  Rikiya TAKAHASHI      (JPN)  Katsuyuki KOMURO      (JPN)  H:CB900      168      22 Laps   MIZUSAWA Racing               
25  43   64  Tamotsu SAKAMOTO      (JPN)  Masaru FURUKAWA       (JPN)  H:CB900      164      26 Laps   HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT RT         
26  52   45  Koji OHTA             (JPN)  Shozo KAWAGUCHI       (JPN)  H:CB900      163      27 Laps   WORLD KAWAGUCHI RT            
27  53   70  Masamichi MARUYAMA    (JPN)  Masaaki KURODA        (JPN)  H:RS850R     163      27 Laps   Team POLE POSITION            
28  54   17  Koichi SHIMADA        (JPN)  Sankichi ABE          (JPN)  Y:XJ750      156      34 Laps   SHIMADA SPORTING CLUB         
29  47   11  Christine BAUR        (USA)  David OLD             (USA)  H:VF750      153      37 Laps   THE MAN RACING TEAM           
30  46   71  Shin'ichiro INOMATA   (JPN)  Konomu HOSHI          (JPN)  H:CB750      152      38 Laps   SAYAMA Racing                 
31  50   61  Sakae KOIZUMI         (JPN)  Tsunehio WADA         (JPN)  Y:RD400      144      46 Laps   Team HOT COMPANY & THE BIKE   

Did not Classify:                                                                                                                    
    38   27  Hiroyuki ITOH         (JPN)  Toshihiro YOSHIMURA   (JPN)  H:VF750      138      52 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC              
    34   55  Yasuhiko GOMIBUCHI    (JPN)  Junzo SATOH           (JPN)  H:RS1000     133      57 Laps   BUM RACING                    
    29   35  Takashi SUZUKI        (JPN)  Yuji AMANO            (JPN)  K:Z-1        132      58 Laps   BEET Racing                   
    15   15  Luther WIKLE          (USA)  Lynn MILLER           (USA)  H:CB900      124      66 Laps   Team ONTARIO USA & RT HONEYBEE
    40   65  Masaatsu HYUGA        (JPN)  Yukihiro SUMIYA       (JPN)  S:GS1000SZR  119      71 Laps   GARAGE SHONAN                 
    16   29  Shin'ichi UENO        (JPN)  Osamu SUZUKI          (JPN)  Y:XJ750E     118      72 Laps   MABUCHI SHUN                  
    39   56  Ikuo KUSAMA           (JPN)  Tsuguatsu MIHARA      (JPN)  D:DM6         93      97 Laps   Team KUSHITANI                
    54   68  Susumu SHIMADA        (JPN)  Akira SUDA            (JPN)  H:VF750F      80     110 Laps   INA Racing Team               
    58   41  Seiichi SENGOKU       (JPN)  Jun YAMADA            (JPN)  B:R100RS      78     112 Laps   MINT Racing Team              
    24   36  Minoru WADA           (JPN)  Shinji KATAYAMA       (JPN)  K:            77     113 Laps   JMC Racing                    
    25   53  Toshimitsu SOH        (JPN)  Yuji SHIMAMURA        (JPN)  H:RS1000      75     115 Laps   SOH Racing Team               
     2    1  Jacques CORNU         (SUI)  Akihiko KIYOHARA      (JPN)  K:KZ1000J     73     117 Laps   KAWASAKI FRANCE               
    33    9  Bob SMITH             (GBR)  Tony RUTTER           (GBR)  D:DM650SL     54     136 Laps   KENNYS SPORTS MOTORCYCLES     
    41   52  Masakatsu URA         (JPN)  Hisashi NISHIGAWARA   (JPN)  BI:KB-1       49     141 Laps   AUTO SHOP FUKUI & BIMOTA      
    27   25  Shigeo IIJIMA         (JPN)  Hiroyuki IIDA         (JPN)  H:CB900F      43     147 Laps   BLUE HELMETS MSC              
    32   31  Yasutaka KANBAYASHI   (JPN)  Joji OAKAMOTO         (JPN)  K:Z-1         39     151 Laps   WONDER RABBIT RT & Kan's      
    23   62  Noboru MIURA          (JPN)  Akira SAKAGUCHI       (JPN)  S:GSX1000     37     153 Laps   CHUBU Mr. BIKE                
     9    8  Christiam Le LIARD    (FRA)  David ALDANA          (USA)  H:ELF         32     158 Laps   MOTO ELF                      
    55   69  Toshihisa HASEGAWA    (JPN)  Yoshihiro MATSUMOTO   (JPN)  H:VF750       31     159 Laps   MAC WESTERN                   
     6    4  Raymond ROCHE         (FRA)  Guy BERTIN            (FRA)  H:RS850R      24     166 Laps   HONDA FRANCE                  
     7   50  Takao ABE             (JPN)  Masaki TOKUNO         (JPN)  H:RS850R      24     166 Laps   TEAM HRC                      
    57   60  Sadao UNEME           (JPN)  Mikio HIRATA          (JPN)  H:CB          24     166 Laps   UNEME SADAO RT                
    10   14  Michael Leonard COLE  (AUS)  Scott John STEPHENS   (AUS)  K:Z-1         19     171 Laps   BEET Racing                   
    22   37  Yokiya UEDA           (JPN)  Takeshi YOKOI         (JPN)  H:CB750       17     173 Laps   SUZUKA Racing                 
    35   40  Toshiya SANMI         (JPN)  Koji SOHWA            (JPN)  S:GS1000S     18     172 Laps   WONDER RABBIT RT              
    19   49  Motoyoshi KITANO      (JPN)  Susumu FUJIMOTO       (JPN)  K:KZ1000J      0     190 Laps   TSUKIGI Racing Team           


H:Honda / Y:Yamaha / S:Suzuki / K:Kawasaki / B:BMW / D:Ducati / BI:Bimota


No. of Final Race Starters: 57 / Finishers: 31                                                                                       
Pole Position: No.12 Team YOSHIMURA MORIWAKI Suzuki, Graeme CROSBY, 2'23.11, Suzuki GSX1000                                          
Circuit Length: 6.0335 km                                                                                                            


Penalty:                                                                                                                             
No.15,37,40,14 and 11                                                                                                                
10 laps reduction (East course short cut)                                                                                            

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