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SUZUKA 8 HOUR

Suzuka 8 Hour world endurance motorcycle race.

RACE:

• 5.864 km Suzuka circuit owned by Honda
• 8 Hour race; 11.30 am to 7.30 pm
• change of rider/tyres every 50 minutes
• Honda has won 18 times
• first race 1978

WINNERS

• Tohru Ukawa, JPN, 5 wins: 2005, 2004, 2000, 1998, 1997
• Wayne Gardner, AUS, 4 wins: 1992, 1991, 1986, 1985
• Aaron Slight, NZ, 3 wins
• Colin Edwards, USA, 3 wins: 2002, 2001, 1996
• Mike Baldwin, US, 2 wins
• Shinichi Itoh, JPN, 2 wins: 1998, 1997
• Tadayuki Okada, JPN, 2 wins: 1999, 1995
• Wes Cooley, US, 2 wins
• Dominique Sarron, FRA, 2 wins
• Kevin Magee, AUS, 2 wins
• Daijiro Katoh, JPN, 2 wins: 2002, 2000
• Alex Barros, BRA, 1 win: 1999
• Noriyuki Haga, JPN, 1 win: 1996
• Mick Doohan, AUS, 1 win
• Daryl Beattie, AUS, 1 win
• Graeme Crosby, NZ, 1 win
• Tony Hatton, AUS 1 win
• Michael Cole, AUS, 1 win

RACE WINNERS

2005

• July 31, 2005
• 1 Ukawa / Kiyonari, Honda CBR1000RRW , 204 laps

2004

• July 25, 2004
• 1 Toru Ukawa / Hitoyasu Izutsu, Honda CBR1000RRW , 210 laps
• 2 Atsushi Watanabe / Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1 lap
• 3 Toshiyuki Hamaguchi / Syogo Moriwaki, Honda CBR1000RR +2 laps

2003

• August 2, 2003, RACE RESULTS
• 1 HONDA, VTR1000SPW, Yukio Nukumi & Manabu Kamata
• 2 YAMAHA, YZF-R1, Shin'ichi NAKATOMI & Wataru YOSHIKAWA
• 3 HONDA, CBR954RR, Takeshi TSUJIMURA &  Shin'ichi ITOH  

2002

• August 4, 2002, RACE RESULTS
• 1 HONDA, VTR1000SPW, Kato/Edwards
• 2 HONDA, VTR1000SPW, Tamada/Okada
• 3 HONDA, VTR1000SPW, Barros/Takeda

2001

• AUGUST 5, 2001, RACE RESULTS:
• 1 HONDA VTR SP1000, Rossi/Edwards
• 2 HONDA VTR SP1000, Barros/Tamada
• 3 SUZUKI GSX R750, Ryo/Kagayama

2000

• 1 HONDA RC51, Daijiro Katoh, Tohru Ukawa 215 laps
• 2 SUZUKI Akira Ryo, Wataru Kitagawa 214 laps
• 3 KAWASAKI Tamaki Serizawa, Peter Goddard(Aus) 212 laps

1999

• 1 HONDA RC45 Alex Barros(BRA) Tadayuki Okada 213 laps
• 2 HONDA Aaron Slight, Colin Edwards 212 laps
• 3 Kawasaki ZX7RR Akira Yanagawa , Hitoyasu Izutsu 212 laps
  Others: N Haga(JPN), 4th, Yamaha

1998

• 1 HONDA RC45 Shinichi Itoh, Tohru Ukawa
• 2 HONDA Sete GIBERNAU(SPA) Alex BARROS(BRA)
• 3 HONDA Colin EDWARDS(USA) Tadayuki OKADA

1997

• 1 HONDA RC45 Shinichi Itoh, Tohru Ukawa 186 laps
• 2 HONDA John Kocinski(US), Alex Barros(BRA) +2.04
• 3 KAWASAKI Akira RYO, Shinya TAKEISHI

1996

• 1 YAMAHA Colin Edwards(US), N Haga(JPN)
• 2 KAWASAKI Anthony GOBERT(AUS) Simon CRAFAR(NZ)
• 3 HONDA Carl FOGARTY (GBR) Takuma AOKI

1995

• 1 HONDA RC45 A. Slight(NZL) T. Okada (JPN) 212 laps
• 2 HONDA S. Ito(JPN), S. Tsujimoto(JPN) RVF Team Racing +0.42
• 3 Kawasaki ZXR750R A.Yanagawa, K. Fujiwara(JPN) +1.44
  
  Others: Goddard 6th, Suzuki

1994

• 1 HONDA RC45 Doug POLEN(USA) Aaron SLIGHT(NZ)
• 2 KAWASAKI Scott RUSSELL (USA) Terry RYMER(uk)
• 3 HONDA Shi'ichi ITOH, Shinya TAKEISHI

1993

• 1 KAWASAKI ZXR-7 Scott RUSSELL(USA) Aaron SLIGHT(NZ)
• 2 HONDA Eddie LAWSON(USA) Satoshi TSUJIMOTO
• 3 HONDA Takuma AOKI (JPN) Mike SMITH(US)

1992

• 1 HONDA Wayne GARDNER(AUS) Daryl BEATTIE(AUS)
• 2 YAMAHA Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Niall MACKENZIE(UK)
• 3 HONDA Shinya TAKEISH, Kenichiro IWAHASHI

1991

• 1 HONDA Wayne GARDNER(AUS) Mick Doohan(AUS)
• 2 YAMAHA Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Doug CHANDLER(US)
• 3 HONDA Carl FOGARTY(GBR) Steve HISLOP(UK)

1990

• 1 YAMAHA Eddie Lawson(US) Tadahiko Taira
• 2 HONDA Shoji Miyazaki, Tadashi OHSHIMA
• 3 HONDA Dominique Sarron(FRA) Alex Vieira(POR)

1989

• 1 HONDA RVF 750 Dominique Sarron(FRA) Alex Vieira(POR)
• 2 HONDA Shoji Miyazaki, Tadashi OHSHIMA
• 3 YAMAHA Peter GODDARD(AUS) Shingo KATOH

1988

• 1 YAMAHA YZF 750, Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Wayne RAINEY(US)
• 2 SUZUKI Kevin SCHWANTZ(US) Doug POLEN(US)
• 3 KAWASAKI Pierre Etienne SAMIN(FRA) Adrien MORILLAS(FRA)

1987

• 1 YAMAHA YZF 750, Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Martin Wimmer(GER)
• 2 SUZUKI Garry GOODFELLOW(NZ) Katsuro TAKAYOSHI
• 3 YAMAHA John KOCINSKI(US) Kal RAYBORN(US)

1986

• 1 HONDA Wayne GARDNER(AUS) Dominique Sarron(FRA)
• 2 YAMAHA Kevin MAGEE(AUS) MIchael Dowson(AUS)
• 3 SUZUKI Satoshi TSUJIMOTO, Kevin SCHWANTZ(US)

1985

• 1 HONDA Wayne GARDNER(AUS) Masaki TOKUNO
• 2 Mike BALDWIN(US) Dominique SARRON(FRA)
• 3 SUZUKI Kevin SCHWANTZ(US) Gareme Crosby(NZ)

1984

• 1 HONDA RS750R, Mike BALDWIN(US) Fred MERKEL(US)
• 2 HONDA Guy BERTIN(FRA) Dominique SARRON(FRA)
• 3 HONDA Gerard COUDRAY(FRA) Patrick IGOA(FRA)

1983

• 1 SUZUKI GS1000R, Herve MOINEAU (FRA) Richard HUBIN (BEL)
• 2 KAWASAKI, Jean LAFOND (FRA) Patrick IGOA (FRA)
• 3 HONDA, Fred MERKEL (USA) John BETTENCOURT (USA)

1982

• 1 HONDA CB900F, Shigeo IIJIMA (JPN) Shinji HAGIWARA (JPN)
• 2 HONDA Hiroyuki ITOH (JPN) Toshihito YOSHIMURA (JPN)
• 3 SUZUKI, Hisashi YAMANA (JPN) Toshiaki HAKAMADA (JPN)

1981

• 1 HONDA RS1000, Mike BALDWIN (USA) David ALDANA (USA)
• 2 SUZUKI, Pierre Etienne SAMIN (FRA) Jacques LUC (FRA)
• 3 KAWASAKI, Raymondo ROCHE (FRA) Jean LAFOND (FRA)

1980

• 1 SUZUKI GS1000, Wes COOLEY (USA) Graeme CROSBY (NZ)
• 2 KAWASAKI, Gregg HANSFORD (AUS) Eddie LAWSON (USA)
• 3 HONDA, Marc FONTAN (FRA) Herve MOINEAU (FRA)

1979

• 1 HONDA CB900, Tony HATTON (AUS) Michael COLE (AUS)
• 2 HONDA, Ron HASLAM (GBR) Alex GEORGE (GBR)
• 3 HONDA, Shinji SUMITANI (JPN) Toshio ASAMI (JPN)

1978

• 1 SUZUKI GS1000, Wes COOLEY (USA) Mike BALDWIN (US)
• 2 YAMAHA, Isoyo SUGIMOTO (JPN) David EMDE (USA)
• 3 KAWASAKI, Graeme CROSBY (NZ) Tony HATTON (AUS)