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Official Hour Four Results:
1. Kenz JTrust Mojo Suzuki, JSB, 105 laps
2. Team Sakurai Honda 71, SB, -35.053 seconds
3. YSP & Presto Racing, JSB, -1 lap
4. Team Cha-llenger, JSB, -1 lap
5. Wins Factory & Vega Sports, JSB, -1 lap
6. Corona Light TiForce Endurance, SP, -2 laps
7. F.C.C. TSR Zip-FM Racing Team, XF1, -2 laps
8. Team 22 & Tsukigi Racing, SP, -2 laps
9. Weider Honda ATS DDBoys, JSB, -2 laps
10. Suzuki GB Phase One, SP, -3 laps
13. Corona Extra TiForce Endurance, XF1, -3 laps
17. Zongshen Suzuki 2, SP, -3 laps
19. Moriwaki Motul Racing, XF1, -5 laps
35. Project Big-1, XF2, -7 laps
40. Team Little Wing, ST, -10 laps
Out of the race:
Seven Stars Honda 7, SB, crash, mechanical – engine
Zongshen Suzuki 1, SP, mechanical – frame
Moto Liberty Arata-EX & Kiss-FM, XF1, mechanical – engine
Team Sakurai Honda 74, SB, crash
Seven Stars Honda 11, SB, crash
Yoshimura Suzuki GP1 Daxim, crash
Weider Honda ATS DDBoys dropped from the overall lead, at one point, to ninth due to a problem with rear-wheel quick-change hardware. The team feels the problem, which slowed them on two pit stops during the race, is completely fixed, according to translator Nobuatsu Aoki.
Proton Team KR MotoGP rider Aoki is at the race supporting his older brother Haruchika, who is racing with Weider Honda ATS DDBoys.
Heat Magic by Wins Factory had worked up to 14th overall after three hours, but one crash dropped the JSB team back to 49th overall.
F.C.C. TSR Zip-FM Racing Team, the pole sitters, had problems early-on and finished the first hour in 38th. By the end of the fourth hour they had worked back up to seventh overall and the lead in the X-Formula One class.
Kenz JTrust Continues To Lead Suzuka 8-Hours At Halfway Mark
Kenz JTrust Continues To Lead Suzuka 8-Hours At Halfway Mark
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