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World Superbike entry list for 1997
By Dan Moakes
April 2 2006
1997 leading World Superbike entries:
| no. | rider | entrant | bike |
| 2 | Aaron Slight NZL | Castrol Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 3 | John Kocinski USA | Castrol Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 4 | Carl Fogarty ENG | Ducati Corse AD-VF | Ducati 916 R |
| 9 | Neil Hodgson ENG | Ducati Corse AD-VF | Ducati 916 R |
| 5 | Miguel DuHamel CAN* | American Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 6 | Simon Crafar NZL | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-7 |
| 8 | Akira Yanagawa JAP | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-7 |
| 7 | Pier-Francesco Chili ITA | Gattolone Racing Team | Ducati 916 |
| 11 | Mike Hale USA | Team Suzuki World SBK | Suzuki GSX-R |
| 12 | James Whitham ENG | Team Suzuki World SBK | Suzuki GSX-R |
| 13 | Andreas Meklau AUT* | HPB Promotion/BLM Ducati Austria | Ducati 916 |
| 14 | James Haydon ENG | Team Gio.Ca.Moto | Ducati 916 |
| 14 | Makoto Suzuki JAP** | Team Gio.Ca.Moto | Ducati 916 |
| 15 | Piergiorgio Bontempi ITA | Kawasaki Italy Bertocchi | Kawasaki ZX-7 |
| 17 | Pere Riba Cabana ESP | White Endurance Team | Honda RC45 |
| 21 | Jochen Schmid BRD* | Team Green Kawasaki Deutschland | Kawasaki ZX-7 |
| 22 | Scott Russell USA | Yamaha World Superbike Team | Yamaha YZF |
| 41 | Noriyuki Haga JAP*** | Yamaha World Superbike Team | Yamaha YZF |
| 42 | Chris Walker ENG*** | Yamaha World Superbike Team | Yamaha YZF |
| 45 | Colin Edwards USA | Yamaha World Superbike Team | Yamaha YZF |
| 31 | Igor Jerman SLO | Team MD Depala Vas | Kawasaki ZX-7 |
| 34 | Tamaki Serizawa JAP* | Suzuki | Suzuki |
| 37 | Keiichi Kitagawa JAP* | Suzuki | Suzuki |
| 38 | Katsuaki Fujiwara JAP* | Suzuki | Suzuki |
| 40 | Michael Rutter ENG* | V&M Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 51 | Udo Mark BRD*# | Team Suzuki Deutschland | Suzuki |
| 52 | Troy Bayliss AUS* | Ansett Air Freight Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R |
| 52 | Jirí Mrkývka CSK*# | ? | Honda |
| 57 | Giorgio Cantalupo ITA# | M.C. Augusta Praetoria | Ducati |
| 73 | Anton Gruschka BRD# | Bauer Racing Germany | Yamaha |
* leading wildcard rider / selected rounds
** replacement rider
*** substitute rider
# Mark also raced numbers 64 and 53
# Mrkývka also raced numbers 56, 61, 68 and 57
# Cantalupo also raced numbers 52, 63 and 51
# Gruschka also raced numbers 54, 59 and 52
Mark, Mrkývka, Cantalupo and Gruschka were competing in the European series
With grateful thanks to Phil Wain of RealRoadRacing.com
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