TF Sport Corvettes on the rise as the # 81 finishes fourth AT Mount FUJI in Japan

Tom Von Rompuy qualified the # 81 Z06 GT3.R 2nd and held the lead during his 2-hour stint at 3.7- mile Fuji International Raceway about 2 - hours SW of Tokyo.

Teammate Rui Andrade ran in the lead pack before turning the car over to Charlie Eastwood to finish the 6-hour race.

Eastwood fell to 7th when Jules Gounon mis-judged his braking zone and crashed his # 35 Alpine Hypercar into Eastwood. 

A bittersweet irony for Corvette fans as Jules piloted this monster # 88 1979 ex-Mo Carter IMSA Corvette to victory at the 2015 HSR Daytona Classic 24.

Eastwood charged back 3 places to grab 4th in the closing 30 minutes and finish on the lead lap. 

Hiroshi Koizumi qualified the # 82 Z06 GT3.R 7th, and he too ran among the leaders until the car failed to re-start during a scheduled pit stop.

The team lost 10 laps changing the starter and then with Daniel Juncadella at the wheel the car lost power, stopped running and was retired on lap164 of the 194 laps completed by the class winner.

Thomas Flohr, Francisco Castellacci and Davide Rigon rejoice at winning the LMGT3 race in their # 54 AF Corse Ferrari 296.

Aliaksandr Malykhin, Joel Sturm and Klaus Bachler settled for 2nd, clinching the WEC series championship in # 92 Manthy Porsche 911 GT3.

 The TF team carries momentum going into the Bapco Energies 8 - hour race at Bahrain on Nov 2-3.

Photo credits Corvette Racing, Larry VanScoy