The first round of the 2005 season was at Wakefield Park. ( never run this track before) This is a small track with short straights sharp corners and a steep hill. After practice on the Friday the car was strong but lacked speed due to the diff ratio being too high ( we could only use 1st,2nd and 3rd ). On Saturday we had qualifying in the morning and the first race in the afternoon. The car ran at 7,500 RPM all weekend with out any problems, Sunday was race two in the morning and the main trophy race in the afternoon, in all three races we scored points, we packed up and started off home with the car still running and ready for round two.

Round two was at Eastern Creek in March all we did between the first and second round was change oil and filter (our race oil is a special blend supplied by sponsorship from Valvoline Australia). We ran practice, qualifying and the first race with out any problems but on Sunday morning in the second race the car started to misfire and lose power.  We found that the electronic ignition was failing and in the trophy race it stopped only 800 metres from the finish so we had a DNF.

   As parts are hard to get in Australia and import cost so great we decided to fit a locally purchased Crane Cams XR3000 electronic ignition system, and two 45mm Weber carburettors. We then took the car back to Tony Rigoli’s workshop and ran it on the dyno again. This time, after replacing the 40mm chokes, jets and air bleeds we found some more horsepower and torque; 135HP at 7,500RPM’s at the rear wheels. Everybody as over the moon with the performance form such a small amount of modification that had been done to the engine.

Now it was round three at OranPark in June.  There again the car completed qualifying and finished all three races with out any problems. We came back to OranPark for round four in July and the car ran strong in qualifying. Unfortunately young Joe got hit in the rear coming off the bridge by a faster car. We had to do some running repairs so we could race in the first race on Saturday.  On Sunday in the first race we had a fuel pump failure which we  replaced and went on to finish the trophy race.

  We did not enter round five at WakefieldPark in August  as we did not have the rear body panels repaired and painted. We were also waiting for new tail lights. Round six was at Eastern Creek in September which was a great weekend. Now that the 2005 season has finished it’s time to do some more work to improve the car and be ready for season 2006.

Both Joe and I would like to thank all the sponsors that have helped get this little car to the race track and keep it running, We would also like to thank Joe Clemente and his web site Fire breathing Fiats  for letting us to tell our story about such a great little car. 

1st TONY RIGOLI PERFORMANCE:  for his ongoing support and sponsor ship with all the

      engine work and parts he has supplied.

2nd VALVOLINE AUSTRALIA: for their supply and sponsorship of a great oil product that

       has not let us down

3rd ALLIED AUSTRALIA:  distributors of TECUMSEH products.

4th TERRY EDWARDS ENGINE BALANCING: for his excellent work in balancing of our

      engine parts. 

     REGARDS:  from KEITH GRAHAM and JOSEPH MAUCERI

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