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Contact Us...
Wolf Direct Racing work purely on individual commissions. We welcome your
ideas and ask you to free your imagination - set no limits. To discuss the
possibilities for your vehicle we ask that you e-mail first.
Send your e-mails to: sales@wolfdirectracing.co.uk
The Company
Wolf Direct Racing was formed initially in late August 2002 by its present owner
as a private individual/sole trader basis to supply a couple of power units for
a friend’s racing Fiat Punto. After a very short period of time word soon spread
about the performance and reliability of these units and further orders came through.
WDR has now experienced some of finest engineering commissions available and with
the wealth of experience from Richard’s 25+ years in the field - from general servicing
of small Fiats to total restorations of 250 GTO Ferrari’s, the engine power plant
development of the Renault Twingo and Clio v6 to installing a twin spark system
on a V12 Jaguar engine for a Hurricane aeroplane replica.
Today WDR has just re-located its entire venture to the brand new Business Park
Premises covering in excess of 10,000 square foot of floor area.
The doors are already open and the company is quite clearly the main “talk of the
town”. No-one in the local area does the same thing as us in any means or form or
on the same scale.
Who are we?
Richard Beaty
 Yeah right! That’s him, honest, but about 1cm taller. Richard (41 years young) trained
at his fathers premises (Forward Engineering) building the cylinder heads and induction
systems for some of the most famous Jaguars on the road and racing. Notably his
time at Forward Richard built the “top end “ of the first Lister XJS’s , twin spark
V12 heads that powered a flying Spitfire replica and many of the first heads and
induction systems to power the infamous V12 Jaguars for TWR. In the early ‘90’s
Richard then moved to France where he rested for some 18 years still continuing
his career in the building of high performance engines for Jaguars , Ferrari’s ,
Lamborghini’s etc.
In 2000 Richard returned with his wealth of experience to the
UK and became co-founder of UAD Motorsports of London and created a reputation for
building fast fiat engines and created the 600m and 500m limited edition Fiats,
better known as pocket rockets that Abarth should have made. After a short break
from the motor trade due to illness Richard was commissioned to build a couple of
engines for a friends Race car and low and behold with the success of these units
Wolf Direct Racing was born. Richard has the moto of “If you cant put your name
to it then don’t do it !” (That should apply to the burgers and cigarettes then
!)
Chris Graver
 Chris (just a couple of weeks old than Richard !), has been associated with the
motor trade most part of his life (we think he helped with the invention of the wheel). After attaining his sales and management qualifications at Norwich City College
Chris went on to forge his career in sales and managements in the East Anglia region.
After several successful years in high street retail Chris’s love for cars came
to the fore and the decision to combine a career with a life long passion was made.
He subsequently strived and reached management level within the Austin Rover Group
where he acquired diplomas and for field/showroom sales and management. The combination
of this experience and knowledge was the eventual running of his own service station
and workshop which incorporated modern and classic car sales
 Rob Booth
Rob is the longest serving member of the Wolf Direct team being with us since 2002
and is also co-director. He is better known by most as the “Magnet” and can usually
be found by the wash tank. Rob formerly made concoctions at Glaxo Smith Kline
in
Kent …
... some think he still does when making coffee. Just don’t ask if he’s got
any biscuits.
Daniel Smith
 Daniel joined the team in November ’08. His job is the day to day running of the
workshop. His claim to fame is being that little kid on Blue Peter for building
a car for the Shell Mileage marathon at only 14!!
Daniel has a wealth of experience
in classic and modern Automobiles having been after sales Manager in a leading Vauxhall
dealership to running his own works restoring classic cars.
Eloise Stone
 Ely (also known as Sam) is the better half of Richard and joined the firm in the
summer of ’08. She is today the main “man” behind our performance cylinder heads.
The picture depicts the moment when Ely was found to have eaten the entire box of
Ferrero choky’s……
Julian Brown
 Julian is our man in the north, he also provides the IT support that keeps the internet
side of our business ticking over. With a career in computers dating back to 1993
he has all the experience any dedicated IT company could need but when he isn't
working on computers he is playing with cars. For the last six years he has been
a regular entrant in the LMA Eurosaloons championship and has brought home more
than the odd trophy to fill our cabinet despite competing with an outclassed production
spec Punto (there's nothing quite like a challenge!)
With the experience in racing Julian provides us with track expertise for testing
and tuition purposes. When you want to learn how to push your car that bit further
on the track or drive it safely on the road this is your man.
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