Racing is my life, nothing more I would want to do in my life but drive a car around a track 100s of times at speeds that most will never reach. I am a two time champion at the Richmond Karting Speedway (formerly the Richmond Raceway) in Richmond, ME, and that track is pretty much what I've called my home, many friends there, all mean alot to me. I'm pretty sure that you know the real me once you see me at a racetrack, I'm very laid back at the race track and talk to just about everyone and play pranks more often than not. I'm not the Evan I am at school that I am at the track. I feel like I'm a very good driver myself, I believe in my ability and feel like I can go far. I've been known to be very cocky at times, but c'mon, when someone asks you if your gonna win you gotta say yea I am. But I'm a pretty good guy to be around and am not really the cocky guy most people see me as.

 I started driving karts when I was around 8 out in my backyard, and when I turned 10 I started running at Maine Indoor Karting, quickly adapting to karts. In 2004 I started running at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in their SMKI kart racing division, I started 7 races and only got one top 5. In '05 helped my dad take a big part of reopening the Richmond Raceway, and I picked up my first 10 wins racing against former kart champ Ben Ashline. Ben ended up getting the title though as I had to settle for second and rookie of the year. I have to thank Ben for being a great mentor and friend to me over the years, he taught me just about everything I know, and I think I taught him a thing or two in that year we got to race against each other, it's still cool hearing people tell me they still talk about me and Ben racing in '05 at their dinner table, and how no matter what happened on the track we were very respectable towards each other off the track.

In 2006 my dad and I captured a series high 13 wins in the BC Animal divison and a division high 17 wins in the Jr. Animal, running against a full field of karts each week. Got the 2 championships and I was Most Popular Driver. In 2007, we had a bit of a struggle, failing to be competitive early on, but we ended on a high note, winning our first race in the last race of the season in dominating "Nitrous Beaulieu" style. 2nd place in the NE Pavement Series points and started and finished my first Legends Car race at Wiscasset Speedway.

In 2008 we accomplished alot, we got our first heat victory at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in the Legends National Qualifier, and went on to be the highest finishing Semi-Pro in the race. We also finished 7th in the NELCAR points, while missing the races at Oxford Plains Speedway due to age restrictions. We got a best finish of 4th at Unity Raceway and had many strong runs, and led alot of laps but had trouble sealing the deal, in 2009 we will have to work on that. In the kart races we ran, we won 4 of 5 times at Oxford Plains, and in the races he ran at Richmond Karting Speedway, we won one Animal and three Sr. Sportsman races, including the year ending Pave-Tek 600.

I'd like to thank my great sponsors, Hancock Lumber, Beaulieu Construction, COPP Excavating, Fast Track Racing Products and Nitrous Designs for a great 2008. Visit 56racing.com to view more about our winning team!

ABOUT THE DRIVER:
Name: Evan Beaulieu
Age: 16
Hometown: Durham, ME
Racecar #'s: 56
Family: Mom - Lesha, Dad - Todd, Sister - Becca, Dog - Maddy, Cat - Tiger

RACE RESUME:
Years Racing: 5
Career Wins: 57
Championships: 2
Tracks Raced At: Beech Ridge, Richmond, Sugar Hill, Victory Lane, Unity Raceway, Lee USA Speedway, Oxford Plains Speedway, Wiscasset Raceway, Pomfret Raceway, Londonerry Raceway, Poughkeepsie Speedway, Rt. 106 Racepark.

STATS BY SEASON:
2004: Animal at BRMS, ran 7 races and got one top five.

2005: Jr. Animal at Richmond Raceway, 10 wins, 2nd place in points, Team of the Year and Rookie of the Year; won at Kingfield and 3rd in first Kart Klash at Oxford

2006: Jr. Animal at Richmond Raceway, 17 wins and Championship,
Animal at Richmond Raceway, 13 wins, Inaugural Animal Clash winner and Championship.
Won Jr. Animal at Kingfield, and got 3 wins at Sugar Hill Speedway

2007: Ran NorthEast Pavement Series, 2nd in points with one win.
Ran Richmond Raceway and ended up 5th in points with partial schedule, won Dash For Cash in Animal, and the Pepsi 500 at Richmond.

2008: Nelcar Legends Rookie Year, ended up 7th in final points, TNT Rookie of the Year and Semi-Pro Maine State Champion.
Partial Kart Schedule: Won 3 times at Oxford Plains Speedway in 5 races, 3rd in year ending Kart Klash
Got a win in the VLK Winter Blast Series, taking home 2nd place in points
Won 4 races in Unrestricted Flathead at Richmond Karting Speedway in 6 races, and won one race in Animal out of three.

2009 plans: Run for championship in the NELCAR Legends Car Tour and run big races in the karts, and try to get that win in the Sr, Sportsman Dash For Cash after having it slip away in 2008.
 Partial Kart Schedule:  2 races at VLK so far with a win in both in Sr. Champ.
Made both features in Providence, RI through heats, and finished 15th (accident) and 8th in our first attempt at a big race like that.

OTHER INFO:
Favorite Tracks: Richmond Karting Speedway, Beech Ridge Motorspeedway
Favorite Local Drivers: Mike Rowe, Johnny Clark, DJ Shaw, Ricky Rolfe, Corey Morgan, Ben Ashline
Favorite NASCAR Drivers: Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Favorite Memory in Racing: Getting that first heat win in the legends car and seeing my dad's smile of appreciation for making it that far.
Favorite Food: CheeseBurgers, Mac and Cheese, Pizza
Favorite Drink: NOS Energy Drink, Mountain Dew
Favorite Bands: AC/DC, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Nickelback, Metallica, Shinedown, Disturbed, lots more.
Favorite Songs: Back In Black - AC/DC, Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen, Devour - Shinedown
Favorite Shows: The Simpons, LOST, Seinfeld, Mainely Motorsports, anything racing
Favorite Movies: Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights, Top Gun
Favorite Things to do besides racing: Race online, Designing anything to do with racing, playing my guitar, snowmobiling, jet skiing, talking to girls, working on karts and cars, listen to music and beat Bobby at any competitive thing we can think of.

Check out my Interview on MaineRacing.com

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