I’d like to welcome Amsoil Four Seasons Synthetic as a new partner for the 2013 season! We have always used Amsoil products in our Legend Cars, and will continue to in our Super Late Model. Looking forward to working more with Lee Mortenson and putting the great Amsoil products to work.  First will be the Amsoil Brake Fluid, that should fix part of problem we had on the road course a few weeks with the new INEX Wilwood Brakes in the Legend Car. We are still looking for more partners for the 2013 season with the Super Late Model! Please look at our sponsorship proposal for more information.

The racing hasn’t been exactly where we want it. We has a good car last week at Beech Ridge in the Legends Car, but we fought tight throughout the feature event and we ended up fourth after a promising heat race where we drove through the field.

Last Thursday I had my first test in the Super Late Model. Went for a solo spin in my first run, the weight distribution in those cars are A LOT different than what I am used to running the Legends Car. Lot more power as well. Big thanks to Greg Peters and Dan McKeage and the Naughty 40 team, they were a huge help to us at practice and we dialed the car in by the end of the day and I had a good line down. Lot more work to do to be competitive, but we’re up for the challenge. Going to be a great season, I can tell.

The night before my first test however, I was down in beantown to see my current favorite band, Volbeat perform with All That Remains and Eye Empire. What a great show that was! Had a blast with Dan Winter and Derek Jefferson. One thing I did notice however, I’ve been to a lot of concerts up here, but damn the people in Boston are a rough crowd. Here’s a video from the show of their new song, The Hangman’s Body Count. If you haven’t heard of Volbeat, I definitely recommend giving them a listen.

Also last week I finished up another semester of college and have one more to go before I earn my degree in Business Management from Central Maine Community College. This past semester was definitely the most difficult, but most rewarding now that’s over.

This past week Nitro Designs has been as busy as ever. Lot of designs to do and websites to get done. Working on one project that I believe will be the next big thing for short track racing.. stay tuned! Here’s a few of the autograph card designs I’ve done this past week. Check out NitroDesigns.net for more information.

Shoutout by the way to Charles Ramsey, this guy saved Amanda Barry and many other children from being locked into that house for the past ten years. He doesn’t want any recognition though, or money, because he works for a living. This guy is as real as it gets and he deserves a big pat on the back. All he does is eat McDonalds and becomes a super hero, saving women. If you haven’t seen the video yet, I’ve attached it below.

Now it’s time for me to sit back, relax and watch some Nascar racing at Darlington! Hoping the 24 car with Jeff Gordon can get a win in his 700th start. Tomorrow Formula 1 is in Spain, and Kimi Raikkonen is starting 4th, much better than he usually does, so he should have a great race. I will leave this blog with the best song off Volbeat’s new album. Thanks for reading, get to your local short track!

And, Happy Mothers Day to my great mom, Lesha! You’ve put up with a ton in my first 20 years, and there plenty more to come in the next 20. Love you!

- Evan

Evan will race at Maine’s premier motorsports facility, the Beech Ridge Speedway, driving for former Beech Ridge track champion Dan McKeage.

He was happy with the results of his first test session in the car Thursday.

“This was definitely a real learning experience,” Evan said.  “It took me a time or two on the track just to get used to the full-size car and the power.  I spun the first time out just trying to figure it all out!  The spatial judgment is also a lot different than in the Legends car.  I just wanted to take my time and get used to it and we felt like we turned some respectable times toward the end of the day.”

His first experience in the Pro Stock has been just one of many things Evan has going on as the green flag gets ready to drop on the Northern USA racing season.

Evan was featured in a front page article in Maine’s Tri Town Weekly newspaper this week.  His graphic design company, Nitro Designs has seen growth this year and he is finishing up his next-to-last Semester at Central Main Community College where he will earn a Business Management Degree in 2014.

“It’s been a lot to juggle,” Evan nodded.  “Plus we’re still trying to hit as many road course races with the Legends car as we can.  But the Pro Stock and Nitro Designs come before that so I don’t know how many races we’ll run with the Legends.  We’ll do our best to hit them all.  I can’t thank Dan (McKeage) and his team enough for all they’re doing for me along with my guys who have been with me in Legends and now help on the Pro Stock.  I think it’s going to be a fun year!”

Click here to see Evan’s article in the Tri Town Weekly

A new race season and a new racing adventure as 2011 Amsoil NELCAR Legends Champion, Evan Beaulieu, changes gears and get behind the wheel of a super late model. “This season we will be racing the 56 Super Late Model at BRMS in the Pro Series for Dan McKeage and the Naughty40 Racing team. This will be my first time driving in a full size car with fenders, and I’m looking forward to the challenge and I know we can succeed in this division just as we have in anything we’ve done.”

Legends and SLM are completely different types of race cars, “The racing will be the biggest difference, with the Legends Cars you can’t just put your fender to someone and move them, you have to have different tricks to do it and execute those tricks perfectly, or you’re in for a world of hurt. In a full size car with fenders, it’s easier to lean on someone and move them and be pushed around, especially where I’m going to be a rookie I don’t expect to get too many breaks. Also, this is the top division in Maine, and everyone there is there to win, they don’t spend the money and work six nights a week on the car to finish second. The competition is what I’m really looking forward to and we need to be on our A game all season to succeed. As far as the two cars are speed wise, the Legends Cars are the next fastest car weekly at BRMS, so it’s not like the speed will be that much different between the two.”

Though Evan, did get some seat time in a late model last season, which will help as he gets behind the wheel of his new SLM. “The only late model I’ve driven is an ACT style car. Those cars are a lot like a Legends Car where a lot of it is “spec”, and it handles like a tank compared to the loose characteristics of the Legends Cars. The wider tire and added horsepower in a Super Late Model I believe will fit my style of driving a lot more, but we will see when we break it out to test next month.”

Evan’s father Todd has been and Evans Crew Chief since he raced in karts and is also making the transition to SLM this race season. “He’s still in charge of setup and our crew, he’s still the lead guy every Saturday night. The great thing about our deal with Dan McKeage is we have the car here at our shop, and we get to work on it and have him as a guide to help us through the learning process, just as we always have when we were working through the ranks. With us, we have always been new to the game, my dad doesn’t have any prior racing experience so we’ve always had to have someone to lean on, Ashline’s, Timmons, Curit and Bubar to name a few in karts, Weymouth and Kirk in Legends Cars, and now McKeage with the SLM. I’m anxious to know all I can about these cars, and even went to a school down south to learn about front end setup and shocks, and I can’t wait to apply some of what we learned to our car.”

Though Evan has done some racing over the winter it is still business as usual as Evan goes class then off to work. “I’ve been keeping myself occupied with going to school at Central Maine Community College to finish up my degree in Business Management. Along with that I’ve been running my own company Nitro Designs and have gotten to meet a lot of new people and have some great deals going forward. Also working at my great sponsor Hancock Lumber in Brunswick as well as building and setting up Legends Cars and working on the SLM. Whenever I get a break I either head to a concert in Portland or go to Maine Indoor Karting with some friends to keep up on my driving.”

Sponsors play a big part of racing, sponsoring the race teams, the race tracks, and the races. “They always do and they always will, this sport has become so money driven that we can’t go week to week without the help of our sponsors. I’ve been fortunate enough to have a great sponsor in Hancock Lumber with me since 2006 in karts, and K&B Auto, my dad with Beaulieu Construction, Amsoil Four Seasons Synthetic, Mainely Motorsports, Moat Mountain and Copp Excavating. We are always looking for other companies to partner with, and I know with my background in motorsports and business that I have a lot to offer any company that works with us to get their name out there. A smart man, Steve Perry, once told me that it’s not what the sponsor can give you, it’s what you can give the sponsor.”

Wiscasset Speedway and Unity Raceway were both closed for part of the season last year, will be open and racing this season. “That’s great to see, those two and Spud Speedway all have had uncertain futures and then Oxford Plains with their new management. I’m really glad to see that all the tracks have found new management and able to continue racing. The racing community needs those tracks, and I hope they all have successful seasons. I’ve known Richard Jordan for a long time since I raced karts back at Kingsfield, and I know he’s a great guy and will be good for Wiscasset to turn that place in the right direction, that place is such a fun track. I’ve gotten to meet Jere Humphrey actually at Wiscasset last year, and he seemed to be a very ambitious guy and that’s what Unity needs to keep afloat. That place does need some revamping, but the track itself is great, I never so much looking forward going there but when we were actually racing, that’s one of the best tracks around because of all the characteristics it has with the bumps and outside line, with a few changes around the track, Jere can hit a home run there.”

You can keep up to date with us this season by visiting EvanBeaulieu.com, liking Evan Beaulieu on Facebook and following him on twitter, @EBeaulieu56.

If you already like my fan page, you may have noticed I have begun doing trivia questions on my page.  Yesterday, I had 70 comments before the right answer was given.  I want to grow that number and grow how many people check out my Facebook page to view our team and partners.  Within the next few weeks, I’ll be doing a contest included in the daily trivia, I will be giving away prizes that will range from gift cards, tickets and Naughty40/Evan Beaulieu merch.  The trivia will include things that interest me, Motorsports and music mostly, or partner trivia, how many of you can tell me when Hancock Lumber was established, or the name of their mascot?  How it will work, is there will be five trivia questions a week (Monday-Friday) and the five names will be in a drawing for the prize at the end of the week.  Hopefully this will take off and we can grow our reach on Facebook.

If you are a company or want to help us with giveaways, I’m more than willing to work with you to get some questions for you as well in the trivia, or even your logo on the Super Late Model.  In the meantime, if you’re left out right now, don’t be. Go check out my Facebook page and give us a like!

Contact
Evan Beaulieu
207-577-1191
Evan@nitrodesigns.net

2013 Marketing Proposal

“We made steady gains last year with this Rage Sr. Champ,” Evan explained before heading south to Providence, “We were really good on the second day last year, but some bad luck and motor troubles kept us out of the feature race.  A lot of it is just getting used to the karts again, they drive a lot different than the big cars, especially indoors with the coke syrup.  I’m pretty confident we’ll have a strong performance this year.”

Evan will be driving the #56 Rage Nitro Sr. Champ sponsored by K&B Auto out of Ellsworth, ME.  The grandstands open at 5PM on Monday, December 31st with racing kicking off with the Sr. Champs and TQ Midgets at 6PM.  Racing is slated to be over by 9PM.  This race is always one of the most exciting of the season, and for just $20, you can bring in the new year with some intense racing action.