2008 Season
Legends Car - NELCAR Legends Tour
Karting at Oxford, Richmond, 106 and VLK
Hop in and drive

Evan gave the fans something else to cheer about this weekend, as he always does at the Richmond Karting Speedway. Arriving to the track to work, Todd Jackson asked him to pilot the 9 mini cup car that is usually driven by Robert Patten, as he was in Las Vegas for the weekend, Evan agreed and ran the practice and went straight out for the race after that, with nothing done to the car but extra padding and blocks on the pedals so Evan could reach. Racing in only his first Mid Coast Mini Cup race, Evan drew the pole on his birthday and would start in the front. During the 100 lap feature, Evan would lead all the way up to around lap 65 when the 55 of Larry Marshall got into the back of Evan coming out of turn two, and turning him. After numerous failed attempts to get a lap in, the field finally did and Evan went right to the front once again and pulled away and kept the champion Marshall in his mirror while the 55x of Santina Snow ended up third. "Awesome, just awesome, didn't even change a thing and we went out and ran like that, this car was set up good and I had to really drive it and Larry wasn't giving it to me, gotta thank Todd and Mr. Patten for letting me drive this car today, what an awesome win," Evan concluded after the race. Evan is racing this weekend at Rt. 106 Racepark on Sunday, with practice and qualifying on Saturday. Come on over and support team 56!


They knew we were fast

The 2nd Annual Dash For Cash at Richmond Karting Speedway was held this past Saturday, October 11th, and it was the biggest purse for a kart race in Maine, $1000 to the winner. EMB Motorsports had two drivers in the race, Evan Beaulieu driving the 56 Blaze Octane and Kendall Curit piloting the 48 Inferno Champ Kart. The day started with practice where both karts were fast early on with Evan running down anything he could find and once Kendall got a heat cycle on his tires he was going just as good. There were 20 karts at the track there, and the field was to be set by two heat races and a 'consi' race, each consisting of ten karts. For the first two heats the top five would get into the race while the remaining ten would run the consi to determine the rest of the field, Kendall started third in the first heat while Evan would start last in tenth in the same heat. Evan drove up to fifth while Kendall held the fourth spot, and that's the way they end it as Evan held of DJ Shaw to get both karts into the race through their heats and they would start seventh and ninth. Race time came around and once the green waved on the 100 lap feature, it didn't take long before Evan was up to the front, at the first caution at lap three, Evan was already up to the fifth spot. While there was a slew of cautions that slowed the pace numerous times, Evan rode behind the 11k of Tyler King and the 55 of Ryan Hewins for most of the first half of the first 50 laps. With a pit stop coming around lap 30, Evan rode in 5th and fought his way back to the front after. It would take Evan until lap 44 to take command at the front of the field as he passed Hewins for the lead. At the halfway break Evan held the lead while Kendall quietly rode in 5th. On the restart Hewins took the lead but Evan fought right back to the lead, and led for pretty much the entire second half, even when he got shuffled back to fifth on a restart, but Kevin Hutchens got together with DJ Shaw for the lead and Evan drove through the wreck and emerged as the new leader. Evan led from that point and had a half track lead until a caution flew with two laps to go for the 42 of Stephen Morsillo spinning on the frontstretch. Meanwhile Kendall's day ended early, as he got together with Ryan Ripley and broke the left rear hub off the kart with three laps to go. On the final restart Evan got a jump, and had the lead when the white flag flew when King pulled a move on Evan going into turn one and slammed Evan up the track, forcing Evan to settle for a 3rd place finish after coming so close. "I mean, he drove me off the track basically, congrats to him and the King family, but that ain't a way you win a race," Evan concluded after the race, "He could of at least tried to pass me clean, but he didn't, and I lost all respect for him, but damn, this 56 kart was fast all day and I gotta thank my dad for putting such a great piece underneath me." But under the circumstances, Evan and Todd handled themselves like proffesionals, and congratulated the King family. While not exactly what they were hoping for, Evan and Todd got $200 out of it and the race overall went well, with Evan ending up third and Kendall ending his day in 11th. That will conclude the 2008 season, with the next schedule race for EMB Motorsports in Febuary for the Winter Nationals down in Orlando, FL. Keep checking back here though for updates, including an all new layout for the website in 2009. Hope to see you in '09!

Back in Black once again

One of the biggest kart races in New England, the PaveTek 600, the final points race at the Richmond Karting Speedway. Evan and Todd Beaulieu knew what it took to win this race, they had already done it twice before when it was under the Pepsi 500 name. When they unloaded Saturday morning, they had one fast kart, but it wasn't just Evan behind the wheel of an EMB Motorsports kart, Kendall Curit, who ran in the Animal division in 2006 against Evan, was behind the wheel of the 56 Inferno Champ for the Animal division while Evan piloted his 56 Blaze Octane in the Sr. Sportsman class. Kendall drove the makeup race for experience on Saturday while Evan focused on scoring at the track and not ruining a chance at the big show on Sunday. Kendall ran a good clean race and ended up third in the race. Qualifying for the PaveTek 600 was immediatly after qualifying, and Evan showed that he had the kart to beat, taking the pole position with a time of 11.001, Tyler King qualifyed second. In the animal class Kendall qualified 3rd with a 11.342 second lap. Once raceday came around, the team knew they had something special. When the Sr. Sportsman race went green, it was all Evan up front in the 80 lap feature. While running with the lapped karts though he was passed by the 11 of Tyler King, but Evan got back around him as the two traded the lead until the end of segment two. When the drivers got out of the karts Todd Jackson interviewed Evan at the halway point, "Well, it's been a great race so far, Tyler's impressed me this is only like his third race in this division and he's ran me clean and we are having fun, I wasn't running lapped karts too hard I didn't want Almon to go a lap down he's a good friend of mine but once Tyler got to me I just had to go, but hopefully we can stick it out for the rest of this." When the green flew again Evan got a lousy start and went back to fourth, but while caution after caution came out, Evan worked his way back to the bumper of King and took the lead with about ten laps to go and set sail to take the win! "We just gotta do this is in the dash and we'll be all set," Evan said after the race. NEXT SATURDAY, is the 2nd Annual Dash For Cash, $1000 to win in the Sr. Sportsman class, and you know the 56 team will be a force to be reckoned with. Come out and support team 56 and Richmond Karting Speedway!

Not how we wanted to end this..

The Nelcar Legends were back to the Unity Raceway this past weekend for the final points race for the Nelcar Legends Series. Evan had no shot at the title after missing the Oxford races this season, but he wanted a win to end out the season. In the one and only practice for the day, Evan was fast right off, just as he was the last time the series went to Unity. "I'm pumped for the race, we got a fast car, we got a shot at winning," Evan said prior to the race. The heat race would begin, and Evan drove from his eighth starting spot to fourth in the first two laps, until Evan felt a vibration in the car, and almost went off the track as he brought the 56 Hancock Lumber machine back into the pits. The bolts holding the driveshaft had loosened, and it would've been worse had Evan not bring the car in. With the help of great people like Rick, Bob, Terry and Ed, they got it fixed just before the feature. Evan started eighth again, and quickly made a bid to the front. While running with the 33 of Alan Smith for the fifth spot, he made contact with the left side of Evan's car and send Evan off into the dirt off the backstretch, sending Evan for a spin. No caution came out and Evan quickly got back on track, but wasn't able to make up any ground, ending up a lap down in sixth. The season is now over and Evan finishes seventh in the final points. We'd like to thank our great sponsor Hancock Lumber for their support throughout the season. Along with Copp Excavating, Fast Track Racing Products, Beaulieu Construction and Short Track Sim. We are just getting started and 2009 will be quite a year!

What an improvement

The last time the Nelcar Legends Car Series came to Lee USA Speedway, the 56 team struggled to find the handle on the car. With tonights card including two features, the team came in trying to prove they can be fast anywhere. In practice the car lacked front grip so they switched tires, hopefully helping the handle on the 56 car. During the first feature Evan started on the pole, but quickly fell back in the pack with the car not wanted to get out of the corner at all, and with the long straightaways at Lee it was going to be a challenge. Evan would end up ninth in the first feature. But the team as always showed their determination to improve, crew chief Todd Beaulieu made an adjustment in the rear end, and what a difference it made. Evan once again started on the pole alongside the 7 of Patrick Stewart, but instead of going nowhere he went somewhere! Pulling out to a half a straightaway lead early on until a caution on lap three slowed the field. This set up for the dominator at Lee, Shaun Buffington to start on the outside of Evan. When the green flag flew Buffington took off with Max Zachem in tow, but Evan just hung back in third just waiting for something to happen and learning alot from the two veterens. The 18 of Tom Gray got around Evan around the halfway point and it looked like the 56 team was going to get a solid fourth place finish until a caution with two laps to go came out. That set Evan on the outside for the restart and after getting a good start, couldn't get to the bottom as Charlie Buxton and Bob Weymouth got around him, while Evan had to settle for sixth. "We had a great car, I was learning alot running with Zachem and Buffington and when Gray got to me I knew he was faster than me so I just let him go while we had a good distance on fifth, but all in all we had a great day we improved alot, and man I'm excited for Unity next week, we were fast there last time probably had a car capable of winning, just need to piece it all together to get it," Evan said after the race. That's right the series is back at Unity next Friday night! Come on down and support team 56 as they try to get to victory lane for the first time.

From worst to just about first

Oxford Plains Speedway was the host for the racing on Friday night, August 22nd, for the annual Kart Klash, the final kart race at the track. Evan and Todd were back after dominating the track the last couple times they had ran. With just two practice sessions, Evan ran probably five laps in the first one and pulled the kart in and was done for the rest of practice. The schedule for the race did not include a heat race, and just like the last time Evan raced there, Evan drew last place in the 14 kart field. Last time he finished third and tonight he was looking to improve on that finish. The race began and right from the start Evan was fast, but on the second lap, a spinning kart slammed into the right front of Evan's  kart, and while riding around under caution the clutch guard flew off, but Evan would continue. Green flag flying again Evan flew to the front but once again was slowed by caution. Once the caution was over the green flag flew but another kart spun on the start, and Evan had nowhere to go, as he T-boned the kart and collected the 22 of Dan Pelletier. But Evan once again got the kart back going and would restart in the back. On the next green flag Evan had to run his kart into the grass to avoid a wreck, finally pulling off the nose of his kart, but Evan didn't stop. On the next and to be final green flag run, Evan went around the field and was looking real strong, passing the 88 of Andy Field and the 8 of Dave Farrington and set his sights on the leader, the 70 of Tyler Braunsweig. Going for the lead with three to go, the 56 kart started sputtering,  the kart was out of gas, but Evan would hold on to finish second. "We had an awesome kart my dad does a great job setting this kart up, we just couldn't stay out of trouble, but going for the win at the end is pretty impressive even to me  but that is why you never give up until the checkered flag flies," Evan said jubiantly after the race. Evan would like to  congratulate the 70 Tyler Braunchsweig on his win in the Kart Klash.

Piecing it back together

Richmond Karting Speedway wasn't originally on the schedule for team 56 this past Sunday, August 24th, but when Todd rolled into the track with the trailer on the back, Evan talked him right into repairing the kart after the Kart Klash and running the race as a test for the end of the year races. That's what they did, stitching the front nose back together with wire ties and duct tape, Evan's kart was ready to race once again.  But the kart didn't take a single lap before practice, so they didn't really know what they were up against. During the heat Evan went from the second starting spot and  flew to the front, and just pulled away with the win in front of the 87 of Tate Hodgdon. Although he won the heat, Evan would have to start at the rear of the field in the Sr. Sportsman feature due to the fact that he won the last race he ran with the division. So from the 12th starting spot Evan pulled behind points leader Willie Pelotte as he pushed him to the front of the field. Not many cautions slowed the duo either. But as the got the third spot, Evan went around Willie to take third, and towards the halfway point, Evan went  three wide on Hodgdon and the 70 of Tyler Braunchweig, taking the lead with the pass going into turn one. FOr the rest of the race it was Evan leading until about eight laps to go when Hodgdon took the lead back and Evan fell back to second. Going for the lead with two laps to go, Evan couldn't get him and gave into third place Willie Pelotte, giving Evan third at the end of the race. "Well, for just piecing this kart back together, we did good, but we need to find something to beat the 87," Evan said with a laugh, "And then when Willie  got to my inside I told him at the beginning of the race I wasn't going to hurt his point chances, but we ran well and we'll have something for them in the Dash at the end of the year."

Nights Like This are Frusturating

The EMB Motorsports crew unloaded at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this past Thursday, August 21st for the next to last race on the Thursday Night Thunder schedule. Evan Beaulieu, behind the wheel of the 56 Hancock Lumber Chevy was quick right from the get go in practice, being one of the top five cars in the only practice for the night. Racing would begin with Evan starting the race from the eighth starting spot. As the field in front of him spread out three wide in front of him, Evan was up to fourth by lap two and running behind the 4 of Adam Polvenin as the 23 of Chris Seavey and the 20 of Max Zachem lead. Evan worked Polvenin hard the whole race, trying to get around him anyway he could, but Polvenin wasn't letting up. That's how it went the whole race until the final lap when Evan finally got a good run on Polvenin, but down the backstretch he cut Evan off, forcing Evan off the track and the 9 of Russ Nutting got into him as well. Ending both of their runs. "It's real frusturating, the whole race he was chopping me and mirror driving, and we work hard the whole race and to have that happen on the last lap is just frusturating," Evan said after the race. Next Thursday  the series is back at Beech Ridge for the final time of '08 on Thursday, August 28th. Come out and support the 56 team!

Just got behind

The team rolled into Beech Ridge again this past Thursday, August 14th, with hopes to improve as they have weekly. With a 20 car field with drivers from anywhere between Connecticut all the way up to Ontario, Canada, Evan and Todd were ready to show what they had. And with the support of their biggest fans, Annie and Danielle, it was going to be a great night of racing! In practice, the track was pretty wet from the rain that dropped earlier, so Evan had a real hard time figuring out what the car was doing, but right before the race, Todd suggested a tweak. It was race time and at the drop of the green flag Evan took off from his sixth starting position, just to miss a wreck coming out of turn two that brought out the first caution. Evan would restart in sixth again, but this time not as good as he got a real bad start and dropped as far as 12th in the running order. In the next five laps though, Evan worked his way up to ninth and rode there with a very fast racecar but just couldn't make up the time he lost earlier, as he wound up ninth. "I'm pretty excited about how fast the car was tonight, it was real good and it went where I wanted it too and here at the Ridge that's very important," Evan said after the race. Due to the cancellation of this weekends race at Wiscasset, Evan's next ride in the car is next Thursday night once again at Beech Ridge. Come support team 56!

Knocking down a few trees along the way

Back at Wiscasset Raceway, and the result, well wasn't exactly great. The 56 team unloaded and the car was fast from the start. After a long rain delay, the action on the track finally began. Heat racing started and Evan started fourth and quickly made up ground and settled right behind the battle for the lead between the 10 of Ed Getty and the 99 of Charlie Buxton. That's the way it ended, as Evan had to settle for third. In the feature, Evan once again started fourth. Evan got a good jump on the start but Buxton spun around in turn two and slowed the pace again. On the next restart, Evan fell back to fifth, but quickly marched his way back up to second behind Getty. He wasn't able to keep up with Getty's blistering pace but he did stay in second until the 20 of Max Zachem and the 60 of Bob Weymouth got around him and Evan dropped back to fourth. With two laps to go, Getty and Zachem made contact, sending the top three into a spin. Evan went high to avoid the wreck, but due to moisture on the racetrack from the early rain, Evan lost control of his car, and slid off the turn three and into the wet grass down the hill, and slam into the trees. Evan though climbed out of the car and walked up the hill and waved to the fans telling them he was ok. "Rough wreck, just they all spun, and I don't know from there, I saw Bob spin and I knew there would be room up high, but the car just lost all control and I went off," Evan said after the wreck, "The car's ok, just looks like the front fender a bit and the bumper is messed up but that ain't hard to fix and we'll be back next Saturday to try again."

Donuts and all

The 56 team was back at the Richmond Karting Speedway this past weekend with the go-kart, one of the few trips the team will make to race the kart. The day started early in practice, as Evan ran only about eight laps in the first, and skipped the next two as the kart was real good. Heat racing began and Beaulieu was on the pole. It was the 14 of Santina Snow though that go the lead going into turn one as Evan's kart did not have a very good starting gear. But going into turn three on that same lap Evan was back in the lead and set sail as he took the heat win right in front of the 7 of Bobby Timmons who got second. The feature racing was awesome. It started once again with Evan slow on the start and the 18 of Brandon Douglas getting the lead, while Evan dropped all the way back to fourth, but quickly made up the lost ground until a caution came out with Evan sitting second. The field came back to the green flag and Evan finally got a good jump and took the lead on the outside of Douglas. A few cautions and a close call with a couple of lapped karts didn't stop Evan, as he took the win, celebrating with donuts along the frontstretch. "Awesome run by this kart, can't thank my dad enough, we kept the seatbelts on (lol) and the kart was unbeatable today it was just so fast, I can't thank my dad enough and Bill and Roger and the whole staff here for keeping this track great," Evan said after the win. Evan's next appearance in a kart will be for the Kart Klash and Oxford Plains in late August.

Beech Ridge during the day

Evan and Todd were back at it this past Sunday, for the Regional National Qualifier at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The top finishing driver in each division gets a guarantee spot in the Legends National in Elko, Minesotta. The day was calling for rain in the area, but that didn't stop the racing. It started with heat races, after starting third, the 18 of Tom Gray got into the side of the 399 of Bob Weymouth while racing for the lead, giving Evan the lead. Evan pulled out to a full straightaway lead at one point. A late race charge from the 23 of Shawn Buffington was all Evan had to worry about, as he took his first competitive win in a Legends Car. That put Evan on the pole for the feature. The field went green but Buffington got the lead from Evan coming out of turn two. Evan rode there for the next few laps, until the 10 of Ed Getty went around him along with the 20 of Max Zachem. A late race caution for the 7 of Patrick Stewart put Evan in fourth for the restart. Zachem had a problem with his shifter and slowed tremendously, allowing the 399 of Bob Weymouth to get by while Evan got around Zachem. A charge from the 27 of Terry Kirk at the end left Evan with a fifth place finish, and the highest finishing Semi-Pro, giving him a guarantee spot in the National if the team decides to go. "I was focused on the big picture more today, just wanted to beat the other Semi-Pro's and that's what we did, car ran good, we got a force for Thursday night," Evan concluded after the race. The series is back in action next Thursday night again at Beech Ridge.

Headed up to Unity

Team 56 went for the long haul this past Friday, for the first time in four years the Nelcar Legends Car Series was back at Unity Raceway. The day started with the heats on the rough Unity racetrack. Evan started fifth and ended up finishing there as well, being caught behind from the start he just never could make it around the guys in front of him although the 56 car was much faster. In the feature, Evan once again started fifth and after a great battle with the 17 of Terry Kirk, ended up a solid fourth. "I'm real excited after today's run to come back here in September, we found a few things this past week and it's really helped the handle on this car, we were fast," Evan said at the conclusion of the race. The next race at Unity is scheduled for September 5th.

Up front and looking good!

Team 56 arrived at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for a beautiful day of racing finally after two weeks of being rained out of Thursday Night Thunder. The action started in practice, as Evan drove the 56 and showed he was a top five contender, passing cars and running fast while being just a little free through the corners, but just how he liked driving it. For the feature of the night, Evan was to start on the pole with the 06 of Dana Reed on his outside. Evan took off with a great start and the 21 of Chris Sargent followed into second. Evan pulled away a bit during that run until the 0 of Dustin Reynolds came around lap ten and got around Sargent. He set his sights on Evan and got around Evan on lap 12. Chris Seavey, Max Zachem and Bob Weymouth also followed bringing Evan back to 5th, right where he would end up at the end of the race. "That was a blast while I was leading, but I wasn't going to ruin it, I raced them clean and gave them all plenty of room when they got to me, and I hope I gained some respect tonight," Evan said after the race. Team 56 will be back next Thursday, hoping to lead some more and improve on their run.

Damn seatbelts

Team 56 was back in action this past weekend at the Richmond Karting Speeday. A full weekend or racing was in store as they brought the kart out once again to have a little fun in the Animal division. Evan was fast early on, with time trials in place for Saturday's races, Evan grabbed the pole! Fast from the start as well as Evan pulled away from the field. But while racing for the lead with the 7 of Bobby Timmons, the two got tangled up with the lapped kart of Santina Snow, knocking Evan's seatbelt out of place and getting wrapped into the chain and braking the chain and guard, ending Evan's bid for a win. "I saw the 14, and I knew I wasn't letting off or going high because the 7 would've gone low so I went low and just got into her, my fault completely, we will be back," Evan explained after the race. Sunday the team was back in action, with the kart fixed the team was fast as ever. Since the field was set by inverted points, Evan once again got the top spot during the heat. Evan pulled away early, but a caution for the 8 of Tucker Lewis bunched up the field for a green white checkered finish. Evan ran the white line and just barely beat Timmons to the line. Feature racing was to begin and Evan pulled away once again, a half track lead crew chief Todd Beaulieu said at one point. Until the right shoulder belt came undone and started dragging on the track. Evan had to pit under caution and get it fixed. Then on the restart the field Evan got behind a bit and had to drive even more to get to the front, in 8 laps he passed the field and was on the bumper of Timmons but Timmons took the checkered flag. "That sucked, time for me to check my belts everytime now. Then on that restart we were never given one to go and that put us way behind. But all in all they knew we were fast and we'll be back," Evan said after the race. Great weekend of racing and Evan would like to thank Bill, Roger, Alicia and all the staff at RKS for making it the best karting track in New England!

No Racing sucks

Hey fans, this is Evan. We've been pretty idle lately, our last four races in the Legends Car have been either rained out or cancelled. You can even count our trip to 106 RacePark, altough we got practice in all day, rains came in later and postponed the show until September. We were fast though, racing against National Champs the 56 was pulling away like it was nothing. We will be having an autograph session this thursday, July 10th, at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway after the races. Come support the 56! Another way to show your support is order a t-shirt. Send me an e-mail at BeaulieuBoy56@yahoo.com for more info on how to get a Hancock Lumber Racing/56 - Evan Beaulieu shirt. We will also be racing Saturday and Sunday this weekend at Richmond Karting Speedway. Come out and see the 56 fly to the front. And don't forget the newly added event, July 25th at Unity Raceway. Thanks again for all your support! See you at the track! - Evan Beaulieu



An exciting run..

The 56 team is getting faster and faster every week, and this past Saturday night at Wiscasset showed it. The 56 Hancock Lumber Chevy with driver Evan Beaulieu was fast throughout practice and was ready to contend for that first top three. When the heats started though Evan had to pull the car in with a broken motor mount. With the help of the great people in the Nelcar pits, Todd and Evan got it fixed and the car was ready for the feature. When the feature went green Evan took off from the fourth starting spot and settled into second behind the 17 of Terry Kirk. Evan ran the apron in one and two trying to find a way around Kirk when the caution flew when the 7 of Patrick Stewart slammed the backstretch wall. When the green flew again Kirk got the jump, but Evan fought back on the outside and grabbed and in the process led his first lap of legends car competition until the 57 of Jason Palmer took them three wide and took the lead as Evan charged to second. Max Zachem in the 20 found his way around to take second and Evan settled into third until about the halfway point. With the car getting looser and looser every lap, it finally went around on Evan coming out of turn two collecting the 399 of Bob Weymouth and heavy damage to the 10 of Ed Getty. The accident left Evan's car with only the oil filter not intact, but the team could not continue on. They will be back next Thursday night at the Beech Ridge Motorspeedway and are going to visit Wiscasset again July 6th to finish their top three run.

TNT Week 2: 14th

TNT, the most exciting racing you can find on a Thursday night. This past week was no exception as the best that Legends cars had to offer was on the plate last Thursday. A flag to flag race which was won by one of the best in the business, Terry T.W. Kirk. Meanwhile, team 56 didn't fare out so well. After starting on the pole and settling in second behind Kirk for a few laps, Evan made a rookie mistake and gave up the bottom again out of turn four and let the 10 of Ed Getty get around him, leading Evan to a 14th place finish with an ill handling car. "The track really threw us a curveball this weekend, we made a few adjustments, one that was a big one, and we still couldn't get the car to roll like we wanted, and I gave up the bottom and learned how bad that is, but I still got eight more weeks to figure it out," Evan said after the race. The series is back in action this Saturday, June 21st at the Wiscasset Raceway!

Guess whos back?

Saturday night and back in the kart at the track that has been Evan's home for years, the newly renamed Richmond Karting Speedway. Evan had not taken to the track since last year in the Dash For Cash, but it didn't show. The day started with the heat race in the Sr. Sportsman class in the unrestricted flathead. Evan darted to the front like a "Man on a Mission," making a three wide through the middle pass and getting into second after just three laps after starting eleventh. After riding in second for a few laps Evan took the lead away from the 88 of Ann Shaw and set sail, but a caution would come out and while riding under yellow, the chain broke on the 56 kart. But thanks to the great teams at RKS, Evan was able to get it fixed under yellow and get back on the track without losing a lap. Evan made one last charge, but could only get the fourth. Feature racing was next and Evan, due to last weeks winner getting thrown to the rear, would start third. He didn't last there long though. After riding behind the 62 of Cameron Creamer for about five laps, he slipped up a bit and Evan got the run underneath and took the lead. After a late race caution and one last charge from Creamer, it wasn't enough to take Evan from scoring win 53 and his 43rd at Richmond. "Well I knew what the 62 wanted and that was for me to slip up in turn one, I was cautionous and once I got out of turn two with the lead I knew we had it," Evan said jubliantly in Victory Lane, "this is awesome, to come back to my home and get a win, I know alot of people like seeing this 56 win, and I didn't let them down." This would be Evan's only race of the weekend as the race on Sunday was rained out. Evan will be back in action at Richmond on Sunday, September 28th for the Pave-Tek 600.

TNT Week 1: 10th

Team 56 arrived to Beech Ridge Motorspeedway for the first time this past Thursday, June 12th to begin the ten week Thursday Night Thunder series. The race started as there is only the one feature race and Evan took off from the sixth starting position and ran fifth for the first few laps until he got loose out of turn four and started to get freight trained to the rear. Dodging a few wrecks and some intense action, Evan wound up tenth out of the seventeen car field.

Finish What We Started

    After the rain delayed races from May 23rd, the 56 team was back to Oxford Plains Friday night in the #56 Kart, picking up right where they left off, being fast! In the make-up feature, due to running his first race at Oxford even though he won the heat, he had to start at the rear once again. He worked his way through the field quickly, taking second on lap four, but by that time the 22 of Dan Pelletier Jr. was already a straightaway away, Evan closed in but could not make up that much ground and had to settle for second. In the heat for the regular racing, Evan got to start on the pole, and led every lap in the heat to take the win! Feature racing time came, and Evan started on the pole once again. He took off at the green flag until a caution on lap 8. On the restart the 50 of Jeff Lillibridge got around Evan on the restart, but his stint at the front didn't last long as Evan passed him right back a lap later, and marched on to a huge lead en route to his first ever feature win at Oxford Plains Speedway! "Pretty cool to come back here and just have some fun and be as good as we were in a kart that hadn't been really touched until last week, just an awesome win and I gotta thank my great sponsor Hancock Lumber," Evan said after the run. Evan is back in the Legends car though this coming Saturday, June 7th at the Wiscasset Raceway! Come on down and see Evan compete with the big dogs in Legends.


That was fast

    Team 56 was back into karting this past weekend, at the Oxford Plains Seedway for the Friday night go-kart races. An issue with drying the track kept team 56 from getting in any practice in their all black 56 kart, and had to start from eleventh for the heat with the kart and motor never taking the track. It wasn't long until Evan figured out though, after contact with the 15 of Kayla Ashline to bring out the first caution, the racing resumed and Evan wasted no time to get to the front, blew by the field in just 5 laps in the 10 lap heat and easily took the win. There were to be no feature racing though that night, as rains came and it is now postponed until next Friday night, May 30th.

Getting faster!

    Wiscasset Raceway, it's what Evan right now is calling his favorite track. After his top ten performance May 17th, why wouldn't he? The day started out bright, with Evan running times just about mirroring the top competitors in practice. Todd was making the right changes to the car and it was coming around. Heat races started with Evan starting from the seventh position. Evan ran a clean race, and wound up sixth in the thirteen car field. Feature races were next, Evan would start fourth, right up at the front. Evan couldn't get his car to handle very well on the bottom of the track so he was forced off the bottom, that proved to be bad as he was running behind the 23 of Chris Seavey, trying to get a run on the inside, couldn't make it happen until the 10 of Ed Getty and the 17 of Terry Kirk got around Evan for the fifth spot and at the checkered flag Evan would come home seventh, his best finish in the Legends car in five races and his best performance as well, running clean right up with the best of the best. Evan now sits eigth in the Nelcar points, but due to an age limit rule, Evan will be forced out of the next event at Oxford Plains Speedway. Evan will though, be running the go-kart this Fridaty night (May 23rd) at Oxford.

Lee USA practice cancelled

    Practice at Lee USA Speedway has been postponed. Next Saturday the 56 team will take to the track for the first time this year in the Legends Car in preparation for the first event of the grueling 26 race Nelcar Legends Car Season that day after on Sunday. Get ready folks 2008 is gonna be a great year!

All-Star lineup set for Winter Blast Race 2

    Febuary 24th the Victory Lane Indoor Karting Series is set to be one of the best races seen in a long time. With an All-Star lineup that includes some of the best drivers in New England. Take a look at the All-Star lineup at Victory Lane Fun.com. So if you want to see some of the best racing indoors and away from the harsh weather, with great specatating areas and with great commentating, be there Febuary 24th at Victory Lane Indoor Karting, located in Portland, ME.


Hancock Lumber to move to Primary Sponsor in 2008

    Hancock Lumber, Maine's leading contractor destination, will continue their relationship with Todd and Evan Beaulieu of EMB Motorsports in 2008, moving from Associate to Primary Sponsor of the #56 Legends Car. Hancock has been sponsoring team 56 since the 2006 season when they grabbed over 30 wins. Here is an image of the car to watch for in 2008!




Never Count Out the 56

    Wow what a weekend for team 56. Back in action during the winter months at Victory Lane Indoor Karting in Portland, ME. The action started on Saturday with practice. This was of course the first opportunity for the drivers to get onto the track. The problems would start early for team 56 as the motor started to bottom out alot in practice, reaching very high rpms around the track. So a gear change was made and they went back out for the second round. No help, the kart ran for a few laps then just wouldn't want to go at all. So Todd and Rick Buxton put a new fuel line and pump into the kart and sent Evan back out. It fixed the problem for the next practice, but it occured again during the last. People were already beginning to write the 56 off the names to beat on Sunday.

    Sunday came and Evan and Todd were back to the track early. In the first and only practice given, the kart was on a rail! Not a problem with the motor at all and Evan was running some good times, but not faster than most. Heat racing time came, and Evan (due to registration) was on the pole. The green flag flew and he didn't look back, as the karts behind him were roughing it up badly, Evan pulled away to a very nice lead and took the checkered flag in the first heat. The second heat followed right after and the field was inverted, and Evan was to start at the rear of the ten kart field. He wasted no time on making his way to the front. Evan cleanly passed by the field and got to the front after a little run in with the 17. Evan once again set sail in the lead and opened it up. With three laps remaining though, Evan made a mistake around the tricky turn four, sliding the kart around the corner as everyone was all day, Evan got on the gas a little too early and took the kart for a half spin doing a great job by saving it from a full spin. Evan got back on the gas quick enough and had a big enough lead to keep the top spot and take the win. "That was no mistake," Evan said jokingly in the pits, "that was for the fans, nobody wants to see me take that big of a lead and just win, gotta make it exciting." Evan of course did no intend on making that mistake, and knew he wouldn't get away with that again.

    Feature racing began and Evan from the pole once again drove the kart to a dominating lead, until the first caution that was with about twenty laps of fifty remaining. Evan's motor bottomed out on the restart and Evan was passed by the field on his way into the pits. Luckily Evan got a caution and after a little while in the pits trying to get it to stop sputtering, Todd just restarted the motor and Evan flew back out of the pits and rejoined the field for the restart as the last kart on the lead lap in fourth. Evan took the first two quickly but it took him longer to get around the 3 of Almon Evans who had made his way to the top spot with a very fast kart. Evan finally was able to catch him and get around in the final laps en route to the finish of his dominate day at Victory Lane. "I got to thank my dad, my crew chief, he really got a perfect setup into this kart and after yesterday and that motor problem in the race people counted us out, but I showed that you never can count out the black 56," Evan said after the race. Evan of course did a polish victory lap around the track, and celebrated on the start/finish line. "I gotta thank all my sponsors, Hancock Lumber, Beaulieu Construction, 56Racing.com, Bo-Mar Transportation, The Durham Get & Go, Short Track Sim, Copp Excavating, without their support we wouldn't of had the dominate kart we did today, this is just awesome." The series will be back in action Febuary 24th, visit Victory Lane's Website to view more about the event, and come down and either compete against us, or support the black 56 as it once again will march to the front!