Evan Beaulieu took part in the 9th Annual DT100 race at Maine Indoor Karting in Scarborough, Maine this past weekend, a charity event raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation. The event brings over 100 of the best drivers from throughout the Northeast and as far south as North Carolina to compete against each other for charity and bragging rights. The event raises over $30,000 for Make A wish and has raised over $200,000 over t he first eight years for the Make A Wish Foundation.
While it’s a charity event, to the drivers it’s their first chance to get back on the track and compete against many other drivers that they normally wouldn’t have a chance to race against, as this race brings together many different drivers from different driving disciplines. The event is split into four different divisions broken up by weight. Evan was the third lightest in his weight class, and started last for his heat race. By lap four, Evan weaved his way through the field and grabbed the race lead. Evan drove away and grabbed the heat win, giving him an automatic starting spot in the A Main.
After a redraw of positions before the feature, Evan drew the pole position and started first in the 25 lap feature event. Evan ran the fastest laps early, but had to survive through three restarts with the rest of the field fighting to grab the top spot. Evan lead every lap however, and drove away with his first DT100 victory!
“This is such a great event and I’m just honored to take part of each year,” Evan said after the event, “they reminded us in the drivers meeting that there was a kid that was supposed to be here but couldn’t because of his issues, so it puts things into perspective for sure. It’s great to help this event and do the website for them to get more donations and play a small part in this, I can’t thank the entire staff enough for all they do for this event. It’s a blast for us drivers to go out and race against different drivers we normally don’t compete against, and to win one of these is very special.”
Evan’s season has gotten off to a great start. After taking a year off, he will be back at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in the Pro Series division driving a new chassis from Dale Shaw Racecars. The season starts on May 27th at the only NASCAR sanctioned race track in the state of Maine. We are still actively searching for marketing partners for this season, please contact Evan at Evan@nitrodesigns.net for more information. See you at the race track this season!