{"id":14055,"date":"2014-09-29T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=14055"},"modified":"2014-09-29T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:50:08","slug":"evan-beaulieu-finishes-13th-oxford-plains-pass-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/09\/evan-beaulieu-finishes-13th-oxford-plains-pass-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Beaulieu Finishes 13th in Oxford Plains PASS Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Lindsay Ellison Photography<\/p><\/div>\n

Oxford, ME \u2013 Evan Beaulieu drove his #56 Hancock Lumber Chevrolet from the 20th starting spot to finish 13th in his first race at Oxford Plains in a Super Late Model.\u00a0 In the longest race the 21 year old driver has run, the race only had three cautions with a green flag run going for over 90 laps, making it tough to pick up spots as the 36 car field spread out around the 3\/8th mile track.\u00a0 After what has been a disappointing sophomore season, Beaulieu was thrilled to leave Oxford Plains with the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up watching these guys race here, so just to be a part of it is really special to me,\u201d Beaulieu said after the race, \u201cI wanted a top ten, and we were there towards the end but by the time the yellows flew at the end there I had used up my right rear and I was fighting grip pretty bad on those restarts.\u00a0 We still had a great finish though and for our first actual PASS race, I\u2019m proud of that effort.\u201d
\nBeaulieu started tenth and after getting shuffled back in his heat race, he wound up finishing seventh while only the top six advanced into the show, leaving the rest to run the consolation race. Beaulieu started on the pole of the 15 lap \u201cconsi,\u201d and lead the whole way to win, and giving himself a 20th place starting spot in the stacked 36 car Super Late Model field.<\/p>\n

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Right from the start, Beaulieu was shuffled back to 25th on the outside before he was able to fall in line.\u00a0 Pacing himself early, Beaulieu was able to get up to 18th by the time the first yellow flag flew on lap 37.\u00a0 From there, Beaulieu got a real test as the field paced around the track under the warm 80 degree weather for over 90 laps.\u00a0 Beaulieu was able to work his way through some traffic as the field got spread out, and kept on the wheel.\u00a0 Just past lap 100, Beaulieu fell a lap down as the race leaders were setting a blistering pace, but Beaulieu was still racing for a top ten finish when the yellow flag flew again at lap 131.\u00a0 From there, Beaulieu was reporting his car was too loose and he thought his tires were going away on him.\u00a0 He was able to hold on and finish the race in the 13th position, an excellent result for his first race at Oxford Plains.<\/p>\n

After reflecting on his season, Beaulieu is looking forward to putting 2014 behind him on a good note, and rebuild for 2015. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a really tough season, but I believe it\u2019s made us all stronger,\u201d Beaulieu said of his season, \u201cWe\u2019re all still learning, this race was a lot of fun and I\u2019d really like to run more tour races next year, but it will take sponsorship to make it happen and we will hard at that over the offseason. I can\u2019t thank my great team, my supporters and our partners for sticking with us this year; we\u2019re going to have a great 2015 season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep updated on Evan Beaulieu and the Beaulieu Racing team during the 2014 season on Twitter (@ebeaulieu56), on Facebook (facebook.com\/ebeaulieu56<\/a>) and on his all new website at www.evanbeaulieu.com<\/a>.\u00a0 The new Evan Beaulieu online store is also up on shop.evanbeaulieu.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford, ME \u2013 Evan Beaulieu drove his #56 Hancock Lumber Chevrolet from the 20th starting spot to finish 13th in his first race at Oxford Plains in a Super Late Model.\u00a0 In the longest race the 21 year old driver has run, the race only had three cautions with a green flag run going for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[878,13,3,1268,4],"tags":[86,61,1331],"class_list":["post-14055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-race-tracks","category-oxford-plains-speedway","category-pass","category-slm","category-latest-touring-news","tag-evan-beaulieu","tag-ops","tag-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14057,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14055\/revisions\/14057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}