Devon Laffin Racing

10/12/2026

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
We are thankful for all the fans, competitors and people who supported us this year and who help keep racing alive!

10/11/2026

🏁 Atlantic Championship Race Recap 🏁

Yesterday we participated in the Atlantic
Championship at Shediac Centre for Speed.

This was a completely new track to us and is totally different to Petty, so we had a lot of figuring out to do in practice.

In first practice, we mostly just wanted to shake the car down so we went out with our exact setup from Petty. This ended up putting the car all over the rev limiter, so it was definitely not going to work for the race.
In second practice, we bolted on 4 bigger tires which helped the car stay off the limiter more and seemed to work pretty good, but we didn’t go for any fast laps as we were still trying to get a good feel for the track.
In the last practice, we finally started to put down some fast laps, the car was pretty loose but still very drivable.

In our heat race we drew a starting position of 3rd, we battled back and forth for a few laps, but ended up finishing the heat in 5th place. We noticed after the race that we had a right front tire leaking at the valve stem and without enough time to change the valve stem or wheel we ended up being able to borrow a good right front from the 77 car (Thank you Donald Neilson). We also made a small air pressure adjustment just before the feature.

In the feature we were supposed to start 5th, but due to 1 car missing the lineup, we were able to move up to 4th. The car wasn’t so great at the start and we ended up falling back to 7th, but just before halfway the car started to come alive and we made our way back up to 5th and eventually 4th after a bit of battling with the 12 car. We were riding around in 4th for quite a few laps but at around lap 60, the car started to fall off which actually turned out to be a cut right front tire and around lap 65 the tire went completely flat and came apart which ended our day. We ended up finishing 9th out of 15 cars.

We didn’t really have any expectations going into this race, we really just wanted to get another track under our belt, but the fact that we were in contention for a top 5 and maybe even a podium in our first time at this track is something we’re really proud of.

This wraps up our 2026 season so now it’s time to tear the car down and get it ready for next year.

Also a huge shoutout to Eldon for towing our car to and from the track, this would not have been possible at all without his help.

And thank you to everyone for your continued support throughout this whole year.

Crew Chief Vanessa
My Dad
My Mom, Aunt and Grandmother who made it to nearly every race this year
My sister
Wayne and Ellen Smith
Petty Raceway
Benith Comfort
Laffin Trucking

Also thanks to the guys at work for making sure our driver got back at a decent time on Friday to get the car ready and loaded up.

10/10/2026

Racing starts at 1PM! 🏁

Registered drivers for the Atlantic Championships as of 8:30pm tonight. Drivers waiting to register are encouraged to do so before midnight tonight at www.centreforspeed.com/registration for a faster entry tomorrow!

10/05/2026

Catch us at the Shediac CENTRE for Speed this Saturday! 🏁
This will be our first time racing anywhere other than Petty, and we're very excited. Hoping to see some familiar faces in the pits and the stands. Come say hi if you see our driver, Devon, or our crew chief, Vanessa 💪

PRO STOCK 100 ADDED

THE ATLANTIC STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO CANADA'S FASTEST 3/8TH MILE - 1 DAY ONLY - SAT, OCT 10th @ 1pm

Friday Practice from 2pm - dusk

Drivers REGISTER IN ADVANCE at www.centreforspeed.com/registration

09/28/2026

💥Petty Season Finale Recap💥
This past Friday, we competed in the Night of Destruction event at Petty International Raceway, which was also our season points finale. We were only 3 points ahead of the 66 car for 2nd place, so we ideally needed to beat them or at least run right behind them in the feature.

We weren’t even sure if our driver was going to be able to make the race after it was pushed up to Friday night due to non racing commitments, but luckily everything worked out and he was able to get there on time.

The event format was shortened which meant we only got a 10 minute practice, and then it was straight to features. In practice we bolted on a brand new left rear tire which wasn’t exactly ideal but we had no time to get any laps on it to break it in before this event. The car was a bit loose in practice, but still manageable.

In the feature race, we lined up 5th right behind the 66. Off the start we got around 1 car but got passed by another car which left us still 5th. After quite a few laps of good hard battling for 4th on the outside of another car, we were able to get by and started to pull away from 5th and 6th. We also started making good ground on 2nd and 3rd. The car was really hooked up for about 10 laps and we were on pace to be batting the 2nd and 3rd place cars by the end of the race.

Unfortunately, with about 7 laps to go, we cut a left front tire, which caused a bad push and in the last few closing laps, it was completely flat making the car basically un drivable. 5th and 6th were able to get back by, but we still managed to limp the car home in 6th place. Not exactly how we’re hoping to end off the season, but that’s just been its luck this year.

With the 66 car finishing in 3rd, and us finishing 6th, that ties us up in points to end out the year. We’re not sure yet what metric they’ll use to break the tie, but to even be battling for 2nd place in points after the year we’ve had is incredible.

This race marks the end of our 2026 season at Petty but it’s not the end of our race season yet, we are planning on getting 1 more race in before the year is over so stay tuned for details on that.

Again, a huge thanks to everyone that makes this possible.

My Crew chief Vanessa
My Family
Benith Comfort
Laffin Trucking
Wayne and Ellen Smith
Petty International Raceway

And a special thanks to Lewis racing #61, Wayne, and Marcel Comeau for helping to prepare the car as we had no time once the race got moved up.

09/23/2026

⭐️ 2026 Mike Steven’s Memorial Recap ⭐️

Last Friday we were at Petty International Raceway for the 13th running of the Mike Steven’s Memorial. It was a great turnout with 15 mini stocks. This event will always be a special for us as it was this race in 2024 where it all began.

The car felt solid in first practice and felt like we had decent speed, but we couldn’t see our lap times as we had forgotten to put the transponder in the car. We attempted to go out for second practice, but just missed out on it after not realising that it was only a 5 minute practice.

In our heat, we lined up 4th and followed the 2nd place car on the outside around the 1st and 3rd place cars. We stayed right on the bumper of the leader all race but just could not get around them.

In the feature, we started 8th and didn’t get the best start. We rode around mid pack most of the race and eventually got up to 6th place. We started making up ground to 4th and 5th place cars, but unfortunately, with about 10 laps, left we corded our right front tire and it caused the car to push terribly in the corners. We tried to hold onto 6th, but got moved out of the way on the second last lap and crossed the line in 7th. After a DQ, we ultimately finished 6th. Definitely not the finish we wanted but it is what it is, at least we don’t have anything to fix before the next race, which feels like a first for this year.

All in all it ,was still a great weekend of racing and hanging out with family. It felt great to just be a fan for the 254 on Saturday.

We’ll be back in action at Petty Raceway this Saturday September 26th for the last race of the season, we’re in a close points battle with 3rd place and we’re only ahead by 3 points so we’ll need everything to go our way to hold onto 2nd.

Again, a huge thanks to our supporters and everyone that helps make this possible:

My Crew chief Vanessa,
My Dad who flew in from Alberta to catch this race,
My sister who flew from Toronto to catch this race,
My Mom, my Aunt and my Grandmother who come to nearly every race,
Benith Comfort
Laffin Trucking
Wayne and Ellen Smith
Petty International Raceway