Braden Langille Returns to Maritime Pro Stock Tour Full-Time with New Sponsor and Renewed Focus (Interview)
Braden Langille’s #26, ready for a first public appearance
April 15th, 2025
After several years of making headlines in Bandoleros and Legends cars, Braden Langille is returning to full-time competition on the Maritime Pro Stock Tour in 2025—this time with a new sponsor backing the effort and a wealth of experience behind the wheel.
Langille, now 23, is no stranger to success on short tracks. His racing journey began at the age of eight at Scotia Speedworld, where he captured Rookie of the Year honours in the Bandolero division. That early spark ignited a dominant run in the division, culminating in three consecutive INEX International Points Championships (2011–2013) and multiple large wins, including the Big Dawg Challenge and the INEX Asphalt Nationals Bullring title.
By 2015, Langille had added Legend Cars to his schedule, becoming the youngest winner in Maritime League of Legends history at 15. A year later, he grabbed the spotlight south of the border with a win at Charlotte Motor Speedway during the prestigious Bojangles Summer Shootout.
His first steps into the Pro Stock ranks came in 2017 with a part-time campaign driving the George Koszkulics prepared #88 for Nova Racing as a companion car to #89's Donald Chisholm. Despite just 3 starts, Langille showed promise—highlighted by a seventh-place finish at Riverside International Speedway in only his second Pro Stock start. The following year, he returned full-time with Nova Racing in a #51 entry, collecting a top-10 finish at all four tracks on the schedule and an impressive fourth-place finish in the prestigious IWK 250 at Riverside.
Langille stepped back from the Pro Stock scene in 2019 to focus on Legend Cars, and the results were very impressive. He won 17 of 28 starts across five different tracks in the Maritimes, with victories coming against deep and competitive fields. Despite a late-season shoulder injury sustained playing competitive ice hockey that sidelined him from the Asphalt Nationals, he still managed to finish 10th overall in INEX Pro Legend national standings, and first among Pro-eligible drivers in Eastern Canada.
All told, based on verified race results (not 100% complete) from his Bandolero and Legend careers, Langille has tallied 101 wins in 216 starts—a remarkable 46.7% win rate.
He made a brief return to the Pro Stock Tour in 2024 with a single start behind the wheel of the Butcher Racing #53 at Scotia Speedworld, where he finished 8th.
Now behind the wheel of a new #26 Coldstream Clear Distillery/Velocity Machining and Welding Chevrolet fueling his Braden Langille Motorsports full-time return in 2025, Langille is ready to pick up where he left off, and looking to find more success among the highest level of asphalt racing competition in the region.
Your 2019 Legend season was dominant—17 wins in 28 starts, or a 60.7% win rate. What would you say were the biggest contributors to bringing everything together so well that year?
We worked hard all year to make sure our I’s were dotted and our T’s were crossed from the race shop to the racetrack. The pro stock experience also helped me progress as a driver and the feed back I can give to make the car the best it can be. I also worked hard as a driver all year to eliminate any mistakes on track and strive to be better every lap.
Among your 101 or more career wins so far, are there any that stand out as especially meaningful or hard-fought?
By far the one win that stands out to me was in 2016 at the IWK 250 weekend. We were super good at the Thursday test night, until the last run of the day when a car had spun coming out of 2 and I hit him broad side destroying my car. We got it in the trailer and headed for home assuming we wouldn’t be racing the following day. When we got home and looked at the damage, we decided to cut the front clip off of it and get everything as close as we could so we could participate in the race the following day. We worked all night on rebuilding the car, including a new front clip. We stopped at R&D Performance on the way to Riverside Speedway and got all new front body panels and made it to the track just before first practice. We went on to lead the majority of the race and finish it off with a win being followed by Dylan Blenkhorn and Nicholas Naugle.
What do you think it’ll take to elevate your program to the next level this year? What are your main goals going into the season, and how did it feel trying to scrape a little rust off last year in the #53 at Scotia Speedworld after 5 years out of a late model seat?
The main goal early in the year will be to log laps and get back to the driving form I was in when I stepped away. My overall goal this year will be to be competitive and contend for wins on both the Easy-Kleen SLMS and FGI Maritime Pro Stock Tour as well as the open races. To run up front on both tours, it takes long days in the shop making sure everything from A to Z is perfect. We need to make sure we’re going to the track prepared properly every week, keeping our ears open to gain knowledge and make sure we’re keeping up with the ever-changing racing game. Getting in the #53 was just amazing, our finish didn’t dictate how good the car was. The Butchers have been very good to my father and I, and I can’t thank them all enough for the opportunity. As well as the ongoing support.
Having raced rarely after 2019, what have you been up to in the time in-between then and now?
Most of my time now has been spent working at our family-owned business Velocity Machining and Welding. Aside from work I was doing some fishing here and there, and a lot of golfing in the Summers. I enjoy the gym as well, I enjoy pushing my body and getting better day by day mentally and physically.
How did this opportunity come together, and what’s the story behind the new sponsor and team you’re working with?
The opportunity arose last winter while talking to my father, we decided we were going to go back racing and started chatting with the Butchers about a car. Once that all fell into place I had reached out to Coldstream Clear Distillery about partnering up for the 2025 racing reason, and they graciously agreed to help out! Im super exited to be able to support a Nova Scotia owned and operated business. Both parties are very exited for the summer ahead! Also, a huge thanks to RLS Contracting, Arseneau’s RV Repair, Velocity Machining and Welding and Techtronics Machine works for the ongoing support to make my racing ventures successful.
Question for Craig Langille, Braden’s father, as well as Braden: As an accomplished spotter for a good eye for the sport, what do you feel were the biggest areas that needed improvement for Braden, looking back to his full-time Pro Stock Tour season, and what are your expectations for this season? I'd like Braden's input as well.
Braden: In my 2018 season in a pro stock racing from Nova Racing I needed to be better with my feedback to be able to properly diagnose what the car is or isn’t doing at certain points on the racetrack. I struggled with the feedback side of things due to lack of seat time. I got more and more comfortable as the year went on, but that would be my biggest improvement area.
Craig: Improvement for Braden: better feed back on the chassis and learning setups. Expectations for this year will be to run in the top five and maybe later in the year to contend for wins. The biggest take away for when he drove a pro stock last is that the team wasn’t as prepared as we need to be. There is a lot to know and do and it requires time and dedication.
You mentioned both SLMS & PST, as well as open races. It sounds like you have an ambitious schedule planned. Do you expect to do select starts only? Select starts and one of the tours full time? Or all?
My plan as of now is to run full time and compete for a championship on the FGI Maritime Pro Stock Tour. Limited starts (2-3) on the SLMS tour and select open races outside of the two tours.
Is the plan for Craig [Jarrett Butcher’s spotter after spotting for Cole Butcher when he was full time here] to be your spotter? I would understand if he would be, but I would also understand if he was Jarrett's spotter again, given the chemistry/time together that whole group has, and the fact that they are for sure going to be a top contender for a repeat championship.
My father will be coming to spot for me. He will be full time with me at all of the races we go to!
