Benjamin John Devlin (born 8 April 1982) is a British businessman and racing driver. A mainstay of the LMP675 and LMP2 classes of the American Le Mans Series in the 2000s, he went on to become a Mazda factory driver in IMSA's premier prototype category.
In 2010, Devlin and Norwich Slot Racing opened up a purpose-built slot car track in his hometown. Three years later, Devlin became the landlord of Ox and Plough, a pub founded by his grandfather Ted in 1977.
Devlin made his car racing debut in 2000, racing in the Autobytel Lotus Sport Elise series, in which he scored a lone win at Snetterton en route to a sixth-place points finish. The following year, Devlin joined Hayles Racing to compete in the GTO class of the British GT Championship, scoring a lone class podium at Donington Park before leaving he series ahead of the eighth race of the season. Moving to America for the rest of the year, Devlin joined Archangel Motorsport Services to race in the final four races of the Grand American Road Racing Championship in SRPII. In those races, Devlin won on debut at Road America and two races later at Watkins Glen, as well as finishing second in the other two races en route to a sixth-place points finish. In late 2001, Devlin also raced with the same team at Petit Le Mans, finishing second in LMP675.
Returning to Archangel to race in the American Le Mans Series in LMP675 the following year, Devlin won at Sonoma and Road America, as well as five other podiums to secure runner-up honors in class despite missing one race. Devlin then made one-off appearances in the series across the following two years, racing for Marshall Cooke Racing at the 2003 12 Hours of Sebring in LMP675 and for Van der Steur Racing at the 2004 Petit Le Mans in LMP2. During 2004, Devlin also made his debut in the Le Mans Endurance Series for K2 Race Engineering at the 1000 km of Silverstone.
Continuing with Van der Steur Racing for a part-time schedule in the following year's American Le Mans Series, Devlin scored a pair of second-place finishes in class at Lime Rock and Road America, as well as a third-place at Road Atlanta as he ended the year sixth in the LMP2 standings. Remaining with the team for 2006, Devlin scored a best result of fourth at Houston in his first of five starts for the team. During 2006, Devlin also made a one-off return to the Le Mans Series for Team Bruichladdich Radical at the 1000 km of Donington.
Across the following two years, Devlin drove for Mazda-engined B-K Motorsports in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series, scoring a best result of fourth at the 2007 Grand Prix of Mosport and ending both years ninth and 13th in points, before the team ceased operations at the end of 2008. During 2008, Devlin also tested the Lola B08/86 ahead of its debut at that year's Petit Le Mans, as well as racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team Bruichladdich Radical, finishing sixth in LMP2 in his only start at the event. Joining Dyson Racing Team for select races of the following year's American Le Mans Series, Devlin won at Petit Le Mans and finished second at Laguna Seca to take ninth in the LMP2 standings.
After finishing fourth in LMP1 at the 2010 Petit Le Mans for Intersport Racing, Devlin took a long hiatus from racing, eventually returning for select rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship with Mazda factory outfit SpeedSource in the Prototype class. After scoring a best result of eighth at Petit Le Mans, Devlin returned to the team for a similar program the following year, in which he took a best result of fifth at the 6 Hours of The Glen. Devlin continued on as Mazda brought the Lola B12/80 effort in-house for 2016, in which he also scored a best result of fifth at the 6 Hours of The Glen. Following that, Devlin made a one-off appearance in the 2019 British GT Championship at Snetterton for Multimatic Motorsports in GT4, and also raced in the 2021 6 Hours of The Glen for D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing in LMP3.
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