[2][3] The holder of leading driver titles at major racetracks in Canada and the United States, Lachance began driving harness horses as a young boy and in 1967 began driving professionally at age seventeen in Quebec City, Quebec.
At the mecca of American harness racing he would rank in the top five drivers for fifteen straight seasons.
[5] Among his many major career wins were five in the prestigious Little Brown Jug, four Hambletonian Stakes and three North America Cup races.
[6][7] Retired from driving, Lachance and his wife Micheline live on their rural farm property in Millstone Township, New Jersey.
Still involved as an owner of Standardbred racers, his sons Patrick and Martin have careers in harness racing.