Charles Butler-Henderson (born 23 November 1978) is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter. He was the champion of the Mini Challenge UK in 2015. He is the younger brother of racing driver and Fifth Gear presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson.

Racing career

Part of a family with strong ties to motor sport, including a father who was a karting champion, Butler-Henderson started in motorsports winning several titles in karting. He moved up to single-seat racing in the 1995 Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship.

After time as a test driver and doing some instructing, Butler-Henderson was in the Marcos Mantis Challenge, finishing the season in second. In 2000, he progressed to the British GT championship driving a Marcos LM 600 for the Ohana Team. For 2001, he also drove in the British and French GTO championships. In 2002, he drove in the British GT for TFM-GT Team. In 2003 he competed in the Renault Clio Cup, finishing twelfth in points for Xcel Motorsport.

For 2004, Butler-Henderson got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship. He drove in half a season for the Gary Ayles-run Team Sureterm, in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe. the year was not a particularly successful one, finishing tenth in the independents cup, and twenty-second overall. He then left racing to concentrate on instructing.

In 2009 and 2010, Butler-Henderson had two one-off appearances in the Ginetta G50 Cup with Speedworks Motorsport, finishing three out of five races he started.

For 2010, Butler-Henderson was signed by Advent Motor Sport to drive in the Trofeo Abarth 500 Great Britain . He scored seven podiums including a second at Round 1 at Oulton Park and finished 3rd in the championship.

In 2015, Butler-Henderson won the UK Mini Challenge championship and was a runner up in 2016.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts 2004 Team SuretermGA Motorsports Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR1 THR2 THR3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MON1 MON2 MON3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3 21st 1

References

External links

Official Charlie Butler-Henderson Website