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Charles Butler-Henderson (born 23 November 1978) is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter.[1][2] He was the champion of the Mini Challenge UK in 2015.[3][2] He is the younger brother of racing driver and Fifth Gear presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson.[4][3]
Racing career
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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, he 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 Archived 11 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. 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 Sureterm GA Motorsports |
Vauxhall Astra Coupé | THR 1 12 |
THR 2 11 |
THR 3 Ret |
BRH 1 11 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 11 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 13 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 10 |
OUL 3 Ret |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
MON 3 |
CRO 1 Ret |
CRO 2 15 |
CRO 3 Ret |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
21st | 1 |
References
- ^ "Charlie Butler-Henderson". MotorSport Magazine. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b "About". Charlie Butler-Henderson. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b "OK, big sister, it's my turn to show you how to burn rubber". Sunday Times. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2025 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Lennox, Graeme (2 July 2010). "Seat's super Cupra: Spanish giants' good-looking hot hatch throws down the gauntlet to the competition". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 21 December 2025 – via ProQuest.
External links
- BTCC-Racing Profile.
- Official Charlie Butler-Henderson Website
