- Charlie Butler-Henderson
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Charlie Butler-Henderson (born 23 November 1978) is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter. He is part of a family which are strongly involved with motorsport. His father was a karting champion and his sister Vicki also races and is a motoring TV presenter.
Racing career
He 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 he 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.
For 2010 he has been signed by Advent Motor Sport to drive in the Trofeo Abarth 500 Great Britain. He finished 2nd in Race 1 of Round 1 at Oulton Park and 4th in Race 2. At Round 2 on the reconfigured Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit he finished 3rd in Race 2 and currently is second in points after 2 Rounds.
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Categories:- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- 1978 births
- Living people
- English racecar drivers
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