Charlie Butler-Henderson


Charlie Butler-Henderson is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter. He is part of a family which has strong links with motorsport. His father was a karting champion, and his sister Vicki also races and is a television motorsport 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.
In 2009 and 2010 he had two one-off appearances in the Ginetta G50 Cup with Speedworks Motorsport, finishing three out of five races he started.
For 2010 he was signed by Advent Motor Sport to drive in the . He scored seven podiums including a second at Round 1 at Oulton Park and finished 3rd in the championship.
In 2015, he won the UK Mini Challenge championship and was a runner up in 2016.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2004Team Sureterm GA MotorsportsVauxhall Astra CoupéTHR
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		21st1