Brett Butler (born April 10, 1985) is an American

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driver who most recently ran in the

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. He is the younger brother of driver

Ken Butler III Ken Butler III (born May 2, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the older brother of Brett Butler (racing driver), Brett Butler and the son of Aaron's, Inc., Aaron's president Ken Butler. Butler III has driven in the N ...

, and the son of

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president Ken Butler.

Early career

Butler graduated from Parkview High School where he was a star wrestler. At the age of 15, he started his racing career by running

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along with his brother Ken. In 2003 and 2004, he ran in the Aaron's Pro Challenge series, accumulating 22 top-10s and two poles. For 2005, Butler ran part-time in the Dodge Weekly Racing Series at

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. He earned three top-10s and finished 12th in points.Brett Butler's Bio - Butler Brothers Racing

Driver development program

Around this time, Butler signed with

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as part of their

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. In 2006, he began running in the Hooters USAR Pro Cup Series. He ran the entire season in their Southern Division and finished 21st in points with 1 top-10. He finished 2nd in both Rookie of the Year and Most Popular Driver Standings. In 2007, he ran selected Pro Cup races and also made his ARCA series debut by running 2 races with Aaron's sponsorship. In 2008, Brett returned to running full-time in Pro Cup, this time in their Northern Division.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2009, Butler made his debut in the Truck Series at

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in March, driving the No. 47

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for Fast Track Racing Enterprises. He started in the 36th position and finished 26th. He would run 3 more races that season with a best finish of 20th at Martinsville in October in a No. 99 Chevrolet owned by Dwayne Tatman. For 2010, Brett was tabbed by

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to drive the full season for their newly created

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team in the No. 47

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. At

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, in his first race with the team, Butler earned rookie of the race honors by finishing 11th and leading one lap. This would be the high point for Butler's season with him only garnering two more top-20 finishes over the next 13 races. After the August race at

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, Butler was removed from the No. 47. He ran the next race at

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in the No. 6 Chevrolet, parking after just 19 laps. This would be his last appearance of the 2010 season.

Return to NASCAR

In 2013 Butler returned to NASCAR competition, driving for

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in the

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part-time.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

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