Charles Butler-Henderson (born 23 November 1978) is a British

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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

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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

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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

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championship driving a

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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

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Cup, finishing twelfth in points for Xcel Motorsport. For 2004 he got a drive in the

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. He drove in half a season for the Gary Ayles-run Team Sureterm, in a

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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

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, finishing three out of five races he started. For 2010 he was signed by Advent Motor Sport to drive in th
Trofeo Abarth 500 Great Britain
. He scored seven podiums including a second at Round 1 at

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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

( 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)

External links

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Official Charlie Butler-Henderson Website
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