Charles Butler-Henderson (born 23 November 1978) is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter. He was the champion of the Mini Challenge UK in 2015. He is the younger brother of racing driver and Fifth Gear presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson.
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 . 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.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position â 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap â 1 point awarded all races) (<nowiki>*</nowiki> signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap â 1 point awarded all races)