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 and the son of Aaron's president Ken Butler.[1] Butler III has driven in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series, and the Pro Cup Series.[2]

Ken Butler III
Butler in 2009
Born	May 2, 1982 Lilburn, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 2 years
2013 position	46th
Best finish	38th (2009)
First race	2009 Stater Brothers 300 (Auto Club)
Last race	2013 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2010 position	105th
Best finish	84th (2007)
First race	2007 Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Last race	2010 EnjoyIllinois.com 225 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 8, 2017.

Racing career

Pro Cup Series

Butler's interest in racing started when his father took younger brother Brett and Ken to a go-kart race when Ken was eighteen.[1] He took classes at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Buddy Baker's Speed Tech.[3] Five years later, Butler ran his first season in the Pro Cup Series, recording a best finish of twelfth at Bristol Motor Speedway and finishing seventeenth in points.[4] He ran the following season, 2006, and recorded his first top ten and top five. He also failed to qualify for two races that season.[5] He ran a race at South Boston Speedway in 2007 while focusing on the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[6]

ARCA Racing Series

Butler ran a limited schedule in the 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series with Eddie Sharp Racing as part of its driver development program.[7] He scored his first career victory in only his fourth start, holding off Ken Schrader at Toledo Speedway.[8] However, a damper was put on Bulter's win as he bumped Michael McDowell out of the way in what some, including Schrader, called an unfair move.[9] Continuing to run as part of ESR and Michael Waltrip Racing's development program, he ran along teammates Justin Lofton and Scott Speed.[10] Butler was not victorious at all that year,[11] the only one of three cars on the team to do so. Despite that, he moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series for 2009. That year, Butler ran a limited schedule for Andy Belmont but struggled.[12]

Butler with R3 Motorsports at the Milwaukee Mile in 2009.

NASCAR

Balancing a part-time ARCA Racing Series schedule in 2007, Butler made two starts for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series, but failed to finish either of them.[13] Two years later, Butler signed with R3 Motorsports to run just about half the schedule in the Nationwide Series and named Aaron's as sponsor.[14] He ran well at intermediate tracks such as Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, recording top twenty results on those tracks, but struggled at short tracks like Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Indianapolis Raceway Park and Iowa Speedway.[15] Out of a full-time ride in 2010, Butler ran one race for Rick Ware Racing in the Truck Series.[16] He did not return to NASCAR until 2013, when SR² Motorsports brought Butler back for an eight-race schedule, along with his brother Brett Butler for a few races.[17] Out of the eight races, Butler III failed to finish five but posted top-thirty finishes in all the races he finished.[18]

Personal life

Butler had his first child, Piper Shay, in 2009 with his wife Jamie.[19]

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

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2009	R3 Motorsports	23	Chevy	DAY	CAL 20	LVS 17	BRI	TEX	NSH 37	PHO 28	TAL	RCH 35	DAR	CLT	DOV 37	NSH	KEN 17	MLW 26	NHA 25	DAY	CHI	GTY 25	IRP 31	IOW 33	GLN QL^†	MCH	BRI 22	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV 23	KAN	CAL	CLT 35	MEM	TEX	PHO 32	HOM 27	38th	1361
2013	SR² Motorsports	24	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW 26			KEN 24	DAY	NHA		IND 32	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL 28	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN 32	CLT 39	TEX	PHO	HOM			46th	99
		00														MCH 34	ROA				CHI 38
^†- Qualified for Chris Cook.

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
2007	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	00	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD 36	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM 33	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	84th	119
2010	Rick Ware Racing	6	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI 27	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	105th	82

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARSC	Pts
2007	Eddie Sharp Racing	22	Dodge	DAY	USA 20	NSH	SLM 33	KAN	WIN		TOL 1	IOW 22	POC		BLN 9	KEN	POC			MIL 32	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM 11	TAL	TOL 14	27th	1610
			Toyota							KEN 31				MCH 7				NSH 11	ISF
2008				DAY 19	SLM 20	IOW 7	KAN 7	CAR 39	KEN 4	TOL 25	POC 11	MCH 7	CAY 21	KEN 28	BLN 25	POC 7	NSH 6			CHI 10	SLM 19		TAL 36	TOL 11			10th	4365
			Dodge															ISF 13	DSF 19			NJE 16
2009	Andy Belmont Racing	1	Ford	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF 33	CHI 28	TOL 18	DSF 22	NJE 25	SLM 10	KAN	CAR			41st	700

References

1. "Racin' Today » Lucky Dog My Paw: Racer Ken Butler III Says There's More To His Story Than A Powerful Papa". www.racintoday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
2. "Driver Ken Butler III Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
3. "Featured Driver: Ken Butler III". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
4. "Driver Ken Butler III 2005 Hooters Pro Cup Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
5. "Driver Ken Butler III 2006 Hooters Pro Cup Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
6. "Driver Ken Butler III 2007 Hooters Pro Cup Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
7. "Driver Ken Butler III 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
8. "Ken Butler III Claims First Career ARCA RE/MAX Series Win". www.speed51archives.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
9. "Butler's ARCA win tainted by bump". The Blade. 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
10. "Mid Season Grades: Ken Butler, III". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
11. "Driver Ken Butler III 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
12. "Driver Ken Butler III 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
13. "Driver Ken Butler III 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
14. Panzariu, Ovidiu (2010-11-22). "Butler Secures Aaron Sponsoring Deal for 2009". autoevolution. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
15. "Driver Ken Butler III 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
16. "Driver Ken Butler III 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
17. "SR2 Motorsports Announces Unique Driver Program with Butler Brothers". myemail.constantcontact.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
18. "Driver Ken Butler III 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
19. Bob, Jim. "Ken Butler III Ready for First Race As a Dad". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2017-06-08.