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. Butler III has driven in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series, and the Pro Cup Series.

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. 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. 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. He ran a race at South Boston Speedway in 2007 while focusing on the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

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. He scored his first career victory in only his fourth start, holding off Ken Schrader at Toledo Speedway. 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. Continuing to run as part of ESR and Michael Waltrip Racing's development program, he ran along teammates Justin Lofton and Scott Speed. Butler was not victorious at all that year, 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.

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. 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. 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. Out of a full-time ride in 2010, Butler ran one race for Rick Ware Racing in the Truck Series. 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. Out of the eight races, Butler III failed to finish five but posted top-thirty finishes in all the races he finished.

Personal life Butler had his first child, Piper Shay, in 2009 with his wife Jamie.

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 Pts Ref 2009 R3 Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY CAL20 LVS17 BRI TEX NSH37 PHO28 TAL RCH35 DAR CLT DOV37 NSH KEN17 MLW26 NHA25 DAY CHI GTY25 IRP31 IOW33 GLNQL MCH BRI22 CGV ATL RCH DOV23 KAN CAL CLT35 MEM TEX PHO32 HOM27 38th 1361 2013 SR² Motorsports 24 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW26 KEN24 DAY NHA IND32 IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL28 RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN32 CLT39 TEX PHO HOM 46th 99 00 MCH34 ROA CHI38†- 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 Pts Ref 2007 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 00 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD36 DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM33 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 CHI27 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 Pts Ref 2007 Eddie Sharp Racing 22 Dodge DAY USA20 NSH SLM33 KAN WIN TOL1 IOW22 POC BLN9 KEN POC MIL32 GTW DSF CHI SLM11 TAL TOL14 27th 1610 Toyota KEN31 MCH7 NSH11 ISF 2008 DAY19 SLM20 IOW7 KAN7 CAR39 KEN4 TOL25 POC11 MCH7 CAY21 KEN28 BLN25 POC7 NSH6 CHI10 SLM19 TAL36 TOL11 10th 4365 Dodge ISF13 DSF19 NJE16 2009 Andy Belmont Racing 1 Ford DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF33 CHI28 TOL18 DSF22 NJE25 SLM10 KAN CAR 41st 700