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Brett Butler
Brett Butler
Born	April 10, 1985 (age 39); Lilburn, Georgia, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	3 races run over 1 year
2013 position	68th
Best finish	68th (2013)
First race	2013 CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2013 Dollar General 300 (Joliet)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	19 races run over 2 years
Best finish	22nd (2010)
First race	2009 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2010 Too Tough To Tame 200 (Darlington)
	Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

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Brett Butler (born April 10, 1985^[1]) is an American NASCAR driver who most recently ran in its Camping World Truck Series. He is the younger brother of driver Ken Butler III.

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 go-karts 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 Hickory Motor Speedway. He earned three top-10s and finished 12th in points.^[2]

Driver development program

Around this time, Butler signed with Michael Waltrip Racing as part of their driver development program. 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 Martinsville Speedway in March, driving the #47 Chevrolet 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 #99 Chevrolet owned by Dwayne Tatman.

For 2010, Brett was tabbed by Rick Ware Racing to drive the full season for their newly created Truck Series team in the #47 Fuel Doctor Chevrolet. At Daytona International Speedway, 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 Nashville Superspeedway, Butler was removed from the #47. He ran the next race at Darlington Raceway in the #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 SR² Motorsports in the Nationwide Series part-time.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Season	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	NNSC	Pts
2013	SR² Motorsports	24	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CHA	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA 36	CHI	IND	IOW 33	GLN	LEX	BRI	ATL		CHI 34	KEN	DOV	KAN	CHA	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	29
2013	SR² Motorsports	00	Chevy																									RCH DNQ									68th	29

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Season	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
2009	Fast Track Racing	48	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR 26	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH												59th	279
	Tatman Racing	99	Chevy															BRI 24	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR 20	TAL	TEX	PHO
	SS-Green Light Racing	08	Chevy																									HOM 24
2010	Rick Ware Racing	47	Chevy	DAY 11	ATL 23	MAR 25	NSH 32	KAN 26	DOV 28	CLT 22	TEX 19	MCH 24	IOW 18	GTY 21	IRP 21	POC 23	NSH 25												22nd	1409
2010	Rick Ware Racing	6	Chevy															DAR 29	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	22nd	1409

^* Season in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

External links

Brett Butler driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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[1] Brett Butler Career Statistics

[2] Brett Butler's Bio - Butler Brothers Racing ^{[dead link‍]}

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+! 4
+! 5
+! 6
+! 7
+! 8
+! 9
+! 10
+! 11
+! 12
+! 13
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+! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}}
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+! rowspan=3| [[2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series|2009]]
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+| [[San Bernardino County 200|CAL]]
+| [[American Commercial Lines 200|ATL]]
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[Kroger 250|MAR]]<br><small>26</small>
+| [[O'Reilly Auto Parts 250|KAN]]
+| [[North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)|CLT]]
+| [[AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)|DOV]]
+| [[WinStar World Casino 400K|TEX]]
+| [[Michigan 200|MCH]]
+| [[Copart 200|MLW]]
+| [[MemphisTravel.com 200|MEM]]
+| [[Built Ford Tough 225|KEN]]
+| [[AAA Insurance 200 (LOR)|IRP]]
+| [[Toyota Tundra 200|NSH]]
+| colspan=11|
+! rowspan=3| 59th
+! rowspan=3| 279
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+| colspan=14|
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)|BRI]]<br><small>24</small>
+| [[EnjoyIllinois.com 225|CHI]]
+| [[Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)|IOW]]
+| [[Copart 200 (Gateway)|GTW]]
+| [[Heluva Good! 200 (Loudon)|NHA]]
+| [[Las Vegas 350|LVS]]
+| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| [[Kroger 200 (Martinsville)|MAR]]<br><small>20</small>
+| [[Mountain Dew 250|TAL]]
+| [[WinStar World Casino 350K|TEX]]
+| [[Lucas Oil 150|PHO]]
+|
+|-
+! [[SS-Green Light Racing]]
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+! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
+| colspan=24|
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[Ford 200|HOM]]<br><small>24</small>
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+| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[Kroger 250|MAR]]<br><small>25</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[Nashville 200 (spring)|NSH]]<br><small>32</small>
+| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[O'Reilly Auto Parts 250|KAN]]<br><small>26</small>
+| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[Dover 200 (Truck Series)|DOV]]<br><small>28</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)|CLT]]<br><small>22</small>
+| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| [[WinStar World Casino 400K|TEX]]<br><small>19</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[VFW 200|MCH]]<br><small>24</small>
+| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| [[Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)|IOW]]<br><small>18</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[CampingWorld.com 200|GTY]]<br><small>21</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[AAA Insurance 200 (LOR)|IRP]]<br><small>21</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[Pocono Mountains 125|POC]]<br><small>23</small>
+| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| [[Nashville 200 (fall)|NSH]]<br><small>25</small>
+| colspan=11|
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+! rowspan=2| 1409
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+| [[O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)|BRI]]
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+| [[Built Ford Tough 225|KEN]]
+| [[TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175|NHA]]
+| [[Smith's 350|LVS]]
+| [[Kroger 200 (Martinsville)|MAR]]
+| [[Mountain Dew 250|TAL]]
+| [[WinStar World Casino 350K|TEX]]
+| [[Lucas Oil 150|PHO]]
+| [[Ford 200|HOM]]
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 ==External links==
-* {{Racing-Reference driver|Brett_Butler}}
+* {{Racing-Reference driver|Brett_Butler|Brett Butler}}
 {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
 | NAME              = Butler, Brett
 | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American racing driver
+| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American stock car racing driver
 | DATE OF BIRTH     = April 10, 1985
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Lilburn, Georgia|Lilburn]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
+| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Lilburn, Georgia, U.S.
 | DATE OF DEATH     =
 | PLACE OF DEATH    =
 }}
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-[[Category:1985 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:American racing drivers]]
+[[Category:1985 births]]
-[[Category:NASCAR drivers]]
 [[Category:People from Gwinnett County, Georgia]]
 [[Category:Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
+[[Category:NASCAR drivers]]