# 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. He took classes at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Buddy Baker's Speed Tech. 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 | 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 |
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 34 | ROA | | | | CHI 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 46th | 99 |
| $^†$- 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 | Ref |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Toyota | | | | | | | KEN 31 | | | | MCH 7 | | | | NSH 11 | ISF | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 1610 |
| 2008 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Toyota | 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 |
| 2008 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ISF 13 | DSF 19 | | | NJE 16 | | | | | | | 10th | 4365 |
| 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 |