Ken Butler III

USAR Pro Hooters

Ken Butler is showing promise.  He is a pretty good qualifier and has some great equipment now with Eddie Sharpe.

Ken wasted no time pushing the envelope to get the win at Toledo by pushing his teammate to the side on his way to victory lane.

Now labeled as controversial is unfair.  Ken is a gentleman first and racer second and emotions got the best of him.  Whether or not he has the ability to go onto Cup is yet to be seen but he is still young and if Toyota can get it together, look for MWI to make some waves with Butler very soon

Born May 2nd 1982, Ken (aka KB III) graduated from Parkview High School in Lilburn, Ga where he was a 2 time letterman for the AAAAA Georgia State Champion football team his senior year as the Panthers went 15-0. He and his brother Brett began racing Go Carts that year with the help of their High School Football coach, Cecil Flowe. After 2 years he moved to the Aarons Pro Challenge series where he shared a car with his brother the first year and the second yearhe and his brother had their own race cars. That year in 2004, he finished 2nd overall in the points to 4 time National Champion Terry Mathis and his brother Brett finished 4th. The Butler Brothers became a racing name to be reckoned with. In that same year he tested with Michael Waltrip Racing and ran two ASA races at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. KBIII began his Hooters USAR Pro Cup career in 2005 where he was runner up for the Most Popular Driver award. His best qualifying effort that year was at Bristol Motor Speedway where he set a track record in qualifying (at the time) and eventually qualified 4th to start the race. He also qualified and made every regular season and championship race. As a rookie he had his ups and downs, but proved he could compete at this level. In 2006, KBIII proved to himself and the series that he was the real deal with consistent finishes as he closed out the championship races. Ken Butler was voted by the fans as the "Most Popular Driver" in the Hooters Pro Cup Series in 2006! KBIII will move on to the ARCA and Craftsman Truck Series in 2007 and run partial schedules in both as part of the "young guns program" at Michael Waltrip Racing 

Accomplishments at a glance

2003 Pro Challenge Series 

  -3 top 5 finishes 

  -7 top 10 finishes 

2004 Pro Challenge Series 

  -2nd overall in point standings 

  -2 feature wins 

  -12 top 5 finishes 

  -15 top 10 finishes 

  -2 Pole Positions 

2005 Hooters Pro Cup Series 

  -17th in point standings for USAR Souther Division 

  -28th in point standings for USAR Championship Series 

  -Qualified for all regular season and championship races 

  -5 top 15 finishes 

  -Runner up for the Most Popular Driver in 2005 

2006 Hooters USAR ProCup Series 

  -13th in point standings for USAR Northern Division 

  -27th in point standings for USAR Championship Series 

  -8 top 15 finishes 

  -5 top 10 finishes 

  -2 top 5 finishes 

  -Voted by the fans as "THE MOST POPULAR DRIVER IN 2006"