Rory Butcher
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Rory Butcher (born 16 March 1987) is a Scottish racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing UK. Butcher served as a NAPA Racing UK reserve driver and driver coach from 2024 to 2025 for BTCC driver Sam Osborne. He has also competed in several other series during his career, most notably the British GT Championship and the European Le Mans Series.[3][4]
Career
[edit]British Touring Car Championship
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In 2017, Butcher joined the series from the Knockhill round in August, replacing Luke Davenport who was injured during the qualifying session for the earlier round at Croft.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Butcher's brother-in-law is Gordon Shedden, three-time champion in the British Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Cup competitor.[1] Aside from his racing career, Butcher is an instructor – like his brother-in-law – and the events operation manager at the Knockhill Racing Circuit, owned by his father Derek.[6]
Racing record
[edit]Complete British Touring Car Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
24 Hours of Daytona results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  GB Autosport |
Michael Avenatti Damien Faulkner Kuba Giermaziak Mike Skeen |
Porsche 911 GT America | GTD | 687 | 19th | 7th |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Barry, Maggie (8 August 2018). "Knockhill Duo's Fast Friendship". Daily Record. Reach plc. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
His old teammate and pal for all those years, Matt Neal, is still at Team Dynamics, driving his Honda Civic Type R and will be competing as usual at the Fife track but there too, will be Rory Butcher, his brother-in-law, driving for another stable, Team AmD with AutoAid/RCIB Insurance Racing in his MG.
- ↑ Goodwin, Graham (18 November 2016). "2017 FIA Driver Rankings Released". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ↑ "Fife BTCC star aiming for first podium". Kingdom FM. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ↑ "Sam Osborne Completes Unchanged NAPA Racing UK Line-up • BTCC". 28 February 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ "Rory Butcher joins Motorbase Performance for remainder of the season". btcccrazy.co.uk/. BTCC Crazy. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "An insight into the key figures behind Knockhill ahead of the Fife racing circuit hosting another BTCC round". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1987 births
- Living people
- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- British GT Championship drivers
- Scottish racing drivers
- Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
- Britcar 24-hour drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- World Touring Car Cup drivers
- Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- AF Corse drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Sportspeople from Kirkcaldy
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers
- Le Mans Cup drivers
- FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup drivers
- British Formula Ford Championship drivers