17 Facts About Vicki Butler-Henderson

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Victoria Jemma Butler-Henderson was born on 16 February 1972 and is a British racing driver, former presenter of Top Gear and current presenter of Fifth Gear.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson's grandfather used to race a Frazer Nash at Brooklands, her father was in the British karting team and her brother Charlie is a racing driver.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson has an older sister, Lottie, who does not race.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson grew up on the family farm, and was educated at the independent schools St Francis' College in Letchworth and Perse School for Girls in Cambridge.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson is the great-granddaughter of Eric Butler-Henderson, a director of the Great Central Railway, after whom the preserved GCR Class 11F locomotive Butler-Henderson is named.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson started racing karts at the age of 12, being overtaken by David Coulthard in her first race.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson holds a car race licence as well as a power boat racing licence.

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8.

Vicki Butler-Henderson has in later years broadened her media career outside racing and cars to become a general presenter.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson has recorded voice overs for radio and television advertisements, including Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and Sony Centres.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson provided a voiceover for the PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 4 Prologue.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson worked at Absolute Radio doing traffic news on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson left the breakfast show on 9 July 2009.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson lent her views in the Golden Garages Award, a search for the United Kingdom's best garage run by Motor Codes.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson later presented the prize in person to the winners of the competition, Kinghams of Croydon.

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In 2007 Vicki Butler-Henderson married television producer and director Phil Churchward.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson owns or has owned a Mk II Golf GTI, a Honda S2000, a Ducati Monster 750 and a Ford Ranger Raptor.

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Vicki Butler-Henderson's second child, a son, was born in 2015.