In 1997, Buxton won the Ford Fiesta championship, before finishing third in the National Championship the following year. In 2000, he was runner up in the
Renault Clio Cup, winning the championship a year later in 2001, with Jim Sugden Motorsport. He drove in the championship for a third year in 2002 for
Mardi Gras Motorsport, finishing third with four race wins. In 2003, Buxton got a drive in the
British Touring Car Championship for the
Vic Lee ran Team Halfords in a Touring Class
Peugeot 307. He joined the season at the halfway point with his first race at round eleven at
Croft. He replaced
Carl Breeze who had gone to
GA Motorsport. He finished fourth in the independents championship with two wins. In 2003, Buxton came from behind to win the Renault Clio Cup. From 2011, Buxton and fellow former BTCC driver
Tom Ferrier formed
Scuderia Vittoria, and entered a team in both the
AirAsia Renault Clio Cup (4x
Renault Clio Cup Cars) and the
British GT (1x
Ginetta G55, 1x
Ferrari 458 Italia GT). At the conclusion of the 2011 season, the team had achieved 14 wins over both classes, in their debut season. Buxton started working with McLaren Automotive in 2010, assisting on road car development. Then moved into the role as Head of the Professional Drive Team, before moving in October 2020 to Head of Customer Racing for McLaren Motorsport. ==Racing record==