2005: After beginning season in familiar Mazda Protege, switched to Mazda 6 for Tindol Motorsports.  In the Mazda 6, earned the first win of his career at Mosport after starting second.  Also, earned the first pole position of his career at Cleveland before finishing second.  In all, had seven top-10, four top-five and three podium finishes en route to finishing seventh in the Drivers' Championship.

Previously: 1996-2001: Ran Speedvision Cup, Porsche Club, HSR, Motorola Cup and NASA events. Has also competed in SCCA Club Racing, Grand-Am and Grand-Am Cup. Ran seven Speedvision Touring Car races in 2001, with a best finish of ninth at Road Atlanta. In 2002, ran a full season in SPEED Touring Car in a Mazda Protege. He had two top ten finishes and one top five finish coming at VIRginia International Raceway. In 2003, ran a full season in SPEED Touring Car driving a Mazda Protegé ES and recorded a season-best 10th place finish at Sebring after qualifying ninth. Competed in one SPEED GT race (Sebring) finishing 13th. In 2004, turned in three top-10 finishes, including a second-place run at Mosport after starting 28th.

Personal: Charles is single and works as a driving instructor at the Panoz Racing School. Drives a VW Eurovan and a Nissan pickup on the street. Favorite movie is Fight Club and racing heroes are Andy Pilgrim and Michael Galati.