Luke Youlden

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Luke Youlden
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NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 46)
Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Championship career
Car number26
Current team Kelly Grove Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races61
Wins1
Podiums8
Pole positions5
2021 position27th (328 pts)

Luke Gerard Youlden (born 28 January 1978) is an Australian Supercars series racing driver. He is the son of two-time Australian Production Car champion Kent Youlden (dec). [1] Youlden currently drives for Kelly Grove Racing as a co-driver alongside David Reynolds in the No. 26 Ford Mustang GT. Outside racing, Youlden works at a performance driving school with fellow Supercars racer Dean Canto. [2] He co-drove to victory with David Reynolds in the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

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Racing career

Youlden's career started in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship in 1995 while he was completing Year 12. Due to a lack of funds, Youlden didn't progress to the national championship and remained in the Victorian series. At the same time, he joined Dugal McDougall Motorsport as an engineer and a driver. In 1999, Youlden was involved with Greg Ritter's Australian Formula Ford title win and with Ritter driving in the Bathurst 1000 that year, Youlden took his seat at the Bathurst support races. Youlden won both races and this, coupled with his victory in the Victorian series, allowed him to enter the national series in 2000. Youlden won the 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship and also competed in the British Formula Ford Festival. [3] He made his Bathurst debut the same year, driving for Perkins Motorsport alongside Christian Murchison. The pair were running inside the top five until a broken valve spring put them out of the race.

Youlden competed in the Australian GT Production Car Championship in 2001, winning Class E in a Holden Astra. He again competed for Perkins Motorsport in the V8 Supercar endurance races but was unable to secure a full-time drive for 2002. Youlden settled for what was then called the Konica Series, driving a Ford Falcon (AU) for Steven Ellery Racing, and would drive with Steven Ellery in the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. Youlden and Ellery finished ninth at Bathurst and Youlden finished the Konica Series in 13th place after a bad start to the season hurt his championship chances. Youlden continued to drive for Steven Ellery Racing in both the Konica Series and the endurance races in 2003 and 2004. Youlden and Ellery finished on the podium in both endurance races in 2003 and the following year Youlden finished second in the Konica Series. Youlden was actually tied on points with series champion Andrew Jones but lost the title on a countback of round wins. [4]

With Steven Ellery Racing dropping out the V8 Supercar Championship Series in 2005, Youlden was hired by Stone Brothers Racing to drive alongside Russell Ingall in that year's endurance races. The pair finished inside the top ten in both endurance races, helping Ingall to the 2005 title. Youlden remained with the team for 2006 and came perilously close to a second podium a Bathurst when he and Ingall finished in fourth place, just one one-hundredth of a second behind teammates James Courtney and Glenn Seton. [5]

Youlden joined Ford Performance Racing for the 2008 endurance races, driving the team's second car with Dean Canto. The pair finished seventh at Bathurst and teamed together again in 2009, finishing ninth at the L&H 500 but failing to finish at Bathurst after Canto hit the wall at The Esses late in the race. 2010 saw the introduction of a rule stating that each team's regular drivers were not allowed to be paired together at the endurance races. [6] This rule saw Youlden get paired up with Mark Winterbottom for the L&H 500 and the Bathurst 1000. Youlden and Winterbottom finished second at the L&H 500 and were on pole for Bathurst, however a delaminated tyre put Youlden into the wall in the middle of the race and this put them out of contention. Youlden was placed in the #6 car for 2011 alongside Will Davison and Youlden collected his first series pole position when the pair claimed the top grid spot at the L&H 500. [7] After balance issues during the race, Youlden and Davison finished third behind the two Team Vodafone cars. Davison led the opening stint of the Bathurst 1000 but Youlden went off at Murray's Corner on the first safety car restart and hit the tyre wall. The pair recovered to finish on the lead lap, albeit in 18th place. [8]

Youlden returned to Stone Brothers Racing in 2012 to partner Shane van Gisbergen. The pair scored pole position for the Sandown 500 before going on to finish fifth in the race. [9] [10] Van Gisbergen qualified the car in third for the Bathurst 1000 but the pair would only manage to finish the race in twelfth place. Youlden joined Brad Jones Racing for 2013 to drive alongside Fabian Coulthard in the new Endurance Cup. The duo finished in ninth place in the Endurance Cup standings, with a second-place finish in the second race of the Gold Coast 600. [11]

In November 2021, Youlden would make his Supercars sprint debut when he was drafted by Kelly Grove Racing to drive the #26 Penrite Racing Mustang in place of David Reynolds. Reynolds was forced out of competition for Rounds 9-11 due to his COVID health exemption being overturned.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Mygale SJ2000Dugal McDougal Motorsport
2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship (Class E)1st Holden Astra SRi Luke Youlden
V8 Supercar Championship Series 63rd Holden Commodore (VX) Perkins Motorsport
2002 V8 Supercar Development Series 13th Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th
2003 V8 Supercar Development Series 5th Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Ford Falcon (BA)
2004 V8 Supercar Development Series 2nd Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Ford Falcon (BA)
2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 4th Porsche 996 GT3 Cup VIP Pet Foods Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Ford Falcon (BA) Stone Brothers Racing
2005–06 New Zealand V8s 5th Ford Falcon (BA)
2006 V8 Supercar Development Series 22nd Ford Falcon (AU)
Ford Falcon (BA)
Peters Motorsport
Dick Johnson Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Ford Falcon (BA) Stone Brothers Racing
Australian Carrera Cup Championship 16th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Fitzgerald Racing
2006–07 New Zealand V8s 9th Ford Falcon (BA)
2007 V8 Supercar Development Series 5th Ford Falcon (BA)
Ford Falcon (AU)
A.N.T. Racing
McGill Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 34th Ford Falcon (BF) Stone Brothers Racing
2007-08New Zealand V8s10th Ford Falcon (BA)
2008 V8 Supercar Development Series 29th Ford Falcon (BA) Howard Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 38th Ford Falcon (BF) Ford Performance Racing
Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 5th Ford Mustang
2008–09 New Zealand V8s 21st Ford Falcon (BF) Autotek
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Ford Falcon (FG) Ford Performance Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Development Series 40th Ford Falcon (BF) MW Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 32nd Ford Falcon (FG) Ford Performance Racing
Australian Mini Challenge23rd Mini Cooper S JCW R56
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 37th Ford Falcon (FG) Ford Performance Racing
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 5th Ford Falcon (BF) MW Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 36th Ford Falcon (FG) Stone Brothers Racing
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 38th Holden Commodore (VF) Brad Jones Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 32nd Holden Commodore (VF) Brad Jones Racing
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 33rd Holden Commodore (VF) Brad Jones Racing
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 34th Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 38th Holden Commodore (VF) Erebus Motorsport
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 34th Holden Commodore (ZB) Erebus Motorsport
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 38th Holden Commodore (ZB) Erebus Motorsport
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 11th Ford Mustang GT (S550) Kelly Grove Racing

Supercars Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940PositionPoints
2001 Perkins Motorsport Holden VX Commodore PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

Ret
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

Ret
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
63rd160
2002 Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PHI
R3
PHI
R4
EAS
R5

EAS
R6

EAS
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

CAN
R11

CAN
R12

CAN
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

ORA
R17

ORA
R18

WIN
R19

WIN
R20

QLD
R21

23
BAT
R22

18
SUR
R23

SUR
R24

PUK
R25

PUK
R26

PUK
R27

SAN
R28

SAN
R29

40th100
2003 Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R1
PHI
R3
EAS
R4
WIN
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
HDV
R11
QLD
R12
ORA
R13
SAN
R14

2
BAT
R15

3
SUR
R16
SUR
R17
PUK
R18
PUK
R19
PUK
R20
EAS
R21
EAS
R22
35th188
2004 Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
PUK
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
QLD
R13
WIN
R14
ORA
R15
ORA
R16
SAN
R17

22
BAT
R18

16
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SYM
R23
EAS
R24

EAS
R25

EAS
R26

40th240
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
SHA
R11
SHA
R12
SHA
R13
HDV
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
SAN
R20

7
BAT
R21

5
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SYM
R25
SYM
R26
SYM
R27
PHI
R28

PHI
R29

PHI
R30

40th176
2006 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

ORA
R20

SAN
R21

27
BAT
R22

4
SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SUR
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

SYM
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

37th290
2007 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

BAR
R3

BAR
R4

BAR
R5

PUK
R6

PUK
R7

PUK
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

EAS
R12

EAS
R13

EAS
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

ORA
R21

ORA
R22

ORA
R23

SAN
R24

7
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

PHI
R35

PHI
R36

PHI
R37

35th33
2008 Ford Performance Racing Ford BF Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

EAS
R4

EAS
R5

HAM
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

BAR
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

SAN
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

WIN
R21

WIN
R22

WIN
R23

PHI
R24

24
BAT
R25

7
SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

ORA
R35

ORA
R36

ORA
R37

38th252
2009 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

HAM
R3

HAM
R4

WIN
R5

WIN
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

TOW
R11

TOW
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

PHI
Q

25
PHI
R17

9
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SUR
R21

SUR
R22

PHI
R23

PHI
R24

BAR
R25

BAR
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

52nd152
2010 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1

YMC
R2

BHR
R3

BHR
R4

ADE
R5

ADE
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

QLD
R9

QLD
R10

WIN
R11

WIN
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

TOW
R15

TOW
R16

PHI
R17

2
BAT
R18

9
SUR
R19

21
SUR
R20

3
SYM
R21

SYM
R22

SAN
R23

SAN
R24

SYD
R25

SYD
R26

32nd578
2011 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1

YMC
R2

ADE
R3

ADE
R4

HAM
R5

HAM
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

BAR
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

QLD
R18

PHI
R19

3
BAT
R20

18
SUR
R21

SUR
R22

SYM
R23

SYM
R24

SAN
R25

SAN
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

37th344
2012 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR

1
SAN
R20

5
BAT
R21

12
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
36th386
2013 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
COA
R13
COA
R14
COA
R15
COA
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
QLD
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
WIN
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
SAN
R28

7
BAT
R29

16
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

2
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
SYD
R35

SYD
R36

38th444
2014 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
WIN
R7
WIN
R8
WIN
R9
PUK
R10
PUK
R11
PUK
R12
PUK
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
BAR
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
TOW
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
QLD
R25
SMP
R26
SMP
R27
SMP
R28
SAN
Q

11
SAN
R29

11
BAT
R30

9
SUR
R31

10
SUR
R32

7
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
PHI
R35
SYD
R36
SYD
R37
SYD
R38
32nd486
2015 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
Q

9
SAN
R24

16
BAT
R25

4
SUR
R26

7
SUR
R27

13
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
33rd516
2016 DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q

5
SAN
R20

6
BAT
R21

6
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

15
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
34th468
2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
SMP
R17
SMP
R18
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R19

17
BAT
R20

1
SUR
R21

17
SUR
R22

Ret
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25
NEW
R26
38th462
2018 Erebus Motorsport Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
QR

1
SAN
R24

5
BAT
R25

13
SUR
R26

4
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
34th474
2019 Erebus Motorsport Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

MEL
R3

MEL
R4

MEL
R5

MEL
R6

SYM
R7

PO
SYM
R8

PO
PHI
R9

PHI
R10

BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21

PO
BEN
R22

PO
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25

5
SUR
R26

22
SUR
R27

3
SAN
QR

7
SAN
R28

Ret
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
38th422
2021 Kelly Grove Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 BAT1
R1

BAT1
R2

SAN
R3

SAN
R4

SAN
R5

SYM
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

BEN
R9

BEN
R10

BEN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

HID
R14

TOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

TOW2
R17

TOW2
R18

TOW2
R19

SMP1
R20

SMP1
R21

SMP1
R22

SMP2
R23

24
SMP2
R24

17
SMP2
R25

11
SMP3
R26

20
SMP3
R27

23
SMP3
R28

23
SMP4
R29

SMP4
R30

BAT2
R31

11
27th328

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2000 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VT) Flag of Singapore.svg Christian Murchison DNF128
2001 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Macrow DNF85
2002 Supercheap Auto Racing Ford Falcon (AU) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery 9th160
2003 Supercheap Auto Racing Ford Falcon (BA) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery3rd161
2004 Supercheap Auto RacingFord Falcon (BA) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery16th158
2005 Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon (BA) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall 5th161
2006 Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon (BA) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall4th161
2007 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BF) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell IngallDNF149
2008 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BF) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto 7th161
2009 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (FG) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean CantoDNF139
2010 Ford Performance RacingFord Falcon (FG) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom 9th161
2011 Ford Performance RacingFord Falcon (FG) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 18th161
2012 Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon (FG) Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen 12th161
2013 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (VF) Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard 16th161
2014 Brad Jones RacingHolden Commodore (VF) Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard9th161
2015 Brad Jones RacingHolden Commodore (VF) Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard4th161
2016 DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard6th161
2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds 1st161
2018 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds13th161
2019 Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds5th161
2021 Kelly Grove Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds11th161

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOverall
position
Class
position
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Coffey Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Stokell
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Hackett
Lamborghini Diablo GTR A4878th6th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2017
(with David Reynolds)
Succeeded by