Luke Youlden




















































Luke Youlden
Nationality
Australia Australian
Born
27 January 1978 (1978-01-27) (age 41)
Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Record
Car number 9
Current team
Erebus Motorsport
(Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships 0
Races 48
Race wins 1
Podium finishes 7
Pole positions 2
2017 Championship position 38th (462 pts)


Luke Youlden (born 28 January 1978) is an Australian motor racing driver. He is the son of two-time Australian Production Car champion Kent Youlden.[1] Youlden drives for Erebus Motorsport[2] as a co-driver alongside David Reynolds in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. Outside racing, Youlden works at a performance driving school with fellow Supercars racer Dean Canto.[3] He co-drove to victory with David Reynolds in the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.




Contents






  • 1 Racing career


  • 2 Career results


    • 2.1 Complete Bathurst 1000 results


    • 2.2 Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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 Dougal 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.[4] 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 AU Falcon 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.[5]


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.[6]


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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]


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.[10][11] 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.[12]



Career results














































































































































































































































Season
Series
Position
Car
Team
2000

Australian Formula Ford Championship

1st

Mygale SJ2000
Dugal McDougal Motorsport
2001

Australian GT Production Car Championship (Class E)

1st

Holden Astra SRi
Luke Youlden

V8 Supercar Championship Series
63rd

Holden VX Commodore

Perkins Motorsport
2002

V8 Supercar Development Series
13th

Ford AU Falcon

Steven Ellery Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
40th
2003

V8 Supercar Development Series
5th

Ford AU Falcon

Steven Ellery Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
35th

Ford BA Falcon
2004

V8 Supercar Development Series

2nd

Ford AU Falcon

Steven Ellery Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
40th

Ford BA Falcon
2005

Australian Carrera Cup Championship
4th

Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
VIP Pet Foods Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
40th

Ford BA Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing
2005–06

New Zealand V8s
5th

Ford BA Falcon

2006

V8 Supercar Development Series
22nd

Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
Peters Motorsport
Dick Johnson Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
37th

Ford BA Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing

Australian Carrera Cup Championship
16th

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

Fitzgerald Racing
2006–07

New Zealand V8s
9th

Ford BA Falcon

2007

V8 Supercar Development Series
5th

Ford BA Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
A.N.T. Racing
McGill Motorsport

V8 Supercar Championship Series
34th

Ford BF Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing
2007-08

New Zealand V8s
10th

Ford BA Falcon

2008

V8 Supercar Development Series
29th

Ford BA Falcon
Howard Racing

V8 Supercar Championship Series
38th

Ford BF Falcon

Ford Performance Racing

Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
5th

Ford Mustang

2008–09

New Zealand V8s
21st

Ford BF Falcon
Autotek
2009

V8 Supercar Championship Series
52nd

Ford FG Falcon

Ford Performance Racing
2010

V8 Supercar Development Series
40th

Ford BF Falcon

MW Motorsport

V8 Supercar Championship Series
32nd

Ford FG Falcon

Ford Performance Racing

Australian Mini Challenge
23rd

Mini Cooper S JCW R56

2011

International V8 Supercars Championship
37th

Ford FG Falcon

Ford Performance Racing
2012

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
5th

Ford BF Falcon

MW Motorsport

International V8 Supercars Championship
36th

Ford FG Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing
2013

International V8 Supercars Championship
38th

Holden VF Commodore

Brad Jones Racing
2014

International V8 Supercars Championship
32nd

Holden VF Commodore

Brad Jones Racing
2015

International V8 Supercars Championship
33rd

Holden VF Commodore

Brad Jones Racing
2016

International V8 Supercars Championship
34th

Ford FG X Falcon

DJR Team Penske
2017

Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
38th

Holden VF Commodore

Erebus Motorsport


Complete Bathurst 1000 results



































































































































































Year
Team
Car
Co-driver
Position
Laps

2000

Perkins Engineering

Holden VT Commodore

Singapore Christian Murchison
DNF
128

2001
Perkins Engineering

Holden VX Commodore

Australia Adam Macrow
DNF
85

2002

Supercheap Auto Racing

Ford AU Falcon

Australia Steven Ellery
9th
160

2003
Supercheap Auto Racing

Ford BA Falcon

Australia Steven Ellery

3rd
161

2004
Supercheap Auto Racing
Ford BA Falcon

Australia Steven Ellery
16th
158

2005
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford BA Falcon

Australia Russell Ingall
5th
161

2006
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford BA Falcon

Australia Russell Ingall
4th
161

2007
Stone Brothers Racing

Ford BF Falcon

Australia Russell Ingall
DNF
149

2008

Ford Performance Racing
Ford BF Falcon

Australia Dean Canto
7th
161

2009
Ford Performance Racing

Ford FG Falcon

Australia Dean Canto
DNF
139

2010
Ford Performance Racing
Ford FG Falcon

Australia Mark Winterbottom
9th
161

2011
Ford Performance Racing
Ford FG Falcon

Australia Will Davison
18th
161

2012
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford FG Falcon

New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
12th
161

2013

Brad Jones Racing

Holden VF Commodore

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
16th
161

2014
Brad Jones Racing
Holden VF Commodore

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
9th
161

2015
Brad Jones Racing
Holden VF Commodore

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
4th
161

2016

DJR Team Penske

Ford FG X Falcon

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
6th
161

2017

Erebus Motorsport
Holden VF Commodore

Australia David Reynolds

1st
161

2018
Erebus Motorsport

Holden Commodore ZB

Australia David Reynolds
13th
161


Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results























Year
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps

Pos.

Class
Pos.


2003

Australia Mark Coffey Racing

Australia Paul Stokell
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia Peter Hackett

Lamborghini Diablo GTR
A
487
8th
6th


References





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  5. ^ "Andrew Jones Wins 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Championship". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.


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  7. ^ "Split enduro driver rule divides a nation". SpeedCafe. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2011.


  8. ^ "Davison and Youlden Take L&H 500 Pole". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.


  9. ^ "Early casualties at Mount Panorama". SpeedCafe. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.


  10. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (15 September 2012). "Shane van Gisbergen secures Sandown 500 pole". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.


  11. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (16 September 2012). "Lowndes and Luff take Sandown 500 victory". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.


  12. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (27 October 2013). "Reynolds takes maiden V8 Supercars win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.




External links



  • Profile on Racing Reference

  • Profile at Driver DataBase









Sporting positions
Preceded by
Will Davison
Jonathon Webb


Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2017
(with David Reynolds)
Succeeded by
Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards








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