Luke Youlden
Luke Youlden | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | 28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 46) Melbourne, Victoria |
Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 26 |
Current team | Kelly Grove Racing (Endurance race co-driver) |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 61 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 8 |
Pole positions | 5 |
2021 position | 27th (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.
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
Supercars Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | Position | Points |
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 | 63rd | 160 | ||||||||||
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 | 40th | 100 | |||||||||||
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 | 35th | 188 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | 40th | 240 | ||||||||||||||
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 | 40th | 176 | ||||||||||
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 | 37th | 290 | ||||||
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 | 35th | 33 | |||
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 | 38th | 252 | |||
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 | 52nd | 152 | |||||||||||
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 | 32nd | 578 | ||||||||||||||
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 | 37th | 344 | ||||||||||||
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 | 36th | 386 | |||||||||
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 | 38th | 444 | ||||
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 | 32nd | 486 | |
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 | 33rd | 516 | |||
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 | 34th | 468 | ||||||||||
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 | 38th | 462 | |||||||||||||
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 | 34th | 474 | ||||||||
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 | 38th | 422 | |||||||||
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 | 27th | 328 |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2000 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore (VT) | Christian Murchison | DNF | 128 |
2001 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore (VX) | Adam Macrow | DNF | 85 |
2002 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | Steven Ellery | 9th | 160 |
2003 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | Steven Ellery | 3rd | 161 |
2004 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | Steven Ellery | 16th | 158 |
2005 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | Russell Ingall | 5th | 161 |
2006 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | Russell Ingall | 4th | 161 |
2007 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (BF) | Russell Ingall | DNF | 149 |
2008 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (BF) | Dean Canto | 7th | 161 |
2009 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Dean Canto | DNF | 139 |
2010 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Mark Winterbottom | 9th | 161 |
2011 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Will Davison | 18th | 161 |
2012 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Shane van Gisbergen | 12th | 161 |
2013 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | Fabian Coulthard | 16th | 161 |
2014 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | Fabian Coulthard | 9th | 161 |
2015 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | Fabian Coulthard | 4th | 161 |
2016 | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | Fabian Coulthard | 6th | 161 |
2017 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | David Reynolds | 1st | 161 |
2018 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore (ZB) | David Reynolds | 13th | 161 |
2019 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | David Reynolds | 5th | 161 |
2021 | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | David Reynolds | 11th | 161 |
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
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2003 | Mark Coffey Racing | Paul Stokell Allan Simonsen Peter Hackett | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | A | 487 | 8th | 6th |
References
- ^ "Konica Profile: Luke Youlden". V8X. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Our Drivers". Stunt Driving School.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Luke Youlden's Formula Ford Festival Ends Early". AutoWeb. 24 October 2000. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Andrew Jones Wins 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Championship". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 25 August 2004. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series - Mount Panorama - Bathurst - V8 Supercars - Supercheap Auto 1000". National Software. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Split enduro driver rule divides a nation". SpeedCafe. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Davison and Youlden Take L&H 500 Pole". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Early casualties at Mount Panorama". SpeedCafe. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (15 September 2012). "Shane van Gisbergen secures Sandown 500 pole". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (16 September 2012). "Lowndes and Luff take Sandown 500 victory". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (27 October 2013). "Reynolds takes maiden V8 Supercars win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
External links
- Luke Youlden driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Luke Youlden career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2017 (with David Reynolds) | Succeeded by |
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- Craig Lowndes
- Jim Richards
- Dick Johnson
- Shane van Gisbergen
- John Bowe
- Will Davison
- John Goss
- Allan Grice
- Russell Ingall
- Rick Kelly
- Tony Longhurst
- Chaz Mostert
- Aaltonen
- Bailey
- Bargwanna
- Bartlett
- Bond
- Bosworth
- D. Brabham
- G. Brabham
- Bright
- Coad
- Dumbrell
- Fitzpatrick
- French
- Geoghegan
- Gibson
- Hahne
- Hansford
- Harvey
- Holden
- Holdsworth
- Ickx
- T. Kelly
- McLaughlin
- McLeod
- McPhee
- Mezera
- B. Morris
- P. Morris
- Mulholland
- Parsons
- Percat
- Percy
- Prémat
- D. Reynolds
- G. Reynolds
- Roberts
- Roxburgh
- Rydell
- Sampson
- B. Seton
- Stanaway
- Webb
- Winterbottom
- Youlden