Luke Youlden
| Luke Youlden | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australian |
| Born |
28 January 1978 (age 39) Melbourne, Victoria |
| Supercars Record | |
| Car number | 9 |
| Current team | Erebus Motorsport |
| Series championships | 0 |
| Races | 38 |
| Race wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 6 |
| Pole positions | 2 |
| 2016 Championship position | 34th (468 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. Youlden drives for Erebus Motorsport as a co-driver alongside David Reynolds in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. Outside of racing, Youlden works at a performance driving school with fellow V8 Supercar racer Dean Canto.
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. 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 count back of round wins.
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