Penrite Racing locks in Bathurst 1000-winning co-driver

Aiden Taylor 03 February 2021

The 2017 Bathurst 1000-winning dream team will reunite and return to the mountain for 2021’s running of the Great Race as Luke Youlden joins Penrite Racing to partner David Reynolds in the #26 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang.

Youlden has been Reynolds’s co-driver in three Bathurst 1000s, highlighted by a victory in 2017 on Youlden’s eighteenth attempt at the Great Race - it was both driver’s first win at the mountain. Youlden is one of the most experienced co-drivers in the field, with a total of 20 Bathurst 1000 starts to his name.

Youlden will race in the Porsche Carrera Cup this year, allowing him to stay race fit throughout the season. With the co-driver field now extremely competitive, having regular race events to supplement Supercar duties is a significant advantage. The team will also field Youlden at its passenger ride events throughout the year to give him the opportunity to adapt to the Penrite Racing Ford Mustang ahead of his debut in an official capacity at Bathurst in October.

Youlden will get his first taste of the Penrite Racing Mustang at Kelly Grove Racing’s corporate ride event at Phillip Island today.

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David Reynolds, Driver, #26 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang

“We’ve got the dream team back together and it feels awesome. Myself and Luke shared some great memories together when we won the Bathurst 1000 in 2017, which is still one of the greatest moments of my life. I’ve enjoyed driving with him and he’s a great guy so it was only right we recruit him for Bathurst again this year.”

“Luke will be doing quite a lot of racing this year which is great for him and it means we know he’ll be race ready when it comes time to get in the car for Bathurst. With how good the co-driver field is these days it’s hard to turn up having not raced all year and give it a crack so with his regular Porsche meetings I think he’ll turn up confident and raring to go.”

“We’ve got a ride day coming up at Phillip Island where Luke and myself will both get our first taste of the Penrite Mustang which is exciting, it’s going to be new to both of us so it’s a good opportunity to learn all of the systems of a new car before things get serious.”

Luke Youlden, Co-Driver, #26 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang

“I’m really excited to be joining Dave and the team at Penrite Racing for Bathurst this year. It’s an interesting and exciting time to be joining the team, there’s obviously been a lot of change at Kelly Grove Racing which seems to be extremely positive and the team is really ambitious.”

“Winning Bathurst with Dave in 2017 was one of the highlights of my career, it’s something that I’ll never forget so obviously I’m really looking forward to giving it another crack this year after watching from the sidelines in 2020.”

“Myself and Dave obviously have history, we know how each other work and I’m used to driving the car the way that Dave has it setup so I think we’ll be able to gel together really well and hopefully have a strong result. We definitely have experience on our side, together we’ll probably be one of the most experienced combinations that’ll race at Bathurst which is cool.”

“It’ll be my first time driving the Ford Mustang Supercar, but I’m fairly confident I’ll adapt to it pretty easily, particularly after having a few ride days and things like that between now and the 1000 in October.”

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