 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.