 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.