Emerson Newton-John
Nationality	American
Born	(1974-09-26) September 26, 1974 (age 49) Los Angeles, California
Related to	Olivia Newton-John (aunt) Brett Goldsmith (half-brother) Tottie Goldsmith (half-sister) Jeff Conaway (step-father)
Debut season	2001
Current team	Carter 2 Motorsports
Car number	97
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	140th in 2001
Previous series
2012 2002 2000–2001 1998	Firestone Indy Lights NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Formula Holden Renault Megane Cup
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	94th (2002)
First race	2002 New England 200 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 24, 2014.

Emerson Newton-John (born September 26, 1974) is an American professional racing driver. The nephew of Olivia Newton-John, he has competed in numerous forms of motorsports, most notably in NASCAR, the ARCA Racing Series, and the Indy Lights Series.

Racing career

Newton-John competed in the Formula Holden Tasman Cup in 2000–2001, nearly winning his inaugural event in the series, and the Formula Holden Australian Drivers' Championship in 2001, finishing fifth, with a best result of 2nd; he also competed in the French Renault Megane Cup, and tested a Formula Three car.^[1] His final Formula Holden race was on September 10, 2001; the September 11 attacks resulted in financial backing for his open-wheel career drying up, and Newton-John switched to stock cars.^[1]

Newton-John made his debut in stock car racing in November 2001, competing in the ARCA Re/MAX Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway where he ran as high as 12th after starting from the back of the field. he ended up 15th.^[1] In 2002, he competed in his first NASCAR event, a Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; he finished 31st in the event,^[2] following a weekend that Newton-John described as "disastrous".^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Newton-John returned to professional racing, driving an open-wheel formula car for the first time in almost eleven years in a test at Iowa Speedway. Passing a refresher test, he went on to compete in the Freedom 100 Firestone Indy Lights race, driving for Tyce Carlson's Fan Force United team.^[1] He was 6th fastest in practice and qualified in 8th position. He was involved in a multi-car incident on the fifth lap of the event,^[3] and was credited with a 17th-place finish.^[4] He ran again in Indy Lights later in the year at the Grand Prix of Baltimore; he crashed twice due to faulty rear suspension, first in qualifying for the event,^[5] and then in the race, finishing 12th of 13 cars.^[6]

In 2014, Newton-John returned to the ARCA Racing Series, driving for Carter 2 Motorsports at Madison International Speedway;^[7] running as a start-and-park, he finished 23rd.^[8]

Personal life

A native of Los Angeles, California, Newton-John is the son of Graham Hall and Rona Newton-John (1941–2013), stepson of Jeff Conaway, half-brother of Fiona Goldsmith, Brett Goldsmith and Tottie Goldsmith, and the nephew of Olivia Newton-John.^[9] He is named after two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi.^[1] He is married, and has two children.^{[citation needed]}

Newton-John is the founder of the charitable organization Pink and Blue for Two, focused on breast and prostate cancer awareness.^[10]

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

NASCAR

(key) (Bold − Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics − Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

• Emerson Newton-John driver statistics at Racing-Reference