Emerson Newton-John
| Emerson Newton-John | |||||||
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| Nationality |
 American
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| Born |
September 26, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Related to | Olivia Newton-John | ||||||
| ARCA Racing Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2001 | ||||||
| Current team | Carter 2 Motorsports | ||||||
| Car no. | 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 |
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 94th (2002) | ||||||
| First race | 2002 New England 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of August 24, 2014. | |||||||
Emerson Newton-John (born September 26, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) is an American racing driver. The nephew of Olivia Newton-John, he has competed in both open wheel and .
Newton-John is the son of Graham Hall and Rona Newton-John, stepson of Jeff Conaway, half-brother of Fiona Goldsmith, Brett Goldsmith and Tottie Goldsmith, and the nephew of Olivia Newton-John. He is named after two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi. He is married, and has two children.
Newton-John competed 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. 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 .
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. 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, following a weekend that Newton-John described as "disastrous".
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