Emerson Newton-John (born September 26, 1974) is an American professional racing driver. The nephew ofOlivia Newton-John, he has competed in numerous forms of motorsports, most notably inNASCAR, theARCA Racing Series, and theIndy Lights Series.

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

Newton-John made his debut in stock car racing in November 2001, competing in theARCA Re/MAX Series atAtlanta Motor Speedway where he ran as high as twelfth after starting from the back of the field. He ended up fifteenth.^[1] In 2002, he competed in his firstNASCAR event, aCraftsman Truck Series race atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway; he finished 31st in the event,^[2] following a weekend that Newton-John described as "disastrous".^{[citation needed]}

In2012, Newton-John returned to professional racing, driving an open-wheel formula car for the first time in almost eleven years in a test atIowa Speedway. Passing a refresher test, he went on to compete in theFreedom 100 Firestone Indy Lights race, driving forTyce Carlson'sFan 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 seventeenth place finish.^[4] He ran again in Indy Lights later in the year at theGrand 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 theARCA Racing Series, driving forCarter 2 Motorsports atMadison International Speedway;^[7] running as astart-and-park, he finished 23rd.^[8]

A native ofLos Angeles, California, Newton-John is the son of Graham Hall and Rona Newton-John (1941–2013), stepson ofJeff Conaway, half-brother of Fiona Goldsmith,Brett Goldsmith andTottie Goldsmith, and the nephew ofOlivia Newton-John.^[9] He is named after two-timeIndianapolis 500 winnerEmerson 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 onbreast andprostate cancer awareness.^[10]

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• Emerson Newton-John driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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