Background
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.
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Emerson Newton-John
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Career
The nephew of Olivia Newton-John, he has competed in both open wheel and stock car racing. 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 stock cars. Newton-John made his debut in stock car racing in November 2001, competing in the Associate of the Royal College of Art 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 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing 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".
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 Industry Lights race, driving for Tyce Carlson"s Fan Force United team He was 6th fastest in practice and qualified an impressive 8th. He was involved in a multi-car incident on the fifth lap of the event, and was credited with a 17th-place finish.
He ran again in Industry 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, and then in the race, finishing 12th of 13 cars. In 2014, Newton-John returned to the Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series, driving for Carter 2 Motorsports at Madison International Speedway.
Running as a start-and-park, he finished 23rd.
