2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship finishing in 14th place. In the 2002 Championship, Newman acquitted himself well and improved to finish 10th in the series Newman's brightest moment in motor racing was when he put his Ferrari on pole position for the 2002 Sandown 500. Newman benefited in the Top 10 shootout for pole as he was the first driver on the track. Before the next driver went out the rain came down and Newman ended up over 6 seconds faster than the 2nd placed Porsche 996 GT3 of racing legend Jim Richards. Newman and co-driver Scott Shearman went on to finish the race 6th outright. Newman defected to Team Lamborghini for the 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship and driving the V12 Lamborghini Diablo SVR and GTR models improved to finish 7th outright in the championship. He finished the series in 9th place in Group 1 and 3rd place in Group 2. After leaving motor racing at the end of 2003, Newman would again race in the 2009 and 2010 Mini Challenge Australia championships, both times at the Albert Park round in the Uber Star Celebrity Car. Career results Results sources from: Personal life Newman lives in Docklands, Melbourne. In 2002, he released a compilation album entitled I Do My Best Work After Midnight, consisting of 13 selections from other artists, as well as two songs sung by himself: "Witchcraft" and "I've Got You Under My Skin". In 2008 he was treated for prostate cancer, and he allowed Channel Nine's program 60 Minutes to film the operation. Following the operation, he was cleared of the cancer. He has been married four times. His last wife, Amanda Brown, died aged 50 in May 2021 despite Newman desperately trying to revive her using CPR for 20–30 minutes. The two had been together for 20 years, only getting married in late 2020, about six months before her death. Newman recorded an emotional tribute to his late wife on his podcast You Cannot Be Serious. References External links The Footy Show AFL official website 1945 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club captains Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees All-Australians (1953–1988) Carji Greeves Medal winners Australian rules football commentators Australian television presenters Triple M presenters People educated at Geelong Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Geelong