NEWMAN: Going For the 'Quad' At Bristol
08-10-2009 6:14 pm

Bristol Week is going to be a very busy time for Ryan Newman — especially opening Wednesday.

Newman will drive four completely different pieces of racing equipment for as many owners. That includes a return to Kevin Harvick Inc.'s No. 2 Pringles Chevrolet. That's the same chassis that carried Newman to his 2008 victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Newman will compete in the track's first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race that precedes the NCWTS O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline. He'll add starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events to complete a marathon weekend consisting of 1,100 laps.

It's believed no driver has won four races in a NASCAR national series weekend at the same track but one — Steve Park — who gave it a great shot when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time in 1996.

Park, recent NASCAR Camping World Series East winner, competed in five different races during the weekend, winning a Whelen Modified Tour race and finishing second in one of two Camping World Series East starts. Park finished fourth in the truck race.

The UNOH Perfect Storm 150 marks the first modified race since Bristol's banking was raised in 1969.