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Richmond International Speedway hosts the May 15 Pontiac Excitement 400 and the Sept. 11 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400.
All of the Winston Cup races will be seen live on television with all three major networks involved, along with ESPN and TNN on cable.
While his successes have made Gordon a popular figure for many fans, he is intensely disliked by many others. “He has the rare distinction of being a driver who’s booed almost as much as he’s cheered,” CBS broadcaster Mike Joy said during Daytona 500 qualifying. “The question for many fans is, ‘does he win too much?’ ”
Gordon finished 16th in Daytona last year, giving no'indication of the fabulous road of succeee**that was ahead for the 27-year-old driver.
By season’s end, Gordon had won under all kinds of conditions, on all sorts of tracks from the “world’s fastest half-mile in Bristol to the Pocono tri-oval, from the brickyards of Indianapolis to the road courses at Watkins Glen and Sears Point.
During one remarkable stretch, Gordon won four consecutive races,
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