pole. Top Ten Results 88 - Dale Jarrett 28 - Ricky Rudd 99 - Jeff Burton 55 - Bobby Hamilton 40 - Sterling Marlin 17 - Matt Kenseth 20 - Tony Stewart 18 - Bobby Labonte 26 - Jimmy Spencer 25 - Jerry Nadeau Failed to qualify: Jason Leffler (No. 01), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Hut Stricklin (No. 90) This race would mark the second and final time that Dale Jarrett would score back-to-back victories. The only other time doing that was in 1997 when he won Atlanta and Darlington in the spring. Talladega 500 The Talladega 500 was held April 22 at Talladega Superspeedway. Stacy Compton won the pole. Top Ten Results 55 - Bobby Hamilton* 20 - Tony Stewart 97 - Kurt Busch 6 - Mark Martin 18 - Bobby Labonte 33 - Joe Nemechek 10 - Johnny Benson 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. 7 - Mike Wallace 99 - Jeff Burton Failed to qualify: Kenny Wallace (No. 27), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Rick Mast (No. 50), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Andy Hillenburg (No. 49) This was Bobby Hamilton's fourth and last win in the Cup Series. This was the first win for Andy Petree Racing. This was the second caution-free race in the history of Talladega Superspeedway, but the aerodynamics package was vastly different than the first caution-free race, which in turn made the average speed (184.003 mph) slower than the track record. Stacy Compton won his first Winston Cup Series pole for this race. This would have been the race for Dale Earnhardt to become NASCAR's new Iron Man. He was set to pass his 1979 Rookie rival Terry Labonte by making his 656th consecutive start in this event if he had never crashed at Daytona in February. Earnhardt unexpectedly finished his career with 648 consecutive starts. Labonte held the Iron Man record with 655 consecutive starts, and his streak ended when he had to miss the 2000 Brickyard 400 due to injury. One of Earnhardt's former rivals, Ricky Rudd, would eventually pass Labonte by making his 656th consecutive race the following year in the 2002 Coca-Cola 600. As of 2022, Jeff Gordon is currently NASCAR's new Iron Man with 797 consecutive starts. NAPA Auto Parts 500 The NAPA Auto Parts 500 was held April 29 at California Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole. Top Ten Results 2 - Rusty Wallace 24 - Jeff Gordon 8