Rookie of The Year Award Winners
| Year | Driver | Start | Qualifying Speed (mph / km/h) |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Art Cross | 20 | 134.288 / 216.116 | 5 |
| 1953 | Jimmy Daywalt | 21 | 135.747 / 218.464 | 6 |
| 1954 | Larry Crockett | 25 | 139.557 / 224.595 | 9 |
| 1955 | Al Herman | 16 | 139.811 / 225.004 | 7 |
| 1956 | Bob Veith | 23 | 142.535 / 229.388 | 7 |
| 1957 | Don Edmunds | 27 | 140.449 / 226.031 | 19 |
| 1958 | George Amick | 25 | 142.710 / 229.669 | 2 |
| 1959 | Bobby Grim | 5 | 144.225 / 232.108 | 26 |
| 1960 | Jim Hurtubise | 23 | 149.056 / 239.882 | 18 |
| 1961 | Bobby Marshman | 33 | 144.293 / 232.217 | 7 |
| Parnelli Jones | 5 | 146.080 / 235.093 | 12 | |
| 1962 | Jim McElreath | 7 | 149.025 / 239.832 | 6 |
| 1963 | Jim Clark | 5 | 149.750 / 240.999 | 2 |
| 1964 | Johnny White | 21 | 150.893 / 242.839 | 4 |
| 1965 | Mario Andretti | 4 | 158.849 / 255.643 | 3 |
| 1966 | Jackie Stewart | 11 | 159.972 / 257.450 | 6 |
| 1967 | Denis Hulme | 24 | 163.376 / 262.928 | 4 |
| 1968 | Bill Vukovich II | 23 | 163.510 / 263.144 | 7 |
| 1969 | Mark Donohue | 4 | 168.903 / 271.823 | 7 |
| 1970 | Donnie Allison | 23 | 165.662 / 266.607 | 4 |
| 1971 | Denny Zimmerman | 28 | 169.755 / 273.194 | 8 |
| 1972 | Mike Hiss | 25 | 179.015 / 288.097 | 7 |
| 1973 | Graham McRae | 13 | 192.031 / 309.044 | 16 |
| 1974 | Pancho Carter | 21 | 180.605 / 290.656 | 7 |
| 1975 | Bill Puterbaugh | 15 | 183.833 / 295.851 | 7 |
| 1976 | Vern Schuppan | 17 | 182.011 / 292.918 | 18 |
| 1977 | Jerry Sneva | 16 | 186.616 / 300.329 | 10 |
| 1978 | Larry Rice | 30 | 187.393 / 301.580 | 11 |
| Rick Mears | 3 | 200.078 / 321.994 | 23 | |
| 1979 | Howdy Holmes | 13 | 185.864 / 299.119 | 7 |
| 1980 | Tim Richmond | 19 | 188.334 / 303.094 | 9 |
| 1981 | Josele Garza | 6 | 195.101 / 313.985 | 23 |
| 1982 | Jim Hickman | 24 | 196.217 / 315.781 | 7 |
| 1983 | Teo Fabi | 1 | 207.395 / 333.770 | 26 |
| 1984 | Roberto Guerrero | 7 | 205.707 / 331.053 | 2 |
| Michael Andretti | 4 | 207.805 / 334.430 | 5 | |
| 1985 | Arie Luyendyk | 20 | 206.004 / 331.531 | 7 |
| 1986 | Randy Lanier | 13 | 209.964 / 337.904 | 10 |
| 1987 | Fabrizio Barbazza | 17 | 208.038 / 334.805 | 3 |
| 1988 | Bill Vukovich III | 23 | 208.545 / 335.621 | 14 |
| 1989 | Bernard Jourdain | 20 | 213.105 / 342.959 | 9 |
| Scott Pruett | 17 | 213.995 / 344.327 | 10 | |
| 1990 | Eddie Cheever | 14 | 217.926 / 350.718 | 8 |
| 1991 | Jeff Andretti | 11 | 217.632 / 350.245 | 15 |
| 1992 | Lyn St. James | 27 | 220.150 / 354.297 | 11 |
| 1993 | Nigel Mansell | 8 | 220.255 / 354.466 | 3 |
| 1994 | Jacques Villeneuve | 4 | 226.259 / 364.129 | 2 |
| 1995 | Christian Fittipaldi | 27 | 226.375 / 364.315 | 2 |
| 1996 | Tony Stewart | 1 | 233.100 / 375.138 | 24 |
| 1997 | Jeff Ward | 7 | 214.517 / 345.232 | 3 |
| 1998 | Steve Knapp | 23 | 216.445 / 348.334 | 3 |
| 1999 | Robby McGehee | 27 | 220.139 / 354.279 | 5 |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 223.372 / 359.482 | 1 |
| 2001 | Hélio Castroneves | 11 | 224.142 / 360.722 | 1 |
| 2002 | Alex Barron | 26 | 228.580 / 367.864 | 4 |
| Tomas Scheckter | 10 | 229.210 / 368.878 | 26 | |
| 2003 | Tora Takagi | 7 | 229.358 / 369.116 | 5 |
| 2004 | Kosuke Matsuura | 9 | 220.740 / 355.247 | 11 |
| 2005 | Danica Patrick | 4 | 227.004 / 365.328 | 4 |
| 2006 | Marco Andretti | 9 | 224.918 / 361.970 | 2 |
| 2007 | Phil Giebler | 33 | 219.637 / 353.472 | 29 |
| 2008 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 20 | 221.579 / 356.597 | 6 |
| 2009 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | 221.115 / 355.850 | 11 |
| 2010 | Simona de Silvestro | 22 | 224.228 / 360.860 | 14 |
| 2011 | J. R. Hildebrand | 12 | 225.579 / 363.034 | 2 |
| 2012 | Rubens Barrichello | 10 | 224.264 / 360.918 | 11 |
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