List of American Championship Car Rookie of the Year Winners

The following is a list compiling all the winners of the Rookie of the Year award in open wheel American Championship Car Racing from 1946 season to the present day. Before the creation of Championship Auto Racing Teams the prize is not officially awarded. So all of the AAA and USAC winners of the Rookie of the Year award is not officially recognized. The list of "Indy car" or "Champ car" rookies under the following auspices:

Sanctioning bodies

The AAA Contest Board began sanctioning races as early as 1904. In the early years of the sport, only two seasons (1905 and 1916) an official national championship was recognized and awarded. The 1946 season is a source of a statistical anomaly. The AAA Contest Board included a substantial number of "Big Car" races in the national championship for 1946, swelling the season to 77 events (6 Champ Car races and 71 Big Car races). Some later texts chose to dismiss the 71 Big Car races from record, but reliable records and historians contend that the season should be regarded as the full 77-race schedule.
Officially, Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award named after the late founder of the two-time champion TrueSports Racing Team, it was presented from 1979 Season to 2007 Season to the rookie who accumulates the most Champ Car Championship Series points among first year drivers.

Rookie of the Year winners

AAA and USAC Rookie of the Year winners
AAA National Motor Car Championship
Year Rookie of the Year winners Driver standings Wins Team
1946 Jimmy Jackson 4 Jimmy Jackson Racing
1947 Bill Holland 2 2 Fred Peters Racing
1948 Mack Hellings 8 Tommy Lee Racing
1949 Jimmy Davies 17 1 Pat Clancy Racing
1950 Walt Faulkner 2 1 J.C. Agajanian Racing
1951 Mike Nazaruk 5 Jim Robbins Racing,
Lou & Bruce Bromme Racing
1952 Jimmy Reece 9 John Zink Racing
1953 Ernie McCoy 16 H.A. Chapman Racing
1954 Larry Crockett 11 Federal Engineering
1955 George Amick 9 Lindsey Hopkins Racing
USAC National Championship
Year Rookie of the Year winners Driver standings Wins Team
1956 Jud Larson 22 1 John Zink Racing
1957 A. J. Foyt 26 John Wills Racing
1958 Joe Barzda 18 Joe Barzda Racing
1959 Jim Hurtubise 21 1 Racing Associates
1960 Parnelli Jones 18 D.A. Caruthers Racing
1961 Bobby Marshman 8 Walter Meskowski Racing
1962 Johnny Rutherford 25 Ollie Prather Racing
1963 Jim Clark 6 1 Team Lotus
1964 Mario Andretti 11 Dean Van Lines Racing
1965 Carl Williams 23
1966 Al Smith 16 Federal Automotive Associates
1967 Jim Malloy 27 Jim Robbins Racing
1968 Sonny Ates 24 Boyce Holt Racing,
Joe Barzda Racing,
Federal Automotive Associates
1969 Steve Krisiloff 24 Shelby-Dowd Racing
1970 Dick Simon 10 Racing International
1971 George Eaton 24 Fejer Brothers Racing
1972 Mike Hiss 6 Page Racing Enterprises
1973 Tom Sneva 31
1974 Pancho Carter 11 Bob Fletcher Racing
1975 Spike Gehlhausen 24 Carl Gehlhausen Racing
1976 Rick Mears 16 Art Sugai Racing
1977 Danny Ongais 12 1 Interscope Racing
1978 Tom Bagley 11 Leader Card Racers
1979 Howdy Holmes 12 AMI Racing
1980 Gordon Smiley 18 Patrick Racing

CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year winners

The Rookie of the Year award in CART was named in the honor of Jim Trueman. [1]

Season Driver Driver standings Wins Team Chassis Engine Tyres
1979 Bill Alsup 15 WASP Racing Goodyear
1980 Dennis Firestone 12 Rhoades Competition Penske Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1981 Bob Lazier 9 Bob Fletcher Racing Goodyear
1982 Bobby Rahal 2 2 Truesports March 82C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1983 Teo Fabi 2 4 Forsythe Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1984 Roberto Guerrero 11 Bignotti-Cotter Racing March 84C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1985 Arie Luyendyk 18 Provimi Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1986 Dominic Dobson 30 Leader Cards Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1987 Fabrizio Barbazza 12 Arciero Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1988 John Jones 11 Arciero Racing March 88C Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1989 Bernard Jourdain 20 Andale Racing Lola Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1990 Eddie Cheever 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Penske PC-18 Chevrolet A Goodyear
1991 Jeff Andretti 15 Bayside Disposal Racing Lola Cosworth DFX Goodyear
1992 Stefan Johansson 14 Bettenhausen Racing Penske PC-20 Chevrolet A Goodyear
1993 Nigel Mansell Champion 5 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB Goodyear
1994 Jacques Villeneuve 6 1 Forsythe Racing Reynard 94i Ford XB Goodyear
1995 Gil de Ferran 14 1 Jim Hall Racing Reynard 95i Mercedes-Benz IC108 Goodyear
1996 Alex Zanardi 3 3 Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96i Honda HRH Firestone
1997 Patrick Carpentier 17 Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D Goodyear
1998 Tony Kanaan 9 Tasman Motorsports Reynard 98i Honda HRK Firestone
1999 Juan Pablo Montoya Champion 7 Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS Firestone
2000 Kenny Bräck 4 Team Rahal Reynard 2Ki Ford Cosworth XF Firestone
2001 Scott Dixon 8 1 PacWest Racing Reynard 01i Toyota RV8F Firestone
2002 Mario Dominguez 18 1 Herdez Competition Lola B02/00 Ford Cosworth XF Bridgestone
2003 Sébastien Bourdais 4 3 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 Ford Cosworth XFE Bridgestone
2004 A. J. Allmendinger 6 RuSPORT Lola B02/00 Ford Cosworth XFE Bridgestone
2005 Timo Glock 8 Rocketsports Racing Lola B02/00 Ford Cosworth XFE Bridgestone
2006 Will Power 6 Team Australia Lola B02/00 Ford Cosworth XFE Bridgestone
2007 Robert Doornbos 3 2 Minardi Team USA Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE Bridgestone

IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year winners

As of 2018 IndyCar Series season The Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the top-finishing rookie in the IndyCar Series Drivers point standings. Winner also receives a $50,000 bonus. The Rookie of the Year Award is based on points for the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship earned at each event.[2]

Season Driver Driver standings Wins Team Chassis Engine Tyres
1996–97 Jim Guthrie 12 1 Blueprint Racing Lola T93/00
Dallara IR7		 Menard V6
Buick V6
Oldsmobile Aurora V8		 Firestone
1998 Robby Unser 16 Cheever Racing G-Force GF01B
Dallara IR8		 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Goodyear
1999 Scott Harrington 14 Harrington Motorsports Dallara IR9 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8
Oldsmobile Aurora V8		 Firestone
2000 Airton Daré 16 TeamXtreme G-Force GF05 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone
2001 Felipe Giaffone 6 Treadway Racing G-Force GF05B Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone
2002 Laurent Rédon 12 Conquest Racing Dallara IR-02 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 Firestone
2003 Dan Wheldon 11 Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-03 Honda HI3R V8 Firestone
2004 Kosuke Matsuura 14 Fernández Racing G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8 Firestone
2005 Danica Patrick 12 Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz GF09C Honda HI5R V8 Firestone
2006 Marco Andretti 7 1 Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI6R V8 Firestone
2007 Ryan Hunter-Reay 19 Rahal Letterman Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone
2008 Hideki Mutoh 10 Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone
2009 Raphael Matos 13 Luczo-Dragon Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone
2010 Alex Lloyd 16 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone
2011 James Hinchcliffe 12 Newman/Haas Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone
2012 Simon Pagenaud 5 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara DW12 Honda HI12TT V6t Firestone
2013 Tristan Vautier 20 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara DW12 Honda HI13TT V6t Firestone
2014 Carlos Muñoz 8 Andretti Autosport Dallara DW12 Honda HI14TT V6t Firestone
2015 Gabby Chaves 15 Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara DW12 Honda HI15TT V6t Firestone
2016 Alexander Rossi 11 1 Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara DW12 Honda HI16TT V6t Firestone
2017 Ed Jones 14 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda HI17TT V6t Firestone
2018 Robert Wickens 11 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara IR-18 Honda HI18TT V6t Firestone
2019 Felix Rosenqvist 6 Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR-18 Honda HI19TT V6t Firestone

Notes
  • Due to sanctioning body splits in the sport of American Open Wheel racing from 1979 to 2007, several years saw two separate Rookie of the Year Award winners for separately sanctioned championship circuits.
  • Because of the sanctioning body split, Indy Racing League officials in 2003 did not consider Scott Dixon (Champion), Tony Kanaan (4th), or Toranosuke Takagi (10th) as rookies. However, by 2007, with a new Champ Car formula and elimination of ovals, League officials declared subsequent 2006 and 2007 rookie candidates rookies because they lacked oval experience.
  • In 2008 IndyCar Season Will Power was consider as a rookie. That year he won Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, but that race was run under Champ Car rules and he become the last ever winner of a Champ Car-style race. Power`s rookie year in Champ Car is 2006 as he won the Rookie of the Year award that season, so in 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Power did not have a rookie status for that race.

IndyCar Rookie winners
#SeasonDateSanctionTrack / RaceNo.Winning DriverEntrant / TeamChassisEngineTireGridLaps Led
1 1913 May 30 AAA Indianapolis 500 (O) 16 Jules Goux Peugeot Auto Racing Peugeot L76 Peugeot I4 448 ci Firestone 7 138
2 1914 May 30 AAA Indianapolis 500 (O) 16 René Thomas Louis Delâge Delage Type R Delage Palmer 15 102
3 1926 May 30 AAA Indianapolis 500 (O) 15 Frank Lockhart Peter Kreis 1926 Miller 91 Miller SC Firestone 20 95
4 1927 May 30 AAA Indianapolis 500 (O) 32 George Souders Bill White Duesenberg Duesenberg SC 90 ci Firestone 22 51
5 1947 June 8 AAA Milwaukee Mile (DO) 8 Bill Holland Fred Peters 1939 Wetteroth Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone Pole 71
6 June 22 AAA Langhorne Speedway (DO) 8 Bill Holland (2) Fred Peters 1939 Wetteroth Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone 7 31
7 1948 August 15 AAA Milwaukee Mile (DO) 98 Johnny Mantz J. C. Agajanian 1948 Kurtis 2000 Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone 3 1
8 October 10 AAA DuQuoin (DO) 7 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft Racing 1948 Kurtis 1000 Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone 7 77
9 1949 November 6 AAA Del Mar Fairgrounds (DO) 57 Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone Pole 100
10 1950 August 27 AAA Milwaukee Mile (DO) 98 Walt Faulkner J. C. Agajanian 1948 Kurtis 2000 Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone 8 108
11 1956 October 21 USAC Sacramento (DO) 8 Jud Larson John Zink Racing 1955 Watson D Offenhauser L4 270 ci Firestone Pole 88
12 1959 October 25 USAC Sacramento (DO) 3 Jim Hurtubise Racing Associates 1955 Kuzma D Offenhauser L4 252 ci Firestone 11 57
13 1963 August 18 USAC Milwaukee Mile (O) 92 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 29 Ford Indy V8 255 ci Dunlop[3] Pole 200
14 1966 May 30 USAC Indianapolis 500 (O) 24 Graham Hill Mecom Racing Team Lola T90 Ford Indy V8 255 ci Firestone 15 10
15 1977 July 17 USAC Michigan (O) 25 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing Parnelli VPJ-6B Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 4 24
16 1982 July 4 CART Cleveland (A) 19 Bobby Rahal Truesports March 82C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 2 26
17 September 19 CART Road America (R) 32 Héctor Rebaque Forsythe Racing March 82C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 9 1
18 September 26 CART Michigan (O) 19 Bobby Rahal (2) Truesports March 82C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 5 29
19 1983 July 17 CART Michigan 500 (O) 12 John Paul Jr. VDS Racing Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 2 26
20 August 14 CART Pocono 500 (O) 33 Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 2 116
21 September 11 CART Mid-Ohio (R) 33 Teo Fabi (2) Forsythe Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear 2 40
22 October 23 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 33 Teo Fabi (3) Forsythe Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear Pole 95
23 October 29 CART Phoenix (O) 33 Teo Fabi (4) Forsythe Racing March 83C Cosworth DFX V8t Goodyear Pole 138
24 1993 March 21 CART Gold Coast Indy 300 (S) 5 Nigel Mansell Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t Goodyear Pole 32
25 June 6 CART Milwaukee Mile (O) 5 Nigel Mansell (2) Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t Goodyear 7 19
26 August 1 CART Michigan 500 (O) 5 Nigel Mansell (3) Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t Goodyear 2 222
27 August 8 CART New Hampshire (O) 5 Nigel Mansell (4) Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t Goodyear 2 222
28 September 19 CART Nazareth Speedway (O) 5 Nigel Mansell (5) Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t Goodyear Pole 155
29 1994 September 11 CART Road America (R) 12 Jacques Villeneuve Forsythe/Green Racing Reynard 94i Ford XB V8t Goodyear 2 15
30 1995 August 20 CART New Hampshire (O) 31 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Reynard 95i Honda HRH V8t Firestone Pole 96
31 September 10 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 8 Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing Reynard 95i Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8t Goodyear 3 54
32 1996 January 27 IRL Walt Disney World (O) 12 Buzz Calkins Bradley Motorsports Reynard 95i Ford XB V8t Firestone 5 130
33 1996 June 23 CART Grand Prix of Portland (R) 4 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96i Honda HRH V8t Firestone Pole 95
34 August 11 CART Mid-Ohio (R) 4 Alex Zanardi (2) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96i Honda HRH V8t Firestone Pole 79
35 September 8 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 4 Alex Zanardi (3) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96i Honda HRH V8t Firestone Pole 41
36 1997 March 23 IRL Phoenix (O) 27 Jim Guthrie Blueprint Racing Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone 2 74
37 1999 April 18 CART Long Beach (S) 4 Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone 5 40
38 May 2 CART Nazareth Speedway (O) 4 Juan Montoya (2) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone Pole 210
39 May 15 CART Rio 200 (O) 4 Juan Montoya (3) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone 3 93
40 June 27 CART Cleveland (A) 4 Juan Montoya (4) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone Pole 76
41 August 15 CART Mid-Ohio (R) 4 Juan Montoya (5) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone 8 28
42 August 22 CART Chicago Speedway (O) 4 Juan Montoya (6) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone 10 132
43 September 5 CART Streets of Vancouver (S) 4 Juan Montoya (7) Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone Pole 73
44 2000 May 28 IRL Indianapolis 500 (O) 9 Juan Montoya (8) Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force GF05 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone 2 167
45 2001 May 6 CART Nazareth Speedway (O) 18 Scott Dixon PacWest Racing Reynard 01i Toyota RV8F V8t Firestone 23 36
46 2001 May 27 IRL Indianapolis 500 (O) 68 Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone 11 52
47 2001 August 19 CART Road America (R) 4 Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B01/00 Toyota RV8F V8t Firestone 10 11
48 2002 July 28 IRL Michigan (O) 9 Tomas Scheckter Cheever Racing Dallara IR-02 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 Firestone Pole 122
49 2002 October 27 CART Surfers Paradise (S) 55 Mario Domínguez HVM Racing Lola B2/00 Ford XF V8t Bridgestone 16 4
50 2003 May 5 CART Brands Hatch (R) 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2/00 Ford XF V8t Bridgestone 2 95
51 May 11 CART EuroSpeedway Lausitz (O) 2 Sébastien Bourdais (2) Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2/00 Ford XF V8t Bridgestone Pole 74
52 July 5 CART Cleveland (A) 2 Sébastien Bourdais (3) Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2/00 Ford XF V8t Bridgestone Pole 33
53 October 26 CART Surfers Paradise (S) 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson Reynard 02i Ford XF V8t Bridgestone 12 15
54 2006 August 27 IRL Sonoma Raceway (R) 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI6R V8 Firestone 2 30
55 2007 July 1 CART Circuit Mont-Tremblant (R) 14 Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8t Bridgestone 5 20
56 July 29 CART San Jose Grand Prix (S) 14 Robert Doornbos (2) Minardi Team USA Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8t Bridgestone 15 30
57 2008 April 6 IRL Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (S) 06 Graham Rahal Newman/Haas Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone 9 19
58 August 31 IRL Detroit Grand Prix (S) 02 Justin Wilson Newman/Haas Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Firestone 4 15
59 2014 June 28 IndyCar Grand Prix of Houston (S) 18 Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda HI14TT V6t Firestone 19 7
60 2016 May 29 IndyCar Indianapolis 500 (O) 98 Alexander Rossi Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara DW12 Honda HI16TT V6t Firestone 11 14
61 2019 March 24 IndyCar Circuit of the Americas (R) 88 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Dallara IR-18 Honda HI19TT V6t Firestone 4 15
62 September 22 IndyCar Laguna Seca (R) 88 Colton Herta (2) Harding Steinbrenner Racing Dallara IR-18 Honda HI19TT V6t Firestone Pole 83

References
  1. https://www.geni.com/people/Jim-Trueman/6000000065770162873
  2. https://www.indycar.com/Fan-Info/INDYCAR-101/Procedures-and-Rules/Sunoco-Rookie-Award
  3. https://peterwindsor.com/2013/08/18/milwaukee-magic/

See also
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