HISTORY

Rookie of the Year

YEAR	DRIVER	OWNER	WINS	EARNINGS	TOP 5	TOP 10	STARTS

2007	Juan Montoya	Floyd Ganassi	1	$4,822,210	3	6	36
2006	Denny Hamlin	J D Gibbs	2	$4,389,220	8	20	36
2005	Kyle Busch	Rick Hendrick	2	$4,185,240	9	13	36
2004	Kasey Kahne	Ray Evernham	0	$4,759,020	13	14	36
2003	Jamie McMurray	Floyd Ganassi	0	$2,699,970	5	13	36
2002	Ryan Newman	Roger Penske	1	$4,373,830	14	22	36
2001	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress	2	$3,716,630	6	16	35
2000	Matt Kenseth	Jack Roush/Mark Martin	1	$2,150,760	4	11	34
1999	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs	3	$2,615,226	12	21	34
1998	Kenny Irwin	Robert Yates	0	$1,433,567	1	4	32
1997	Mike Skinner	Richard Childress	0	$791,819	0	3	31
1996	Johnny Benson	Chuck Rider	0	$947,080	1	6	30
1995	Ricky Craven	Unknown	0	$538,304	0	4	31
1994	Jeff Burton	Unknown	0	$508,200	2	3	30
1993	Jeff Gordon	Unknown	0	$623,855	7	11	30
1992	Jimmy Hensley	Unknown	0	$213,735	0	4	22
1991	Bobby Hamilton	Unknown	0	$223,955	0	4	28
1990	Rob Moroso	Unknown	0	$141,902	0	1	25
1989	Dick Trickle	Unknown	0	$273,432	6	9	28
1988	Ken Bouchard	Unknown	0	$93,410	0	1	24
1987	Davey Allison	Unknown	2	$337,160	9	10	22
1986	Alan Kulwicki	Unknown	0	$83,450	1	4	23
1985	Ken Schrader	Unknown	0	$178,470	0	3	28
1984	Rusty Wallace	Unknown	0	$172,615	2	4	30
1983	Sterling Marlin	Unknown	0	$119,375	0	1	30
1982	Geoffrey Bodine	Unknown	0	$247,750	4	10	25
1981	Ron Bouchard	Unknown	1	$139,605	5	12	22
1980	Jody Ridley	Unknown	0	$166,000	2	18	31
1979	Dale Earnhardt	Unknown	1	$237,575	11	17	27
1978	Ronnie Thomas	Unknown	0	$59,260	0	2	27
1977	Ricky Rudd	Unknown	0	$54,956	1	10	25
1976	Skip Manning	Unknown	0	$45,820	0	4	27
1975	Bruce Hill	Unknown	0	$43,750	3	11	26
1974	Earl Ross	Junior Johnson	1	$64,830	5	10	21
1973	Lennie Pond	Ronnie Elder	0	$25,155	1	9	23
1972	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	0	$24,215	0	7	23
1971	Walter Ballard	Walter Ballard	0	$0	0	0	0
1970	Bill Dennis	W.C. "Junie" Donlavey	0	$15,670	0	5	25
1969	Dick Brooks	Dick Brooks	0	$27,532	3	12	28
1968	Pete Hamilton	Rocky Hinton	0	$8,239	3	6	16
1967	Donnie Allison	Bobby Allison	0	$16,440	4	7	20
1966	James Hylton	Bud Hartje	0	$29,575	20	32	41
1965	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly	0	$10,555	2	5	15
1964	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper	0	$10,445	4	11	39
1963	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	0	$8,710	4	11	22
1962	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	0	$8,980	12	20	40
1961	Woodie Wilson	Bart Faucett	0	$2,625	0	0	5
1960	David Pearson	David Pearson	0	$5,030	3	7	22
1959	Richard Petty	Lee Petty	0	$7,630	6	9	22
1958	Shorty Rollins	Spook Crawford	1	$8,515	10	17	21

OVERVIEW

Awarded since 1958, Rookie of the Year candidates are awarded points based on their 17 best finishes of the season. The points are calculated based on entry points, competition points, top-10 bonus points, segment bonus points, voting panel points and final championship standings bonus points.