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Winners of the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award, first awarded in 1952. No award was given from 1911-1951, even though at least one rookie starter has been present in every running of the Indianapolis 500. The award is voted on by members of the media the night of, or the morning after, the race, and does not necessarily go to the highest finishing rookie. Noteworthy accomplishments during qualifying, regardless of the respective race result, have frequently been a factor in voting. Years in which two drivers are listed indicate co-winners, due to a tie in the final voting.
Note that in 1979, Howdy Holmes was the lone rookie in the field, and was poised to win the award regardless of his race performance.

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	[1] Mario Andretti	4	158.849 / 255.643	3
1966	Jackie Stewart[2]	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	'Pole'	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	'Pole'[3]	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	'Winner'
2001	Hélio Castroneves	11	224.142 / 360.722	'Winner'
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

1. Andretti was Italian-born.
2. Rookie Graham Hill won the 1966 race, but Stewart won the rookie of the year award. Stewart was leading the race with 8 laps to go when he parked the car due to a loss of oil pressure.
3. Tony Stewart qualified second but started the race on the pole position after pole winner Scott Brayton was killed in a practice session accident.

Contents

Drivers to win award and race (chronologically)

References

Drivers to win award and race (chronologically)

Driver	Rookie of the Year	Race Victories
Parnelli Jones	1961	1 1963
Jim Clark	1963	1 1965
Mario Andretti	1965	1 1969
Mark Donohue	1969	1 1972
Rick Mears	1978	4 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991
Arie Luyendyk	1985	2 1990, 1997
Eddie Cheever	1990	1 1998
Jacques Villeneuve	1994	1 1995
Juan Pablo Montoya	2000	1 2000
Hélio Castroneves	2001	2 2001, 2002

References

''2006 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Program''