List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year

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[edit] Winners of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rookie of the Year Award (first awarded, 1952)

1952 - Art Cross; qualified 20th, 134.288 mph (216.116 km/h); finished 5th
1953 - Jimmy Daywalt; qualified 21st, 135.747 mph (218.464 km/h); finished 6th
1954 - Larry Crockett; qualified 25th, 139.557 mph (224.595 km/h); finished 9th
1955 - Al Herman; qualified 16th, 139.811 mph (225.004 km/h); finished 7th
1956 - Bob Veith; qualified 23rd, 142.535 mph (229.388 km/h); finished 7th
1957 - Don Edmunds; qualified 27th, 140.449 mph (226.031 km/h); finished 19th
1958 - George Amick; qualified 25th, 142.710 mph (229.669 km/h); finished 2nd
1959 - Bobby Grim; qualified 5th, 144.225 mph (232.108 km/h); finished 26th
1960 - Jim Hurtubise; qualified 23rd, 149.056 mph (239.882 km/h); finished 18th
1961 - Bobby Marshman and Parnelli Jones; qualified 33rd, 144.293 mph (232.217 km/h), and 5th, 146.080 mph (235.093 km/h); finished 7th and 12th
1962 - Jim McElreath; qualified 7th, 149.025 mph (239.832 km/h); finished 6th
1963 - Jim Clark; qualified 5th, 149.750 mph (240.999 km/h); finished 2nd
1964 - Johnny White; qualified 21st, 150.893 mph (242.839 km/h); finished 4th
1965 - Mario Andretti [Italian-born]; qualified 4th, 158.849 mph (255.643 km/h); finished 3rd
1966 - Jackie Stewart; qualified 11th, 159.972 mph (257.450 km/h); finished 6th*
1967 - Denis Hulme; qualified 24th, 163.376 mph (262.928 km/h); finished 4th
1968 - Bill Vukovich II; qualified 23rd, 163.510 mph (263.144 km/h); finished 7th
1969 - Mark Donohue; qualified 4th, 168.903 mph (271.823 km/h); finished 7th
1970 - Donnie Allison; qualified 23rd, 165.662 mph (266.607 km/h); finished 4th
1971 - Denny Zimmerman; qualified 28th, 169.755 (273.194 km/h); finished 8th
1972 - Mike Hiss; qualified 25th, 179.015 mph (288.097 km/h); finished 7th
1973 - Graham McRae; qualified 13th, 192.031 mph (309.044 km/h); finished 16th
1974 - Pancho Carter; qualified 21st, 180.605 mph (290.656 km/h); finished 7th
1975 - Bill Puterbaugh; qualified 15th, 183.833 mph (295.851 km/h); finished 7th
1976 - Vern Schuppan; qualified 17th, 182.011 mph (292.918 km/h); finished 18th
1977 - Jerry Sneva; qualified 16th, 186.616 mph (300.329 km/h); finished 10th
1978 - Larry Rice and Rick Mears; qualified 30th, 187.393 mph (301.508 km/h), and 3rd, 200.078 mph (321.994 km/h); finished 11th and 23rd
1979 - Howdy Holmes; qualified 13th, 185.864 mph (299.119 km/h); finished 7th
1980 - Tim Richmond; qualified 19th, 188.334 mph (303.094 km/h); finished 9th
1981 - Josele Garza; qualified 6th, 195.101 mph (313.985 km/h); finished 23rd
1982 - Jim Hickman; qualified 24th, 196.217 mph (315.781 km/h); finished 7th
1983 - Teo Fabi; qualified 1st, 207.395 mph (333.770 km/h); finished 26th
1984 - Roberto Guerrero and Michael Andretti; qualified 7th, 205.707 mph (331.053 km/h), and 4th, 207.805 mph (334.430 km/h); finished 2nd and 5th
1985 - Arie Luyendyk; qualified 20th, 206.004 mph (331.531 km/h); finished 7th
1986 - Randy Lanier; qualified 13th, 209.964 mph (337.904 km/h); finished 10th
1987 - Fabrizio Barbazza; qualified 17th, 208.038 mph (334.805 km/h); finished 3rd
1988 - Bill Vukovich III; qualified 23rd, 208.545 mph (335.621 km/h); finished 14th
1989 - Bernard Jourdain and Scott Pruett; qualified 20th, 213.105 mph (342.959 km/h), and 17th, 213.955 mph (344.327 km/h); finished 9th and 10th
1990 - Eddie Cheever; qualified 14th, 217.926 mph (350.718 km/h); finished 8th
1991 - Jeff Andretti; qualified 11th, 217.632 mph (350.245 km/h); finished 15th
1992 - Lyn St. James; qualified 27th, 220.150 mph (354.297 km/h); finished 11th
1993 - Nigel Mansell; qualified 8th, 220.255 mph (354.466 km/h); finished 3rd
1994 - Jacques Villeneuve; qualified 4th, 226.259 mph (364.129 km/h); finished 2nd
1995 - Christian Fittipaldi; qualified 27th, 226.375 mph (364.315 km/h); finished 2nd
1996 - Tony Stewart; started** 1st, 233.100 mph (375.138 km/h); finished 24th
1997 - Jeff Ward; qualified 7th, 214.517 mph (345.232 km/h); finished 3rd
1998 - Steve Knapp; qualified 23rd, 216.445 mph (348.334 km/h); finished 3rd
1999 - Robby McGehee; qualified 27th, 220.139 mph (354.279 km/h), finished 5th
2000 - Juan Pablo Montoya; qualified 2nd, 223.372 mph (359.482 km/h), finished 1st
2001 - Hélio Castroneves; qualified 11th, 224.142 mph (360.772 km/h), finished 1st
2002 - Alex Barron and Tomas Scheckter; qualified 26th, 228.580 mph (367.864 km/h), and 10th, 229.210 mph (368.878 km/h), finished 4th and 26th
2003 - Tora Takagi; qualified 7th, 229.358 mph (369.116 km/h), finished 5th
2004 - Kosuke Matsuura; qualified 9th, 220.740 mph (355.247 km/h), finished 11th
2005 - Danica Patrick; qualified 4th, 227.004 mph (365.328 km/h), finished 4th
2006 - Marco Andretti: qualified 9th, 224.918 mph (361.970 km/h), finished 2nd

* Rookie Graham Hill won the race in 1966, though after fellow rookie and award-winner Jackie Stewart's car suffered mechanical failure while holding a lap lead on lap 192.

** Tony Stewart qualified second in 1996, but started first after pole-winner Scott Brayton was killed during a practice session accident six days later.