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's 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 United States Jimmy Jackson 4
1947 United States Bill Holland 2 2
1948 United States Mack Hellings 8
1949 United States Jimmy Davies 17 1
1950 United States Walt Faulkner 2 1
1951 United States Mike Nazaruk 5
1952 United States Jimmy Reece 9
1953 United States Ernie McCoy 16
1954 United States Larry Crockett 11
1955 United States George Amick 9
USAC National Championship
Year Rookie of the Year winners Driver standings Wins Team
1956 United States Jud Larson 22 1
1957 United States A. J. Foyt 26
1958 United States Joe Barzda 18
1959 United States Jim Hurtubise 21 1
1960 United States Parnelli Jones 18
1961 United States Bobby Marshman 8
1962 United States Johnny Rutherford 25
1963 United Kingdom Jim Clark 6 1
1964 United States Mario Andretti 11
1965 United States Carl Williams 23
1966 United States Al Smith 16
1967 United States Jim Malloy 27
1968 United States Sonny Ates 24
1969 United States Steve Krisiloff 24
1970 United States Dick Simon 10
1971 Canada George Eaton 24
1972 United States Mike Hiss 6
1973 United States Tom Sneva 31
1974 United States Pancho Carter 11
1975 United States Spike Gehlhausen 24
1976 United States Rick Mears 16 Art Sugai Racing
1977 United States Danny Ongais 12 1 Interscope Racing
1978 United States Tom Bagley 11
1979 United States Howdy Holmes 12 AMI Racing
1980 United States Gordon Smiley 18 Patrick Racing

CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year winners

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

IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year winners

As of 2015 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.

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

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