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The NASCAR Rookie of the Year award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season. To be eligible, a driver must run no more than seven races in a previous season, and must compete in eight out of the first 20 races in his/her amateur season.

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Current Contenders

#5 Kyle Busch-248 points
#77 Travis Kvapil-199 points
#92 Stanton Barrett- 52 points
#73 Eric McClure-12 points
#66/#75 Mike Garvey-12 points

History

Below is a list of all winners, and known runner-ups.(Note: some of the drivers listed here are not confirmed as ROY contendors, but they competed more than the maximum number of races to be eligible for ROY honors, so they are listed as a safe assumption.)

Year	Winner	Runner(s) Up
2004	Kasey Kahne	Brendan Gaughan, Brian Vickers, Scott Wimmer, Scott Riggs, Johnny Sauter Note: Bobby Hamilton Jr., Carl Edwards did not declare for ROY, but ran more than seven races and are completely ineligible for the award.
2003	Jamie McMurray	Greg Biffle, Tony Raines, Casey Mears, Jack Sprague, Larry Foyt, Christian Fittipaldi(did not complete schedule), Hideo Fukuyama(did not run full schedule, still eligible, but unlikely to run again).
2002	Ryan Newman	Jimmie Johnson, Shawna Robinson, Carl Long
2001	Kevin Harvick	Casey Atwood, Kurt Busch, Jason Leffler, Ron Hornaday, Andy Houston
2000	Matt Kenseth	Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, Scott Pruett, Stacy Compton, Mike Bliss, Ed Berrier(released during season), Jeff Fuller(released after Texas)
1999	Tony Stewart	Elliott Sadler, Buckshot Jones, Stanton Barrett(Listed until Pepsi 400), Dan Pardus(Did not make a race, disqualified after Sears Point)
1998	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Kevin Lepage, Jerry Nadeau, Steve Park
1997	Mike Skinner	David Green, Jeff Green, Robby Gordon
1996	Johnny Benson	Randy MacDonald, Stacy Compton
1995	Ricky Craven	Robert Pressley, Elton Sawyer, Randy LaJoie, Steve Kinser, Davy Jones
1994	Jeff Burton	Steve Grissom, Joe Nemechek, Loy Allen, John Andretti, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Wallace, Ward Burton
1993	Jeff Gordon	Bobby Labonte, Kenny Wallace, P.J. Jones, Rich Bickle
1992	Jimmy Hensley	Dave Madar III, Andy Belmont
1991	Bobby Hamilton	Ted Musgrave, Wally Dallenbach, Stanley Smith
1990	Rob Moroso	Jack Pennington, Jerry O'Neil, Jeff Purvis.
1989	Dick Trickle	Hut Stricklin, Larry Pearson, Jimmy Spencer, Rick Mast, Ben Hess, Chad Little, Butch Miller
1988	Ken Bouchard	Ernie Irvan, Brad Noffsinger, Jimmy Horton
1987	Davey Allison	Dale Jarrett, Steve Christman, Rodney Combs, Derrike Cope, Mark Stahl
1986	Alan Kulwicki	Michael Waltrip, Chet Fillip, Pancho Carter, Davey Allison, Derrike Cope, Jerry Cramer, Rick Baldwin, Jonathan Edwards, Wayne Kramer
1985	Ken Schrader	Eddie Bierschwale, Don Hume
1984	Rusty Wallace	Phil Parsons	Greg Sacks
1983	Sterling Marlin	Bill Elliott
1982	Geoff Bodine	Mark Martin
1981	Ron Bouchard	Morgan Shepherd, Tim Richmond, Mike Alexander, Elliott Forbes-Robinson
1980	Jody Ridley	Slick Johnson
1979	Dale Earnhardt	Joe Millikan, Terry Labonte, Harry Gant, Joe Ruttman
1978	Ronnie Thomas
1977	Ricky Rudd
1976	Skip Manning	Bobby Wawak, Ramo Stott
1975	Bruce Hill	Grant Adcox, Chuck Bown
1974	Earl Ross
1973	Lennie Pond	Darrell Waltrip
1972	Larry Smith
1971	Walter Ballard	D.K. Ulrich
1970	Bill Dennis	Joe Frasson
1969	Dick Brooks
1968	Pete Hamilton	Dave Marcis
1967	Donnie Allison
1966	James Hylton
1965	Sam McQuagg
1964	Doug Cooper
1963	Billy Wade	J.D. McDuffie
1962	Tom Cox
1961	Woody Wilson
1960	David Pearson
1959	Richard Petty	Buddy Baker
1958	Shorty Rollins