NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award Winners

Name all of the drivers who have won NASCAR's Rookie of the Year award in its premier (Cup) series, starting in 1954.

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Year	Rookie of the Year
1954	Blackie Pitt
1957	Ken Rush
1958	Shorty Rollins
1959	Richard Petty
1960	David Pearson
1961	Woodie Wilson
1962	Tom Cox
1963	Billy Wade
1964	Doug Cooper
1965	Sam McQuagg
1966	James Hylton
1967	Donnie Allison
1968	Pete Hamilton
1969	Dick Brooks
1970	Bill Dennis
1971	Walter Ballard
1972	Larry Smith
1973	Lennie Pond
1974	Earl Ross
1975	Bruce Hill
1976	Skip Manning
1977	Ricky Rudd
1978	Ronnie Thomas

Year	Rookie of the Year
1979	Dale Earnhardt
1980	Jody Ridley
1981	Ron Bouchard
1982	Geoffrey Bodine
1983	Sterling Marlin
1984	Rusty Wallace
1985	Ken Schrader
1986	Alan Kulwicki
1987	Davey Allison
1988	Ken Bouchard
1989	Dick Trickle
1990	Rob Moroso
1991	Bobby Hamilton
1992	Jimmy Hensley
1993	Jeff Gordon
1994	Jeff Burton
1995	Ricky Craven
1996	Johnny Benson, Jr.
1997	Mike Skinner
1998	Kenny Irwin, Jr.
1999	Tony Stewart
2000	Matt Kenseth
2001	Kevin Harvick

Year	Rookie of the Year
2002	Ryan Newman
2003	Jamie McMurray
2004	Kasey Kahne
2005	Kyle Busch
2006	Denny Hamlin
2007	Juan Pablo Montoya
2008	Regan Smith
2009	Joey Logano
2010	Kevin Conway
2011	Andy Lally
2012	Stephen Leicht
2013	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
2014	Kyle Larson
2015	Brett Moffitt
2016	Chase Elliott
2017	Erik Jones
2018	William Byron
2019	Daniel Hemric
2020	Cole Custer
2021	Chase Briscoe
2022	Austin Cindric
2023	Ty Gibbs