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..., he began competing in All Japan [[Formula Three]], finishing 10th in his rookie season. ...]], starting in 7th place and finishing in 5th, earning him the [[Bank One Rookie of the Year]] prize.

...k Series|Truck Series Champion]]; [[1998]] [[Craftsman Truck Series|NCTS]] Rookie of the Year ...ints finish. Though he finished second to [[Jamie McMurray]] for Raybestos Rookie of the Year, Biffle's debut season did see him earn his first win at [[Dayt

...as a [[Auto racing|race car]] driver. He was the first [[Champ Car|CART]] Rookie of the Year in [[1979]] and competed in the [[1981 Indianapolis 500|1981]]

|Awards:||[[1994]] [[Winston Cup]] [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] [[1994]] was Burton's rookie year in the Nextel Cup Series, although he had started in one race in [[199

...with another 9 podiums. In 2005 he moved to the [[Klaffi]] Honda team with rookie [[Max Neukirchner]], coming 10th overall. 2006 was ruined by a broken pelvi

...third in the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]]. In [[1985]], he won the Indianapolis [[Rookie of the Year]] award. He went on to win his first Indy race in [[1986]], fi ...ort to assist the development of his son, [[Marco Andretti|Marco]], an IRL rookie in [[2006 in IRL|2006]].

...hed third at Indianapolis, becoming CART's [[Champ_Car#Rookies_of_the_Year|Rookie of the Year]]. In 1990 he was hired as a driver in [[Formula 3000]], which [[Category:Indy 500 Rookie of the Year]]

The next year he debuted in [[IndyCar]] racing, winning the rookie of the year title both for the season and the Indy 500. His first win in th

He was the first driver to pass the qualifying "rookie test" at the [[Indianapolis 500]] in 1936. He also drove as a relief driver

Rookie of The Year ...lis 500]], which earned him [[List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] honors in the race. However, just as Fittipaldi's American c

...|Aprilia Germany]] on the back of the consistent performance in his 125cc 'Rookie' season. In 2003 he became the youngest ever rider ever to score World Cham

...t, Wisconsin]], USA, and was raised in [[Roscoe, Illinois]]. She was named Rookie of The Year in the [[2005 in IRL|2005 IRL Championship]]. ...gine size and car weight are strictly regulated. Others have claimed most rookie drivers would have faced much tougher racing competition and would never ha

...g four races and five pole positions. In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French [[Formula 3]]. He won the series outrig ...at [[Cleveland]]. With a runner-up finish in Mexico City, he clinched the Rookie of the Year title and finished 4th in the overall standings.

...ampionship with the Matteoni Racing team. A consistent point-scorer in his rookie season, he moved to the Rauch Bravo team in 2004 and scored his first Grand ...Prix]] at [[Shanghai International Circuit|Shanghai]]. He fought for the "Rookie of the Year" title until the end, finally losing to [[Shuhei Aoyama]] by se

...ehind team-mate Jimmy Vasser and being named Champcar [[Rookie of the Year|rookie of the year]]. He would win the championship for Ganassi in both [[1997]]

...06 Indianapolis 500]], Hornish won the race by a 0.0635-second margin over rookie [[Marco Andretti]]. Also in that year, he won the [[Indianapolis Motor Spe * Passed Indy Racing League rookie test Dec. 6 at [[Walt Disney World Speedway]] in a car prepared by [[PDM Ra

...erything in his own country, Dixon moved to Australia for [[1997]], taking Rookie of the Year honours and third overall in the [[Australia|Australian]] [[For ...with 2,521 out of a possible 2,610. He won the [[Jim Trueman Trophy]] for Rookie of the Year and was a creditable eighth in the championship.

...llages. The first Coppa Acerbo was staged in 1924 and won by an unheard of rookie by the name of [[Enzo Ferrari]]. Tragedy struck in the 1934 race when [[Guy

*Kato was awarded the Rookie-of-the-Year prize in the GP250 class. *Kato was awarded the Rookie-of-the-Year prize in the MotoGP/500cc class.

* Rookie of the Year in 2002

In his rookie start on March 26, 2006 at [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]] in the #26 [[New Yo With his [[List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] performance in May at the [[2006 Indianapolis 500|Indianapoli

...creating the team, and also was driven by inexperienced [[Japan|Japanese]] rookie [[Yuji Ide]] and long-term [[Renault F1|Renault]] test driver [[Franck Mont

...It scored 2 points, both at [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] when rookie Mark Webber finished 5th. It scored no more points that season.

...he championship before eventually finishing third—the highest placed rookie in the [[2000]] series. ...through year, Webber arguably proving to be the best of this season's four rookie drivers despite his underpowered car.

...istently successful in the series until 2003, [[Kenny Brack]] finishing as rookie of the year in [[2000]] and championship runner-up in [[2001]]. In 2003 the

...ish fifth in the championship points standings, more than enough to take [[Rookie]]-of-the-Year honors. In [[2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2005]]

...Africa and went on to clinch the 250cc World Championship title, including rookie of the year honours. In his first season in 250cc class, Pedrosa scored 7 v ...taking the title as Rookie of the Year in MotoGP category, beating fellow rookie and former rival in 250 cc [[Stoner]].

...e spot of [[Michael Andretti]] following his retirement, and collected IRL Rookie of the Year honors. In [[2004]], he won his first IRL race at [[Twin Ring M

[[1999 in NASCAR|1999]] [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year]]<br> ...[Indy Racing League|IRL]]<br> [[Indy Racing League#IRL Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year]]<br>

...paniard [[Marc Gené]], in his second year with the team, and the Argentine rookie pay-driver [[Gastón Mazzacane]].

...n by [[Shinji Nakano]], who had moved from [[Prost Grand Prix|Prost]], and rookie [[Esteban Tuero]].

De Ferran won the rookie of the year award in 1995 by finishing 14th. He scored his first [[Champ Ca

...t [[Philip Island]], [[Brno]] and [[Welkom]], and only narrowly losing the rookie of the year race to [[Nicky Hayden]]. Team-mate [[Loris Capirossi]] took th

...Ferrari|Ferrari's]] test driver at the time, and [[Marc Gené]], a Spanish rookie. [[Prost Grand Prix|Prost]] test driver [[Stéphane Sarrazin]] also drove

...car prevented him from winning, as he finished in second position and won Rookie of the Year honors. In 1964 Clark came within just a few laps of retaining [[Category:Indy 500 Rookie of the Year|Clark, Jim]]

Barrichello had an effective [[rookie]] year. He earned only two championship points, but he was running third in

...al extreme style appeared to get more out of the machine. Xaus ended up as rookie of the year, while a disillusioned Hodgson came 17th in the championship

...am after last driving an F1 car in {{F1|1997}}, and [[Fernando Alonso]], a rookie who had graduated from [[Formula 3000]] and was in a long-term contract to

...[United States]] for the [[Indy Lights]] racing series, in which he won "[[Rookie of the Year]]" honors. The next year ([[1998]]), he won the championship b

...er in points. However, at 19th, he still has a respectable position for a rookie driver. Furthermore, Truex has recently experienced a turnaround of sorts,

...race. Prost assumed the lead again, now from [[Ayrton Senna]], who, in his rookie season in a generally uncompetitive [[Toleman]] car, was rapidly catching h

...th [[PacWest Racing Group]]. His debut season saw him finish third in the rookie standings with three top six finishes in the US500, Detroit, and Michigan r

...is first attempt at the Indianapolis 500, he finished eighth and was named Rookie of the Year. In 1992, he qualified second for the race and finished fourth.

...ticipation in competitive [[hillclimbing]] events. In 1914 the 21-year-old rookie showed his abilities with a fourth place finish at the [[Targa Florio]]. Un

...A]] Stock Car championship. The championship gave him an opportunity for a rookie test at the [[1951 Indianapolis 500]]. He passed the test and qualified for

...e won five races. He moved to Champ Car in [[1994]], and was the series [[Rookie of the Year]] after a string of strong results, including his first victory ...ar, reached the podium 11 times, and finished with 78 points &mdash; all [[rookie]] records which still stand today. The debut victory came at the [[1996 Eur

...races in 1996 and did enough to maintain a lead in the standings, although rookie teammate [[Alex Zanardi]] outperformed him in the second half of the season

...was the first car made by [[Forti]]. The number '''21''' seat was taken by rookie [[Pedro Diniz]] and the number '''22''' seat was taken by veteran [[Roberto

...attend the races he missed to offer support to the team and advice to his rookie substitute.

...attempt. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his [[rookie]] year, the first being [[1992 Formula One season| Formula One World Champi ...rossover race winner by taking race victories (staring in each case in his rookie year) in [[Formula One]], [[CART]], [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]], [[Rolex Spo

...[[Alexander Wurz]], who would then leave the team to make way for British rookie [[Jenson Button]] in 2001. Renault had purchased the Benetton team by the s ...cing Magazine. In the early races, Fisichella obtained better results than rookie team mate Kovalainen, but in Canada and the USA it was the Finn who claimed

...pundits with regard to this seemed accurate when Patrick, despite several "rookie"-type mistakes, actually led a good portion of the final stages of the race !'''Season'''!!'''Champion'''!!'''Rookie of the Year'''!!'''Most Popular Driver Award

...ing against at the time, he felt he was being held up and, amazingly for a rookie against an all-time great, unlapped himself and immediately overtook Hill.

| Titles || CART IndyCar World Series champion, CART Rookie of the Year ...season opener at [[Surfers Paradise]], [[Australia]], he became the first "rookie" to take pole position and win his first race. A few weeks later however, h

...Australian Grand Prix]]. The car was not highly competitive during his [[rookie]] season, and Alonso failed to score a championship point. However, in the

...ving for Gary Trout Motorsports and also participated in The Indy 500 as a rookie. In preparation for the founding of the [[Indy Racing League]] in 1996, he

Rookie [[Jeff Krosnoff]] was killed in a crash at the [[Molson Indy Toronto]] in J

...ace in Barcelona and 8th place at the Nurburgring. He quietly finished his rookie DTM season in 14th place, with 3 points as the second best driver in a year

...to struggle, Ligier enjoyed a brief resurgence with 3 podium finishes, and rookie [[Rubens Barrichello]] threatened to finish 3rd at Donington. [[Eddie Irvin

The [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|2007 race]] was the site of rookie [[Lewis Hamilton]]'s first win. On lap 67, [[Takuma Sato]] overtook the [[M

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...Hawk earned him the race's [[List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] award, and contributed towards Andretti winning the series ch ...ion recipient of the race's [[List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year Award]].

...ranks 16 world championships would be reaped. Participating as an unknown rookie in a low level, non competitive car, the Toleman TG184, Senna had racked up

...nnounced it would take control of Minardi in November and run it as their "rookie team" from 2006. Crucially for the future of [[Formula One]] after the curr

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...Champ Car|CART]] IndyCar World Series title and only losing the 500 in his rookie year because of inexperience with green-flag restarts. Foreign-born or, at

Feeling this type of start was unsafe, the {{24hLM|1969}} event saw Le Mans rookie [[Jacky Ickx]] oppose the method by walking across the track while his comp

*New team [[Forti]] brought in veteran [[Roberto Moreno]] along with rookie [[Pedro Diniz]]. Diniz was partly selected as his family controls one of Br

...ies. The Frenchman was part of a new-look driver line-up at Williams, with rookie [[Damon Hill]] coming in to replace [[Riccardo Patrese]], who had left to j

Forti's first number one driver was rookie Pedro Diniz who had raced for Forti in F3000, but without much success. How

...[[Fernando Alonso]] would drive for them this season. He was partnered by rookie [[Nelson Piquet Jr.]].

...ted for an early pit stop in his tyre strategy, but emerged behind Russian rookie [[Vitaly Petrov]]. Taking into account the cars ahead of them that had yet

...], [[Ralf Schumacher]] (Michael's younger brother), [[Mika Hakkinen]], and rookie [[Juan Montoya]] all won races, but none was able to sustain a season-long

...ix of Monaco, which resulted in half points, too. Prost won that race, but rookie [[Ayrton Senna]] made the stronger impression in his [[Toleman]] car, finis