TheIndianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year is awarded annually to the racing driver deemed to have been the best performingrookie in theIndianapolis 500 .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) itself encourages voters of the award to treat each criterion equally.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 3] [ 4] [ 6] American Fletcher National Bank ,Bank One ,Chase , andSunoco .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
The rules state that the driver must be a rookie who competes in qualifying and the race.[ 11] [ 11] United States Auto Club regulations, mental attitude, willingness to listen to advice from experts, actions to improve the welfare and safety of other competitors, and their own performance in qualifying and the race.[ 12] Elmer George andEddie Russo prior to the start of the1957 race that resulted in differing opinions on whether the former was a rookie driver.[ 13] 1958 Indianapolis 500 from competing for the accolade the following year.[ 14]
The award was established before the1952 Indianapolis 500 to reward rookie drivers for their performance in the race.[ 11] [ 15] IndyCar Series and IMS officials, vote. They use apoints-based voting system to choose their first and second choices.[ 3] [ 16] IMS Museum ,[ 16] [ a] [ 23] [ 24] Herff-Jones company spent $6,000 to create the 40-inch (1,000 mm)-tall trophy.[ b] [ 26] [ 26] [ 27] [ c] [ 30] [ 12] [ 17]
There have been 77 drivers who have won the accolade in the 71 years that it has been awarded.[ 31] [ 32] Art Cross in the1952 race .[ 33] Parnelli Jones andBobby Marshman for1961 ,Rick Mears andLarry Rice for1978 ,Michael Andretti andRoberto Guerrero for1984 ,Bernard Jourdain andScott Pruett for1989 , andAlex Barron andTomas Scheckter for2002 .[ d] [ 3] Lyn St. James became the first woman driver to win the award at the1992 edition .[ 35] Danica Patrick in2005 andSimona de Silvestro in2010 .[ 36] Juan Pablo Montoya (2000 ),Hélio Castroneves (2001 ) andAlexander Rossi (2016 ) are the three drivers who have won both the rookie prize and the race in the same calendar year.[ 37] Josele Garza is the youngest winner of the award; he was 19 years and 70 days old when he won it after the1981 event .[ 38] Robert Shwartzman in the2025 race .[ 31] [ 32]
Rookie of the Year winners [ edit ] Fastest rookie qualifier [ edit ] Since 1975, theAmerican Dairy Association Indiana (ADA) has presented theFastest Rookie of the Year award to the fastest rookie qualifier regardless of starting position or four-lap average speed in order to welcome and celebrate, and honor each rookie entrant in the Indianapolis 500.[ 105] [ 106] [ e] [ 110] [ 111] Bill Puterbaugh in the1975 race , and the most recent winner wasRobert Shwartzman at the 2025 edition.[ 112]
Key # Denotes a Fast Six Shootout qualifier † Denotes a Fast Nine Shootout qualifier ‡ Denotes a Top 12 Qualifying entrant
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