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| YEAR | ROOKIE OF THE YEAR | FINISH |
| 2000 | Juan Montoya | 1st |
| 1999 | Robby McGehee | 7th |
| 1998 | Steve Knapp | 3rd |
| 1997 | Jeff Ward | 3rd |
| 1996 | Tony Stewart | 24th |
| 1995 | Christian Fittipaldi | 2nd |
| 1994 | Jacques Villeneuve | 2nd |
| 1993 | Nigel Mansell | 3rd |
| 1992 | Lyn St. James | 11th |
| 1991 | Jeff Andretti | 15th |
| 1990 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 8th |
| 1989 | Bernard Jourdain | 9th |
| Scott Pruett | 10th | |
| 1988 | Billy Vukovich III | 14th |
| 1987 | Fabrizio Barbazza | 3rd |
| 1986 | Randy Lanier | 10th |
| 1985 | Arie Luyendyk | 7th |
| 1984 | Roberto Guerrero | 2nd |
| Michael Andretti | 5th | |
| 1983 | Teo Fabi | 26th |
| 1982 | Jim Hickman | 7th |
| 1981 | Josele Garza | 23rd |
| 1980 | Tim Richmond | 9th |
| 1979 | Howdy Holmes | 7th |
| 1978 | Larry Rice | 11th |
| Rick Mears | 23rd | |
| 1977 | Jerry Sneva | 10th |
| 1976 | Vern Schuppan | 18th |
| 1975 | Bill Puterbaugh | 7th |
| 1974 | Pancho Carter | 7th |
| 1973 | Graham McRae | 16th |
| 1972 | Mike Hiss | 7th |
| 1971 | Denny Zimmerman | 8th |
| 1970 | Donnie Allison | 4th |
| 1969 | Mark Donohue | 7th |
| 1968 | Billy Vukovich II | 7th |
| 1967 | Denis Hulme | 4th |
| 1966 | Jackie Stewart | 6th |
| 1965 | Mario Andretti | 3rd |
| 1964 | Johnny White | 4th |
| 1963 | Jim Clark | 2nd |
| 1962 | Jim McElreath | 6th |
| 1961 | Bobby Marshman | 7th |
| Parnelli Jones | 12th | |
| 1960 | Jim Hurtubise | 18th |
| 1959 | Bobby Grim | 26th |
| 1958 | George Amick | 2nd |
| 1957 | Don Edmunds | 19th |
| 1956 | Bob Veith | 7th |
| 1955 | Al Herman | 7th |
| 1954 | Larry Crockett | 9th |
| 1953 | Jimmy Daywalt | 6th |
| 1952 | Art Cross | 5th |