Comments on: Ranking Every NASCAR Rookie of the Year Since 2000

By: @seannolan9857

@seannolan9857 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:08:37 +0000

In reply to @NASCARFAN93100. Not really baffling. ROTY was determined by your best 15 races. Newman had 14 top fives to Johnson's 6.

By: @chrisaycock6963

@chrisaycock6963 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:19:56 +0000

In reply to @BlueJimmie48Fan.

@jbucktheman
Well Newman had 14 top 5’s to Johnson’s 6 top 5’s, but I think Johnson should have got ROTY because he finished ahead of Newman in points. Wonder if Johnson won the championship and Newman finished 2nd, would Johnson get ROTY even though Newman had more Rookie points. That would be crazy.

By: @BrazoFuerteProd

@BrazoFuerteProd — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:28:22 +0000

2016 had one of the strongest rookie classes ever, now with 2 future champions and one heck of a surging talent in 2023!

By: @Bobert20plus7

@Bobert20plus7 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:56:07 +0000

I think it is important to note that Cindric was the first rookie to lead the points in consecutive races

By: @mturriziani23

@mturriziani23 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:13:52 +0000

This was a cool idea, you should do more tier lists

By: @jbucktheman

@jbucktheman — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:13:07 +0000

In reply to @BlueJimmie48Fan. @@coolfetus6733 they are pretty damn equal

By: @coolfetus6733

@coolfetus6733 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:08:59 +0000

In reply to @BlueJimmie48Fan. wouldn’t come close to hamlins year though

By: @twc621

@twc621 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:00:09 +0000

In reply to @JGR4LIFE. All those guys who were rookies and winning were around 25 or so. The 21 year old rookies that take three years to win now are not that far off.

By: @AndyHayner-ok6zh

@AndyHayner-ok6zh — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:01:54 +0000

In reply to @TheIceberg. @@ColtDaBolt85 Haley ran all but 5 races in the 2021 season, but he wasn't in the rookie of the year race that year because he was registered for points in the Xfinity Series.

By: @DGeorge819

@DGeorge819 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:07:08 +0000

IMO, the only rookie campaign deserving of an S tier ranking, if there was one, was Kevin Harvick, for obvious reasons. To pretty much just click right away in that car like nothing happened and finish 9th in points while missing the 500 is massive to me.

Also, I’m sure there are some people that would put Ty Gibbs lower, but after his 2022 Xfinity campaign, it was exactly what he needed: clean and quiet. Was good to see that he just went out there and didn’t ruffle any feathers. He also had some good runs toward the end of the year, was in contention to win multiple times.

Great list.