In 2003, he replaced Mike McLaughlin in the NASCAR Busch Series, nailing down two top-ten finishes and was named runner-up in the Rookie of the Year honors, despite running the full Busch Series schedule unlike award winner, David Stremme.
2006 Busch Series Rookie of the Year
Boggs made his debut in NASCAR competition in 1970, winning Rookie of the Year in the Grand American series.
By the end of the year, he was 9th in points and was runner-up to Johnny Benson for Rookie of the Year.
He had twelve Top-10 finishes in 25 events, and he was the series' Rookie of the Year.
Things improved dramatically in 1966, as Hylton finished second in the points chase and won the series' Rookie of the Year award.
With a career spanning 27 seasons in all three of NASCAR's elite divisions, Hensley may be best remembered for his Rookie of the Year award won in 1992, his 15th season in the series, and for his nine career Busch Series wins.
The first time that this race was run at Kentucky Speedway was in 2012, and it was won by the contender and winner of the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award, and pole winner, Austin Dillon.
Fukuyama made an attempt at Rookie of the year honors in the #66, but that was soon aborted due to a lack of funding.
Blaney returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, driving the full schedule for Brad Keselowski Racing and competing for the series' Rookie of the Year award.
Starting in 2006, Owens worked for Braun Racing, later Turner Motorsports and then Turner Scott Motorsports as a crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, scoring wins with five different drivers and assisting Kyle Larson in winning the 2013 series Rookie of the Year title.
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Compton and Impact ran the entire season, and finished third behind Kenny Irwin Jr. and Rick Crawford for Rookie of the Year.