NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1992: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years

Jimmy Hensley

Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

1992

Winner: Jimmy Hensley (Cale Yarborough).  Runner Up: Andy Belmont (Pat Rissi).  Aborted Attempt: Dave Mader III

How their careers turned out: This was one of the only years in Cup history that saw no ROTY contenders at the start of the year.  Thankfully Jimmy Hensley got a full-time ride shortly afterwards and was able to cruise to an easy ROTY win, and acquitted himself well enough in the Busch and Truck Series.  Andy Belmont, well, he seemed like a cool guy in his Rise of the Field Fillers interview.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Jimmy Hensley’s car number, 66, was in reference to sponsor Phillips 66.  This was one of the only times that a car number was also a sponsor reference—I’ve given up hope on Tyler Reddick running a Colt 45 sponsorship.

Ranking: #47 out of 50

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