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.
2018
William Byron's rookie car
Winner: William Byron (Hendrick). Runners Up: Bubba Wallace (RPM). Aborted Attempts: none
How their careers turned out: Its still a little early, but William Byron appears to be a championship contending driver, having a break-out year in 2023. Like him or rant about him online, Bubba Wallace is a Cup race winning driver, and still has a sizable chunk of his career ahead of him.
“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Who’d have thought that a college would sponsor a Nascar driver and it wouldn’t be DeVry?
Ranking: #22 out of 50
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