NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2014: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years

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.

2014

Kyle Larson

Winner: Kyle Larson (Ganassi).  Runners Up: Austin Dillon (RCR), Justin Allgaier (HScott), Cole Whitt (BK), Alex Bowman (BK), Ryan Truex (BK).  Aborted Attempts: Michael Annett, Parker Kligerman

How their careers turned out: Kyle Larson has already won a championship and established himself as one of the greatest drivers of his generation.  Austin Dillon and Alex Bowman have shown themselves to be regular race winners.  Justin Allgaier is one of the best Xfinity Series drivers in recent memory.  Ryan Truex, uh, he won an Xfinity Series race in 2023.  And Cole Whitt…um, won a pole for a Truck Series race once.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Kyle Larson showed us just how few people understand what “freedom of speech” really is.

Ranking: #10 out of 50

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Who’ll Win the Cup Championship? Spade Racing Asks Six Insufferable “Fans”

This is a parody

Nascar is quickly speeding towards its annual championship race at Phoenix.  With eight drivers currently eligible to win it all, we asked around to six absolutely insufferable, stereotypical so-called “fans” to see who their picks were.

“Nascar?  Is that still a thing?  Oh, that’s cute.  I don’t like manufactured racing with Billy Bob and Joe Jack and Chasey Racey—I’ll stick with F1 thank you very much.” —Steve Jacobs, insufferable open-wheel fan who prefers series where two passes in a race is considered a barn-burner

“Nascar died with Dale Earnhardt died.  It ain’t been the same since, and you know it.  But with how well he’s run lately I’d have to go with Kyle Larson.” —Brandon McKenzie, doom-and-gloom oldster who has vowed to stop watching Nascar 15 times before

“It’s fixed anyways—you know they’ll find a way to have Bubba Wallace win the championship.” —James Webster, whose constant rants about the world changing has left his grandchildren to screen his calls

“It’s fixed anyways—you know they’ll find a way to have a Toyota win the championship.” —Kevin Diehl, apparently unaware that Toyota is currently third in the manufacturers’ championship standings

“Joey Logano, I guess.  Now, let me spend the next half-hour haranguing you about 1996.” —Reggie Cofield, every single remaining IndyCar fan between the ages of 35-55 (all eight of them!)

“(grimaces, makes annoyed face, rolls eyes, walks away without comment)” —Kyle Busch, two-time Nascar Cup Series champion.

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Homestead-Miami: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place

OK, let’s get something out of the way here—Nascar did NOT “fix” it so that Joey Logano could both advance in the playoffs on a technicality AND win at Las Vegas.  Why am I so sure?  I’ll tell ya why:

Because all I’ve heard since I became a Nascar fan is how incompetent Nascar is!

Seriously—you can’t whine about how terrible the sanctioning body is and then turn around and accuse it of these massive, intricate conspiracies.  That’s like saying you got audited because the gub’mint’s out to get you—the same gub’mint you bash for being inefficient and lazy.  Pick your criticism lane and stay in it!

Saturday Early Afternoon TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) BAPTIST HEALTH 200: COREY HEIM—I before E except after C, or when dropping a dime on your pick Corey Heim.

Saturday Late Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (5 wins) CREDIT ONE 300: COLE CUSTER—out to prove he’s not just moving up to Cup next year because of his connections to team ownership (ya hear that Ty Dillon?).

Sunday CUP SERIES STRAIGHT TALK 400: 13th Place (2 win) Picks KYLE BUSCH.  FAVORITE (2 wins): JOEY LOGANO—and no, THIS isn’t a fix either. NEXT FAVORITE: ROSS CHASTAIN—the Trackhouse team really does seem to be on a roll lately.  DARK HORSE: BUBBA WALLACE—no charter?  No problem.

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