Kurt Busch has been named winner
of the 2014 Sunoco Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award for his
performance during the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In the first Verizon IndyCar
Series race of his career, Busch, in his No. 26 Andretti Autosport Suretone
Honda, was the fastest qualifier (12th) and highest finisher (6th) among the
seven rookies in this year's Indianapolis 500.
As Sunoco Indianapolis 500 Rookie
of the Year, Busch earned a $25,000 bonus from Sunoco as part of his total race
winnings of $423,889. Busch was presented with his award last night at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Indianapolis 500 Victory Awards
Celebration presented by Ice Miller Legal Counsel, Contour Hardening, Inc. and
Allied Solutions.
Since its inception in 1952, the
Sunoco Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award has been presented to an amazing
list of legendary drivers including Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears,
Tony Stewart, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Arie Luyendyk and many more.
The Sunoco Rookie of the Year
Award electorate is comprised of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR
officials, and members of the media.
What an amazing accomplishment. Never ran an open wheel car, qualifies better than most of the field, finishes sixth as a rookie, what that shows me yet again is this is a man with tremendous talent His accomplishment was overshadowed most of the day on MRN by people who wanted to talk about Happy dissing his crew yet again. How sad for NASCAR that the fan base doesn't recognize this accomplishment for what it is.
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