2021 NASCAR Cup SUNOCO Rookie of the Year Standings

Updated 11-7-2021

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All-Time NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year Winners / Stats / Records page

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR SCORING SYSTEM

National Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year points system: the Sunoco Rookie of the Year point system mirrors the points structure that awards the season-long championship, including stage points and playoff points, with the eventual Sunoco Rookie of the Year earning the most points throughout the season.
As is the case with the season-long points structure, a race win earns a Sunoco Rookie 40 points and five playoff points. A second-place finish earns a Sunoco Rookie 35 points; a third-place finish nets 34 points, and so on. A Sunoco Rookie who wins a stage earns 10 points and one playoff point.
The Sunoco Rookie of the Year points system is in all three NASCAR national series – the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series.

ROOKIE ‘YELLOW‘ STRIPES
rookies will be noted on the car they drive by a yellow stripe on the rear bumper of the car.
sometimes a driver not a Rookie of the Year Candidate may have to run a yellow stripe if they not competed on that race track before.
or if NASCAR decides the driver doesn’t have enough experience.
No idea when this first started appearing on rookie cars, but have seen it on a car as early as 1970.

2021 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS

Chase Briscoe is 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year: When the checkered flag dropped on the Season Finale 500, Chase Briscoe was officially named the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year. Briscoe was the highest-finishing rookie 29 times this season. Briscoe is one of only three drivers to win the rookie-of-the-year title in all three of NASCAR’s top national touring series – Camping World Truck (2017), Xfinity (2019) and Cup (2021). He joins William Byron and Erik Jones.(Full post here)(11-7-2021)

car#, driver, rookie/driver points, best 2021 finish
#14-Chase Briscoe, 655, best finish of 6th at Circuit of the Americas, May 23 & Road America, July 4
#38-Anthony Alfredo, 352, best finish of 10th at Talladega, October 4
NOTE: #42-Chastain was declared ineligible for the award due the fact that he ran 79 Cup races during the 2017-2020 seasons.
BUT, if Chastain had been allowed, he would had won with 729 points, best finish of 2nd and 9 top 10’s.

HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE BY RACE
race, driver(times rookie of race), finish, points
1) Daytona 500, #14-Briscoe (1 race best rookie), 19th, 18 points
2) Daytona (road course), #38-Alfredo (1), 22nd, 15
3) Homestead, #14-Briscoe (2), 18th, 19
4) Las Vegas, #14-Briscoe (3), 21st, 16
5) Phoenix, #14-Briscoe (4), 22nd, 15
6) Atlanta, #14-Briscoe (5), 23rd, 14
7) Bristol (dirt), #14-Briscoe (6), 20th, 17
8) Martinsville, #38-Alfredo(2), 26th, 11
9) Richmond, #14-Briscoe (7), 22nd, 15
10) Talladega, #14-Briscoe (8), 11th, 26
11) Kansas, #14-Briscoe(9), 20th, 17
12) Darlington, #14-Briscoe (10), 11th, 26
13) Dover, #38-Alfredo(3), 28th, 9
14) Circuit of the Americas (Texas), #14-Briscoe (11), 6th, 37
15) Charlotte, #14-Briscoe(12), 23rd, 14
16) Sonoma, #14-Briscoe(13), 17th, 20
17) Nashville, #38-Alfredo(4), 17th, 20
18) Pocono, #14-Briscoe(14), 24th, 13
19) Pocono(2), #14-Briscoe(15), 21st, 16
20) Road America, #14-Briscoe(16), 6th, 31
21) Atlanta(2), #14-Briscoe(17), 15th, 22
22) New Hampshire, #14-Briscoe(18), 27th, 10
23) Watkins Glen, #14-Briscoe(19), 9th, 34
24) Indianapolis (road course), #14-Briscoe(20), 26th, 13
25) Michigan, #14-Briscoe(21), 11th, 26
26) Daytona(2), #14-Briscoe(22), 21st, 16
27) Darlington(2), #14-Briscoe(23), 19th, 18
28) Richmond(2), #14-Briscoe(24), 16th, 21
29) Bristol, #14-Briscoe(25), 13th, 24
30) Las Vegas(2), #14-Biscoe(26), 14th, 23
31) Talladega(2), #38-Alfredo(5), 10th, 28
32) Charlotte (ROVAL), #14-Brisco(27), 22nd, 15
33) Texas, #14-Brisco(28), 15th, 30
34) Kansas(2), #14-Briscoe(29), 19th, 18
35) Martinsville(2), #38-Alfredo(6), 20th, 17
36) Phoenix(2), #38-Alfredo(7), 34th, 3
Highest Finishing Rookies, Times:
#14-Briscoe, 29
#38-Alfredo, 7
Races with no rookie, 0

2021 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Race-by-Race Results

* earned stage points in the race

Phoenix(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (11-7-2021):
#38-Alfredo, finished 34th, 3 points
#14-Briscoe, 35th, 2

Martinsville(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (10-31-2021):
#38-Alfredo, finished 20th, 17 points
#14-Briscoe, 22nd, 15

Kansas(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (10-24-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 19th, 18 points
#38-Alfredo, 38th, 1

Texas Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (10-17-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 15th, 30 points (22 + 8 stage pts)
#38-Alfredo, 29th, 8

Charlotte(ROVAL) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (10-10-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 22nd, 15 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Talladega(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (10-3/4-2021, rain delayed):
#38-Alfredo, finished 10th, 28 points
#14-Briscoe, 14th, 23

Las Vegas(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (9-26-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 14th, 23 points
#38-Alfredo, 27th, 10

Bristol(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (9-18-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 13th, 24 points
#38-Alfredo, 35th, 2

Richmond(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (9-11-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 16th, 21 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Darlington(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (9-5-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 19th, 18 points
#38-Alfredo, 24th, 13

Daytona(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (8-28-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 21st, 16 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Michigan Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (8-22-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 11th, 26 points
#38-Alfredo, 34th, 3

Indianapolis (road) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (8-15-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 26th, 13 points (11 + 2 stage pts)
#38-Alfredo, 38th, 1

Watkins Glen Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (8-8-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 9th, 34 points (28 + 6 stage pts)
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

New Hampshire Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (7-18-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 27th, 10 points
#38-Alfredo, 32nd, 5

Atlanta(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (7-11-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 15th, 22 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Road America Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (7-4-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 6th, 31 points
#38-Alfredo, 37th, 1

Pocono(2) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (6-27-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 21st, 16 points
#38-Alfredo, 34th, 3

Pocono Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (6-26-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 24th, 13 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Nashville Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (6-20-2021):
#38-Alfredo, finished 17th, 20 points
#14-Briscoe, 31st, 14 (11 + 3 stage pts)

Sonoma Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (6-6-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 17th, 20 points
#38-Alfredo, 31st, 6

Charlotte Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (5-30-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 23rd, 14 points
#38-Alfredo, 25th, 12

Circuit of the Americas Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (5-23-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 6th, 37 points (31 + 6 stage pts)
#38-Alfredo, 18th

Dover Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (5-16-2021):
#38-Alfredo, finished 28th, 9 points
#14-Briscoe, 35th, 2

Darlington Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (5-9-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 11th, 26 points
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11

Kansas Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (5-2-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 20th, 17 points
#38-Alfredo, 23rd, 14

Talladega Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (4-25-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 11th, 26 points
#38-Alfredo, 12th, 25

Richmond Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (4-18-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 22nd, 15 points
#38-Alfredo, 31st, 6

Martinsville Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (4-11-2021, delayed a day):
#38-Alfredo, 26th, 11 points
#14-Briscoe, 27th, 10

Bristol (dirt) Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (3-28-2021):
#14-Briscoe, 20th, 17 points
#38-Alfredo, 39th, 1

Atlanta Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (3-21-2021):
#14-Briscoe, 23rd, 14 points
#38-Alfredo, 27th, 10

Phoenix Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (3-14-2021):
#14-Briscoe, 22nd, 15 points
#38-Alfredo, 37th, 1

Las Vegas Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (3-7-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 21st, 16 points
#38-Alfredo, 24th, 13

Homestead Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (2-28-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 18th, 19 points
#38-Alfredo, 24th, 13

Daytona road course Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (2-21-2021):
#38-Alfredo, finished 22nd, 15 points
#14-Briscoe, 32nd, 5

Daytona 500 Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points (2-14-2021):
#14-Briscoe, finished 19th, 18 points
#38-Alfredo, 32nd, 5

* earned stage points in the race
DNR = Did Not Race/Not Entered
DNQ = Did not qualify/Make the race
TBD = To be determined