NASCAR’s Kurt Busch Wins 2014 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Award

Kurt Busch might not have completed the 1,100-mile Memorial Day double after a blown engine 129 laps from the finish in the Coca-Cola 600 at Concord, North Carolina, but the NASCAR driver impressed Sunday at the Indianapolis 500 and was awarded the Rookie of the Year award for the IndyCar race.  After Busch finished sixth in the Indy 500, Bruce Martin of Fox Sports reported the news of the hardware: Kurt Busch's impressive sixth-place finish in the 98th Indianapolis 500 earned the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion the prestigious Sunoco Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award at Monday night's Victory Awards Celebration at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Busch is the first NASCAR driver to win the Indianap...

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