Best Driver ESPY Award
List of winners and nominees

Best Driver ESPY Award

Section Title: List of winners and nominees
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Year	Image	Driver	Nationality	Racing series	Type of vehicle	Other nominees	Ref

1993	A mustached man in his late thirties is wearing blue racing overall and is looking at the camera.	Nigel Mansell	GBR	Formula One	Open wheel	N/A

1994	A man in his early fifties is wearing a black baseball cap and is smiling at the camera.	Nigel Mansell	GBR	CART	Open wheel	N/A

1995	A man in his late forties smiling at the camera.	Al Unser Jr.	USA	CART	Open wheel	Dale Earnhardt ( USA) – NASCAR Michael Schumacher ( GER) – Formula One

1996	A man in his early twenties smiling at the camera.	Jeff Gordon	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Michael Schumacher ( GER) – Formula One Jacques Villeneuve ( CAN) – CART

1997	–	Jimmy Vasser	USA	CART	Open wheel	Terry Labonte ( USA) – NASCAR Damon Hill ( GBR) – Formula One

1998	A man in his mid-twenties wearing sunglasses and rainbow-colored racing overalls	Jeff Gordon	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	N/A

1999	A man his late twenties wearing rainbow colored racing overalls. He has his left hand on his left hip and his right hand leaning against a solid surface.	Jeff Gordon	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Dale Earnhardt ( USA) – NASCAR Mark Martin ( USA) – NASCAR

2000	A mustached man in his early forties wearing sunglasses and blue and red racing overalls	Dale Jarrett	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	John Force ( USA) – NHRA Juan Pablo Montoya ( COL) – CART

2001	A man in his early forties wearing yellow racing overall and he is holding a HANS device	Bobby Labonte	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Gil de Ferran ( BRA) – CART John Force ( USA) – NHRA Buddy Lazier ( USA) – IndyCar

2002	A man in his late thirties wearing a red T-shirt emblazoned with the Ferrari logo.	Michael Schumacher	GER	Formula One	Open wheel	Hélio Castroneves ( BRA) – CART Gil de Ferran ( BRA) – CART John Force ( USA) – NHRA Jeff Gordon ( USA) – NASCAR Kevin Harvick ( USA) – NASCAR Sam Hornish Jr.

2003	A man in his late twenties is wearing sunglasses along with orange racing overalls and is holding a trophy with both his hands.	Tony Stewart	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	John Force ( USA) – NHRA Gil de Ferran ( BRA) IndyCar Sam Hornish Jr. ( USA) – IndyCar Michael Schumacher ( GER) – Formula One

2004	A man in his late twenties wearing sunglasses and red racing overalls	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Scott Dixon ( NZL) – IndyCar Matt Kenseth ( USA) – NASCAR Tony Pedregon ( USA) – NHRA Michael Schumacher ( GER) – Formula One

2005	A man in his late thirties speaking into a microphone	Michael Schumacher	GER	Formula One	Open wheel	Greg Anderson ( USA) – NHRA Kurt Busch ( USA) – NASCAR Dan Wheldon ( GBR) – IndyCar

2006	A man in his mid thirties is wearing orange racing overall and his waving to the crowd with his right hand	Tony Stewart	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Jimmie Johnson ( USA) – NASCAR Sam Hornish Jr. ( USA) – IndyCar Melanie Troxel ( USA) – NHRA Dan Wheldon ( GBR) – IndyCar

2007	A man in his late thirties with both his arms folded	Jeff Gordon	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Dario Franchitti ( GBR) – IndyCar Kevin Harvick ( USA) – NASCAR Jimmie Johnson ( USA) – NASCAR Tony Schumacher ( USA) – NHRA

2008	A man in his early thirties waving to the crowd with his right hand and is wearing white and blue racing overalls along with a similarly colored baseball cap	Jimmie Johnson	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Kyle Busch ( USA) – NASCAR Scott Dixon ( NZL) – IndyCar Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One Tony Schumacher ( USA) – NHRA

2009	A man in his early thirties signing his autograph for a fan. He is wearing sunglasses and a striped shirt	Jimmie Johnson	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Hélio Castroneves ( BRA) – IndyCar Scott Dixon ( NZL) – IndyCar Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One Tony Schumacher ( USA) – NHRA

2010	A man in his early thirties looking to the left of the camera. He is wearing a black suit.	Jimmie Johnson	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Kyle Busch ( USA) – NASCAR Dario Franchitti ( GBR) – IndyCar Ron Hornaday Jr. ( USA) – NASCAR Tony Schumacher ( USA) – NHRA

2011	A man in his mid thirties speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a red and white baseball cap and a red t-shirt.	Jimmie Johnson	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Greg Anderson ( USA) – NHRA John Force ( USA) – NHRA Dario Franchitti ( GBR) – IndyCar

2012	A man in his mid forties wearing sunglasses and black and white racing overalls	Tony Stewart	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Dario Franchitti ( GBR) – IndyCar Sebastian Vettel ( GER) – Formula One Del Worsham ( USA) – NHRA

2013	A man wearing blue and white racing overalls is signing his autograph onto a picture of his race car.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	USA	IndyCar Series	Open wheel	Tony Kanaan ( BRA) – IndyCar Brad Keselowski ( USA) – NASCAR Sebastian Vettel ( GER) – Formula One

2014	A man in his mid thirties is wearing a black baseball car with sponsors and sunglasses over his eyes. He is also wearing yellow racing overalls.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	USA	IndyCar Series	Open wheel	Scott Dixon ( NZL) – IndyCar Dale Earnhardt Jr. ( USA) – NASCAR John Force ( USA) – NHRA

2015	A man in his early forties smiling and waving to the crowd. He is wearing sunglasses along with a red baseball car and similarly colored racing overalls.	Kevin Harvick	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Erica Enders-Stevens ( USA) – NHRA Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One Juan Pablo Montoya ( COL) – IndyCar Will Power ( AUS) – IndyCar

2016	A man in his thirties being interviewed by the media. He has a green and black baseball cap on his head and is wearing identically colored racing overalls.	Kyle Busch	USA	NASCAR	Stock car	Scott Dixon ( NZL) – IndyCar Erica Enders-Stevens ( USA) – NHRA Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One Alexander Rossi ( USA) – IndyCar

2017	A man in his early thirties wearing a black baseball cap and t-shirt. He has a gold neck chain across his body.	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Formula One	Open Wheel	Ron Capps ( USA) – NHRA Jimmie Johnson ( USA) – NASCAR Simon Pagenaud ( FRA) – IndyCar Martin Truex Jr.

2018	A bearded man in his mid thirties wearing black sunglasses and a black baseball cap with the number 78 on his right-hand side	Martin Truex Jr.	USA	NASCAR	Stock car racing	Brittany Force ( USA) – NHRA Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One Josef Newgarden ( USA) – IndyCar Series

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The 2018 winner of the Best Driver ESPY Award was Martin Truex Jr.
The 2018 winner of the Best Driver ESPY Award was Martin Truex Jr.
The 2018 winner of the Best Driver ESPY Award was Martin Truex Jr.

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final_sentence: The 2018 winner of the Best Driver ESPY Award was Martin Truex Jr.
final_sentence: The 2018 winner of the Best Driver ESPY Award was Martin Truex Jr.