How much do Indy 500 drivers make?

The total 2018 Indy 500 purse was $13,078,065; Earnings for every position

What does it pay to win the Indy 500? Will Power took home about 20% of the total 2018 Indy 500 purse for his race victory. The winner’s check totaled $2,525,454.

View the full 2018 Indianapolis 500 payout below.

The payout comes from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indycar, race sponsors and well as television. $349,930,714

In 2017, Takuma Sato earned $2.4 million for winning the same race. That gives the 2018 race a spike in the payout. However, the 2017 payout was also down from the 2016 event.

In 2016, Alexander Rossi earned $2,548,743 of the total $13,273,253 purse.

The total prize money for the Indy 500 has totaled $363 million since it’s inception. View the full 2018 Indy 500 payout below.

2018 Indy 500 Purse

1. (3) Will Power,
$2,525,454

2. (1) Ed Carpenter
$911,504

3. (9) Scott Dixon
$587,129

4. (32) Alexander Rossi
$454,804

5. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay
$419,804

6. (2) Simon Pagenaud
$419,804

7. (21) Carlos Munoz
$254,005

8. (4) Josef Newgarden
$400,654

9. (18) Robert Wickens
$424,979

10. (30) Graham Rahal
$401,229

11. (27) JR Hildebrand
$225,305

12. (12) Marco Andretti
$364,129

13. (11) Matheus Leist
$357,129

14. (22) Gabby Chaves
$315,305

15. (23) Stefan Wilson
$212,330

16. (31) Jack Harvey
$200,305

17. (26) Oriol Servia
$211,105

18. (15) Charlie Kimball
$300,305

19. (13) Zachary Claman De Melo
$339,354

20. (6) Spencer Pigot
$346,154

21. (33) Conor Daly
$200,305

22. (20) Max Chilton
$300,305

23. (25) Zach Veach
$334,129

24. (28) Jay Howard
$200,305

25. (10) Tony Kanaan
$346,954

26. (24) Sage Karam
$203,305

27. (8) Helio Castroneves
$205,305

28. (5) Sebastien Bourdais
$348,829

29. (17) Kyle Kaiser
$205,805

30. (7) Danica Patrick
$208,305

31. (29) Ed Jones
$338,129

32. (16) Takuma Sato
$300,305

33. (19) James Davison
$200,305

Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 166.935 mph
Time of Race: 2:59:42.6365
Margin of victory: 3.1589 seconds
Cautions: 7 for 41 laps
Lead changes: 30 among 15 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Carpenter, Ed 1 – 30
Newgarden, Josef 31
Pigot, Spencer 32 – 34
Carpenter, Ed 35 – 50
Claman De Melo, Zachary 51 – 55
Carpenter, Ed 56 – 62
Kanaan, Tony 63 – 64
Carpenter, Ed 65 – 72
Kanaan, Tony 73 – 89
Carpenter, Ed 90 – 91
Power, Will 92 – 94
Servia, Oriol 95
Bourdais, Sebastien 96
Rahal, Graham 97 – 105
Claman De Melo, Zachary 106 – 107
Power, Will 108 – 128
Hunter-Reay, Ryan 129
Bourdais, Sebastien 130 – 132
Newgarden, Josef 133 – 134
Rahal, Graham 135 – 137
Munoz, Carlos 138 – 140
Power, Will 141 – 170
Carpenter, Ed 171 – 172
Rossi, Alexander 173
Pagenaud, Simon 174
Munoz, Carlos 175
Servia, Oriol 176 – 177
Wickens, Robert 178 – 179
Servia, Oriol 180 – 192
Wilson, Stefan 193 – 195
Power, Will 196 – 200

Verizon IndyCar Series point standings: Power 243, Rossi 241, Newgarden 233, Dixon 218, Hunter-Reay 186, Rahal 183, Wickens 178, Bourdais 168, Pagenaud 155, James Hinchcliffe 144.

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Related: 2018 Indy 500 race report

Related: 2016 Indy 500 payout

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