INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 purse report was damaged for the fourth 12 months in a row for the 109th working of the Indianapolis 500 introduced by Gainbridge, with first-time winner Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing incomes $3.8 million from a handbag of $20,283,000.
That is the biggest purse within the century-plus historical past of The Biggest Spectacle in Racing on the heels of 4 consecutive record-breaking years. This 12 months’s common payout for NTT IndyCar Sequence drivers was $596,500, which additionally exceeds final 12 months’s common of $543,000.
In 2024, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $18,456,000, and the 12 months’s winner payout was $4.3 million, which included a $440,000 roll-over bonus from BorgWarner for incomes back-to-back wins.
In 2023, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $17,021,500, and the winner earned $3.7 million. In 2022, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $16,000,200, and the winner earned $3.1 million. Previous to 2022, the biggest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
“The Indianapolis 500 is the best race on this planet, and profitable this race makes historical past in additional methods than one,” mentioned IndyCar and IMS President Doug Boles. “The month of Could featured a grandstand sellout crowd and intense on-track motion. Alex Palou provides Indianapolis 500 winner to his lengthy checklist of rising achievements and takes house the biggest purse in Indianapolis 500 historical past. There’s no higher option to finish an epic month.”
Pole-winner Robert Shwartzman of PREMA Racing earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the 12 months honors for his efficiency in the course of the month of Could. Shwartzman earned a $50,000 bonus for being named Rookie of the 12 months, including to a complete take-home prize of $327,300.
The Indianapolis 500 purse consists of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT IndyCar Sequence awards, plus different designated and particular awards. Purse awards are introduced yearly on the Victory Celebration, held this 12 months on the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis Monday evening.
