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2023 Indianapolis 500 Prize Money
INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, May 29, 2023) – The Indianapolis 500 purse record was shattered for the second year in a row after a monumentally successful 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, with race winner Josef Newgarden of Team Penske earning $3.666 million from a total purse of $17,021,500.
After record-breaking payouts in 2022, this is the largest purse and largest winner’s payout in the century-plus history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The year’s average payout for NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers was $500,600, which also exceeds last year’s average of $485,000.
In 2022, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $16,000,200 and the year’s winner payout was $3.1 million. Prior to 2022, the largest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Second-place finisher Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing took home $1.043 million, exceeding the take-home prize for last year’s second-place finisher.
“This is the greatest race in the world, and it was an especially monumental Month of May featuring packed grandstands and intense on-track action,” Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles said. “Now, we have the best end card possible for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking purse for the history books.”
2023 Indy 500 Prize Money Payout Winnings
| Finish | Start | Driver | Engine | Entrant | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Josef Newgarden | Chevrolet | Team Penske | $3,666,000 |
| 2 | 10 | Marcus Ericsson | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing | $1,043,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Santino Ferrucci | Chevrolet | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | $481,800 |
| 4 | 1 | Alex Palou | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing | $801,500 |
| 5 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | Chevrolet | Arrow McLaren | $574,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Scott Dixon | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing | $582,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Takuma Sato | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing | $217,300 |
| 8 | 16 | Conor Daly | Chevrolet | Ed Carpenter Racing | $512,000 |
| 9 | 21 | Colton Herta | Honda | Andretti Autosports w/ Curb-Agajanian | $506,500 |
| 10 | 2 | Rinus VeeKay | Chevrolet | Ed Carpenter Racing | $556,500 |
| 11 | 18 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Chevrolet | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | $145,500 |
| 12 | 27 | Callum Ilott | Chevrolet | Juncos Hollinger Racing | $495,500 |
| 13 | 25 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | $482,000 |
| 14 | 14 | Scott McLaughlin | Chevrolet | Team Penske | $485,000 |
| 15 | 20 | Helio Castroneves | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing | $481,500 |
| 16 | 9 | Tony Kanaan | Chevrolet | Arrow McLaren | $105,000 |
| 17 | 24 | Marco Andretti | Honda | Andretti Herta w/ Marcis & Curb-Agajanian | $102,000 |
| 18 | 32 | Jack Harvey | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | $472,000 |
| 19 | 30 | Christian Lundgaard | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | $467,500 |
| 20 | 13 | Ed Carpenter | Chevrolet | Ed Carpenter Racing | $102,000 |
| 21 | 11 | Benjamin Pederson | Chevrolet | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | $215,300 |
| 22 | 33 | Graham Rahal* | Chevrolet | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | $105,500 |
| 23 | 12 | Will Power | Chevrolet | Team Penske | $488,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | Chevrolet | Arrow McLaren | $516,500 |
| 25 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing | $465,500 |
| 26 | 26 | Agustin Canapino | Chevrolet | Juncos Hollinger Racing | $156,300 |
| 27 | 3 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chevrolet | Arrow McLaren | $278,300 |
| 28 | 15 | Kyle Kirkwood | Honda | Andretti Autosport | $465,500 |
| 29 | 23 | David Malukas | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD | $462,000 |
| 30 | 19 | Romain Grosjean | Honda | Andretti Autosport | $462,000 |
| 31 | 31 | Sting Ray Robb | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with RWR | $463,000 |
| 32 | 28 | R.C. Enerson | Chevrolet | Abel Motorsports | $103,000 |
| 33 | 29 | Katherine Legge | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | $102,000 |
* Graham Rahal’s bumped #15 entry also earned Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing $460,000.
BENJAMIN PEDERSEN WAS SELECTED 2023 INDIANAPOLIS 500 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Benjamin Pedersen earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors for his performance during the Month of May. Pedersen earned a $50,000 bonus for being named Rookie of the Year, adding to a total take-home prize of $215,300.
The Indianapolis 500 purse consists of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT INDYCAR SERIES awards, plus other designated and special awards. Purse awards are presented annually at the Victory Celebration, held this year at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis Monday night.
330,000+ FANS ATTENDED THE 2023 INDIANAPOLIS 500
The Month of May was full of major milestones as Indianapolis Motor Speedway welcomed more than 330,000 fans to the Racing Capital of the World for Sunday’s race, making it the second-largest Indianapolis 500 crowd in more than two decades.
SOURCE: INDYCAR
2023 Indy 500 Lineup Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid
Sunday, May 28, 2022
107th Indianapolis 500
at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
| POSITION | CAR | DRIVER | C/E/T | SPEED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Alex Palou | D/H/F | 234.217 |
| 2 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | D/C/F | 234.211 |
| 3 | 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | D/C/F | 234.114 |
| 4 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | D/C/F | 233.661 |
| 5 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | D/C/F | 233.158 |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | D/H/F | 233.151 |
| 7 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | D/C/F | 233.110 |
| 8 | 11 | Takuma Sato | D/H/F | 233.098 |
| 9 | 66 | Tony Kanaan | D/C/F | 233.076 |
| 10 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | D/H/F | 232.889 |
| 11 | 55 | Benjamin Pedersen | D/C/F | 232.671 |
| 12 | 12 | Will Power | D/C/F | 232.635 |
| 13 | 33 | Ed Carpenter | D/C/F | 232.689 |
| 14 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | D/C/F | 232.677 |
| 15 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | D/H/F | 232.662 |
| 16 | 20 | Conor Daly | D/C/F | 232.433 |
| 17 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | D/C/F | 232.402 |
| 18 | 23 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | D/C/F | 232.133 |
| 19 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | D/H/F | 231.997 |
| 20 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | D/H/F | 231.954 |
| 21 | 26 | Colton Herta | D/H/F | 231.951 |
| 22 | 60 | Simon Pagenaud | D/H/F | 231.878 |
| 23 | 18 | David Malukas | D/H/F | 231.769 |
| 24 | 98 | Marco Andretti | D/H/F | 231.682 |
| 26 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | D/H/F | 231.353 |
| 27 | 78 | Agustin Canapino | D/C/F | 231.320 |
| 28 | 77 | Callum Ilott | D/C/F | 231.182 |
| 29 | 50 | RC Enerson | D/C/F | 231.129 |
| 30 | 44 | Katherine Legge | D/H/F | 231.070 |
| 31 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | D/H/F | 229.649 |
| 32 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb | D/H/F | 229.549 |
| 33 | 30 | Jack Harvey | D/H/F | 229.166 |
| 25 | 24 | Graham Rahal* | D/C/F | 231.648 |
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone
BUMPED
| POSITION | CAR | DRIVER | C/E/T | SPEED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | 15 | Graham Rahal | D/H/F | 229.159 |
* Stefan Wilson qualified car #24, but was injured in post-qualifying practice and forced to withdraw. On May 23, Graham Rahal was named as his replacement.
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INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Race Results
Results of The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with the order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 80, Running
2. (3) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 80, Running
3. (7) Alex Palou, Honda, 80, Running
4. (5) Scott Dixon, Honda, 80, Running
5. (6) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 80, Running
6. (8) Graham Rahal, Honda, 80, Running
7. (18) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Running
8. (20) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 80, Running
9. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 80, Running
10. (19) Takuma Sato, Honda, 80, Running
11. (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 80, Running
12. (14) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 80, Running
13. (2) Colton Herta, Honda, 80, Running
14. (15) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 80, Running
15. (24) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 80, Running
16. (11) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 80, Running
17. (9) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 80, Running
18. (17) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 80, Running
19. (23) Jack Harvey, Honda, 80, Running
20. (26) Ryan Norman, Honda, 79, Running
21. (21) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 79, Running
22. (25) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 79, Running
23. (13) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 78, Running
24. (10) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 78, Running
25. (4) Will Power, Chevrolet, 3, Contact
26. (16) Ed Jones, Honda, 3, Contact
INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 108.405 mph
Time of Race: 1:39:58.8551
Margin of victory: 0.8790 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Lap Leaders
Newgarden 1-29
Herta 30-31
Newgarden 32-52
Ericsson 53-54
Herta 55-57
Newgarden 58-80
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings (July 4, 2021)
- Palou 384
- O’Ward 345
- Dixon 328
- Newgarden 315
- Ericsson 280
- Pagenaud 271
- Herta 260
- VeeKay 257
- Rahal 256
- Sato 226
INDYCAR 2021 Road America Grand Prix Race Results
Results of the 2021 Road America Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 4.014-mile Road America racecourse in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, on Sunday, June 20, 2021, with the order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, and reason out (if any):
- (5) Alex Palou, Honda, 55, Running
- (2) Colton Herta, Honda, 55, Running
- (4) Will Power, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (13) Scott Dixon, Honda, 55, Running
- (7) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 55, Running
- (18) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 55, Running
- (9) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 55, Running
- (20) Takuma Sato, Honda, 55, Running
- (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (22) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (14) Graham Rahal, Honda, 55, Running
- (16) Oliver Askew, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (8) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 55, Running
- (17) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (19) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 55, Running
- (11) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (3) Jack Harvey, Honda, 55, Running
- (6) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (25) Cody Ware, Honda, 55, Running
- (15) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 55, Running
- (23) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 54, Running
- (12) Ed Jones, Honda, 50, Off Course
- (21) Kevin Magnussen, Chevrolet, 33, Off Course
- (24) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 19, Mechanical
INDYCAR 2021 Road America Grand Prix Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 119.424 mph
Time of Race: 1:50:55.0534
The Margin of Victory: 1.9106 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 7 laps
Lead Changes: 11 among 7 drivers
INDYCAR 2021 Road America Grand Prix Race Lap Leaders
Josef Newgarden 1 – 13
Alex Palou 14
Scott Dixon 15
Josef Newgarden 16 – 24
Kevin Magnussen 25 – 30
Takuma Sato 31 – 32
Josef Newgarden 33 – 39
Alex Palou 40 – 41
Max Chilton 42 – 48
Oliver Askew 49 – 50
Josef Newgarden 51 – 53
Alex Palou 54 – 55
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings (June 20, 2021)
- Alex Palou 349
- Pato O’Ward 321
- Scott Dixon 296
- Josef Newgarden 261
- Simon Pagenaud 255
- Rinus VeeKay 243
- Colton Herta 242
- Marcus Ericsson 239
- Graham Rahal 228
- Takuma Sato 206
INDYCAR Drivers Surprised with Return of Long-missing Helmets
Drivers typically don’t care for surprises in their race day routine, but this morning provided an undeniably sentimental moment as four previously missing racing helmets were returned to their owners. Helio Castroneves, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Ed Carpenter and Sarah Fisher had just emerged from the drivers’ meeting for The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Jaws dropped and eyes widened as the helmets were uncovered.
“A blast from the past,” Andretti Autosport’s Hunter-Reay said of the Rahal Letterman Racing helmet he wore for his 2007 Verizon IndyCar Series debut, ironically at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. “This makes me feel old. Thank you.”
The helmets, as well as ones belonging to Danica Patrick and the late Dan Wheldon, were stolen in 2008 from an INDYCAR fan experience trailer parked in Speedway, Ind. All six were recently returned to INDYCAR.
“Helmets are important to any driver,” Hunter-Reay said. “It’s a piece of your career and a lot of memories come with it. This is a pretty important helmet. I kind of wrote it off. It’s nice to have it back.”
Fisher’s white helmet was also important – it was covered with fan signatures and worn in her series comeback race in 2006.
“It was my comeback helmet, my first race back after having driven some stock cars for Richard Childress,” said Fisher, who retired from racing in 2010 and is now the pace car driver at Verizon IndyCar Series events. “(Team owner) Dennis Reinbold put me back in an Indy car in 2006. It was such a quick turnaround; I didn’t have time to paint a helmet. My husband now, Andy (O’Gara), had this great idea to take my helmet to the autograph session and have the fans sign it so that it would kind of be painted.”
At the time of the theft, Fisher said, “I was devastated. It meant so much to me.”
Carpenter, now the series’ only owner/driver, wore his recovered helmet for Vision Racing in 2007.
“It’s nice we have all the INDYCAR tech stickers or otherwise I probably wouldn’t remember what year it was from anyway,” he said. “I had forgotten that it was stolen. I remember giving it to put on that trailer. It’s cool to have it back.”
Castroneves took his 2001 Team Penske helmet and gave it to an unsuspecting Vince Kremer, now vice president of operations at INDYCAR who was Bettenhausen Motorsports’ crew chief when Castroneves was an Indy car rookie in 1998.
“This one’s for you,” Castroneves said to Kremer, who was visibly stunned and emotional.
As their bond developed in 1998, Castroneves promised Kremer, “You’re going to get one of my helmets.” Each year since, Kremer enjoyed teasing the Brazilian with a reminder. Not anymore.
“He just totally shocked me and blew me away,” Kremer said.
SOURCE: INDYCAR
Naptown Buzz: May 18, 2016
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 was an active Day 3 of Indy 500 practice.
We have audio from Pat McAfee, Tommy Johnson Jr., Shawn Langdon, Sage Karam, Will Power, Gabby Chavez and Ryan Hunter-Reay on the show today, as well as a recap of what went on.
hhgregg “Race An Andretti” Was a Blast!
Each May we have the privilege of doing some pretty cool events related to the Indy 500 and INDYCAR. While we don’t officially kick off the Indy 500 festivities until Monday, today we had the opportunity to head up to hhgregg with the entire family to “Race an Andretti”.
During May we don’t have a lot of time to enjoy the festivities with the kids, and with the demise of IMS “Community Day” last year, that left a hole during the time slots we’re not working the Indy 500. So I have to thank hhgregg & Andretti Autosport for putting this event together.
My kids had a blast at this event, and will be talking about it for years to come. And by the looks of the crowd, I’m sure that they’re not the only ones. These are the type of events that make memories and also make new fans.
As far as the racing side of things goes, the professionals cleaned house. I think I saw maybe one person beat them, and I believe that was by someone who races RC cars a lot.
Even though I didn’t win, I enjoyed myself immensely. And it was quite nice to have an afternoon doing something race related that was relaxing AND with the entire family. For tomorrow we hit the track running.
Race an Andretti May 15th at hhgregg 96th Street
Join Naptown Buzz and Andretti Autosport drivers Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay & Carlos Munoz at the north side hhgregg (4161 E. 96th Street) on Sunday, May 15th, for your chance to Race an Andretti on the remote control course in the parking lot!
This family-friendly event will take place in the hhgregg parking lot from 1:30PM – 3:30PM, and all three drivers will be available for autographs and photos.
Come and enjoy some food and prizes during and event you’ll never forget.
RSVP at: hhgregg.eventbrite.com