Rosenqvist's Indy 500 purse totals record $4.34M
Key takeaways
- INDIANAPOLIS -- Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist earned a record $4.34 million payout after winning his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, topping Álex Palou's total from last year by more than $500,000.
- The total purse, $30,906,400, was also a race record, organizers announced before Monday night's formal victory celebration dinner in downtown Indianapolis.
- Rosenqvist made a daring, perfectly timed pass on the outside of David Malukas in the closing yards, beating Malukas across the yard of bricks by 0.0233 seconds in the closest finish in race history.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist earned a record $4.34 million payout after winning his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, topping Álex Palou's total from last year by more than $500,000.
The total purse, $30,906,400, was also a race record, organizers announced before Monday night's formal victory celebration dinner in downtown Indianapolis. That's a nearly $11 million increase over last year's previous all-time high.
Rosenqvist made a daring, perfectly timed pass on the outside of David Malukas in the closing yards, beating Malukas across the yard of bricks by 0.0233 seconds in the closest finish in race history. The previous mark came in 1992 when Al Unser Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds.