It’s nonetheless a ton of cash.
However in comparison with , NASCAR Cup Sequence drivers can be racing for peanuts this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The purse for Sunday’s Ambetter Well being 400 sits at $11,055,250.
The excellent news: That’s up from $9,137,793 for a similar occasion final 12 months.
The dangerous information: It is properly under final Sunday’s purse at , which broke the game’s file at $30,331,250, an 8% enhance from 2024. So Atlanta’s $11 million gained’t make the eyes bulge the identical method.
Keep in mind, that pool can be break up amongst all of the groups.
NASCAR now not declares the precise payout the winner receives. The final time it revealed these figures for the Nice American Race was 2015, when sped into Victory Lane and picked up $1.5 million of an $18 million purse.
The winner’s prize has clearly gone up within the final decade.
Suppose is having fun with himself this week? Sure.
He’ll look to make it two in a row, as he joins 38 different entries in Atlanta Sunday. Daniel Suarez enters because the race’s defending champion. It’s scheduled for 3 p.m. and can air on Fox.
