Alex Palou’s record-breaking Indy 500 prize money | Sports News

Alex Palou earned a historic payday after making historical past within the Indianapolis 500.

On Sunday, Palou coasted down victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway — turning into the first Spanish driver to ever win the Indy 500 and crushing Josef Newgarden’s probabilities of a three-peat within the course of. “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” featured no scarcity of thrilling moments, as Kyle Larson’s second attempt at “The Double” was swiftly dashed whereas Alexander Rossi’s car burst into flames.

Thanks to his first-place end, Palou earned a $3.8 million share of the whole $20,283,000 prize pool, which is compiled from IMS and IndyAutomobile awards along with different designated and particular awards. 2025 marked the fourth yr in a row that the Indy 500 shattered its purse file.

Last yr, Newgarden raked in $4.3 million of the $18,456,000 purse, in addition to a $440,000 bonus from BorgWarner for securing consecutive Indy 500 wins. Back in 2023, the Team Penske driver made $3.7 million from a $17,021,500 purse, with Marcus Ericsson incomes $3.1 million of the $16,000,200 pool in 2022.

“The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest race in the world and winning this race makes history in more ways than one,” IndyAutomobile and Indianapolis Motor Speedway president J. Douglas Boles stated in an official assertion.

“The Month of May featured a grandstand sellout crowd and intense on-track action. Alex Palou adds Indianapolis 500 winner to his long list of growing achievements and takes home the largest purse in Indianapolis 500 history. There’s no better way to end an epic month.”

With his win within the Indy 500, Palou grew to become the primary driver since A.J. Foyt in 1979 to emerge victorious in 5 of the season’s first six races. The 28-year-old has moreover received three of the final 4 championships, together with back-to-back in 2023 and 2024.

“I cannot believe it,” Palou stated. “It’s amazing to win. There were some moments that I felt really good in the race, but at the end I didn’t know if I was going to able to pass Marcus or not, but I made it happen. First oval win. What a better place?”

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Several of Palou’s opponents had their paydays stripped from them upon having to forfeit their prize money and championship factors accrued within the Indy 500 attributable to technical violations. Marcus Ericsson, Kyle Kirkwood and Callum Ilott — who positioned second, sixth and twelfth, respectively — had been every given ending positions on the rear of the sector, whereas Ericsson and Kirkwood’s groups had been moreover fined $100,000 with their competitors managers receiving a one-race suspension.

According to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass, Ericsson and Kirkwood made “modifications to the Dallara-supplied Energy Management System (EMS) covers and cover-to-A-arm mounting points with unapproved spacers and parts,” whereas Ilott “failed left side minimum endplate height.”