Indianapolis 500 sets fifth straight purse record, Rosenqvist takes home $4.34 million

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis 500 purse record was broken for the fifth consecutive year for the 110th Indianapolis 500.

First-time winner Felix Rosenqvist of Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian earned a record-high $4.34 million from a total purse of $30,906,400, according to a release from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This is the largest purse in the history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on the heels of four consecutive record-breaking years. This year’s average payout for NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers was $936,500, which also exceeds last year’s average of $596,500.

“The Indianapolis 500 continues to make history, in more ways than one,” INDYCAR and IMS President J. Douglas Boles said in the release.

• In 2025, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $20,283,000, and the year’s winner payout was $3.8 million.
• In 2024, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $18,456,000, and the winner earned $4.3 million, which included a $440,000 roll-over bonus from BorgWarner for earning 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.

Before 2022, the largest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

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