Pagenaud Earns $2.66 Million for Winning Indy 500
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| Simon Pagenaud |
Simon Pagenaud earned $2,669,529 from an overall purse of $13,090,536 for his victory Sunday, May 26 in the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
2016 NTT IndyCar Series champion Pagenaud, from Montmorillon, France, captured his first victory in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" in the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet. He beat 2016 winner Alexander Rossi to the finish by .2086 of a second to score the record-extending 18th Indianapolis 500 victory for Team Penske.
Pagenaud took the lead for good on Lap 199 of the 200-lap race. He led seven times for 116 laps, becoming the first pole sitter to win since Helio Castroneves in 2009.
Rossi, from Nevada City, California, earned $759,179 in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda. He led five times for 22 laps, continuing his streak of leading in all four of his career "500" starts.
2017 Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato earned $540,454 for finishing third in the No. 30 Mi-Jack/Panasonic Honda.
2017 NTT IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden earned $462,904 for finishing fourth in the No. 2 Shell V-Power Nitro Plus Team Penske Chevrolet.
Rounding out the top five was 2018 winner and 2014 series champion Will Power in the No. 12 Verizon 5G Team Penske Chevrolet, who earned $444,554.
Team Penske placed three cars in the top five.
Santino Ferrucci earned $435,404 for his seventh-place finish after starting 23rd in the No. 19 Cly-Del Manufacturing Honda, including $50,000 for being named Rookie of the Year. Ferrucci, who led one lap, was the highest-finishing rookie among the six drivers making their first Indianapolis 500 starts this year.
The Indianapolis 500 purse consists of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT IndyCar Series awards, plus other designated and special awards. Purse awards were announced and presented at the Victory Celebration on Monday, May 27 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.
Official Box Score with Earnings
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name | Laps | Status | Pts | Tot Pts | Rank | Earnings |
| 1 | 1 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Menards Team Penske Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 112 | 250 | 1 | $2,669,529 |
| 2 | 9 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda | 200 | Running | 82 | 228 | 3 | $759,179 |
| 3 | 14 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Mi-Jack / Panasonic Honda | 200 | Running | 71 | 203 | 4 | $540,454 |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Shell V-Power Nitro Plus Penske Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 67 | 249 | 2 | $462,904 |
| 5 | 6 | 12 | Will Power | Verizon 5G Team Penske Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 65 | 184 | 6 | $444,554 |
| 6 | 2 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Preferred Freezer Services Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 65 | 65 | 23 | $450,554 |
| 7 | 23 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci (R) | Cly-Del Manufacturing Honda | 200 | Running | 53 | 129 | 10 | $435,404 |
| 8 | 22 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | DHL Honda | 200 | Running | 48 | 157 | 7 | $379,129 |
| 9 | 16 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 44 | 110 | 17 | $369,129 |
| 10 | 11 | 25 | Conor Daly | United States Air Force Honda | 200 | Running | 40 | 40 | 25 | $230,805 |
| 11 | 32 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda | 200 | Running | 38 | 145 | 8 | $365,129 |
| 12 | 15 | 33 | James Davison | Dale Coyne with Byrd and Belardi Honda | 200 | Running | 36 | 36 | 26 | $220,305 |
| 13 | 4 | 63 | Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter / Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 40 | 118 | 14 | $233,305 |
| 14 | 3 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 40 | 133 | 9 | $377,229 |
| 15 | 24 | 4 | Matheus Leist | ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 30 | 108 | 18 | $344,129 |
| 16 | 30 | 39 | Pippa Mann | Driven2SaveLives Chevrolet | 200 | Running | 28 | 28 | 29 | $200,305 |
| 17 | 18 | 9 | Scott Dixon | PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda | 200 | Running | 27 | 203 | 5 | $359,204 |
| 18 | 12 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet | 199 | Running | 24 | 33 | 27 | $200,305 |
| 19 | 31 | 24 | Sage Karam | DRR WIX Filters Chevrolet | 199 | Running | 22 | 22 | 32 | $204,305 |
| 20 | 21 | 48 | JR Hildebrand | DRR Salesforce Chevrolet | 199 | Running | 20 | 20 | 33 | $200,305 |
| 21 | 25 | 60 | Jack Harvey | AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda | 199 | Running | 18 | 118 | 13 | $200,305 |
| 22 | 19 | 77 | Oriol Servia | Fuel Battery Team Stange w/ Arrow SPM | 199 | Running | 16 | 16 | 34 | $203,305 |
| 23 | 13 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson (R) | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda | 198 | Running | 14 | 81 | 21 | $384,629 |
| 24 | 26 | 42 | Jordan King (R) | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda | 198 | Running | 12 | 12 | 35 | $200,805 |
| 25 | 20 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Fiasp Chevrolet | 196 | Running | 10 | 23 | 30 | $200,305 |
| 26 | 10 | 98 | Marco Andretti | U.S. Concrete / Curb Honda | 195 | Running | 10 | 105 | 19 | $334,129 |
| 27 | 17 | 15 | Graham Rahal | United Rentals Honda | 176 | Contact | 10 | 123 | 12 | $334,129 |
| 28 | 29 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist (R) | NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda | 176 | Contact | 11 | 117 | 15 | $353,279 |
| 29 | 28 | 26 | Zach Veach | Gainbridge Honda | 176 | Contact | 10 | 83 | 20 | $334,129 |
| 30 | 7 | 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | Sealmaster Honda | 176 | Contact | 13 | 124 | 11 | $342,129 |
| 31 | 33 | 32 | Kyle Kaiser | Juncos Racing Chevrolet | 71 | Contact | 10 | 22 | 31 | $205,305 |
| 32 | 27 | 81 | Ben Hanley (R) | 10 Star DragonSpeed Chevrolet | 54 | DNF | 10 | 31 | 28 | $200,805 |
| 33 | 5 | 88 | Colton Herta (R) | Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda | 3 | DNFl | 15 | 110 | 16 | $351,129 |
Time of Race: 2:50:39.2797 Avg Speed: 175.794 mph Margin of Victory: 0.2086 seconds Lead Changes: 29 Caution Laps: 29
Fastest Lap: 226.006 mph (39.8220 seconds) on Lap 40 by 9 – Scott Dixon
Fastest Leader Lap: 224.250 mph (40.1337 seconds) on Lap 108 by 9 – Scott Dixon
NTT P1 Award: Simon Pagenaud (156.5271, 229.992 mph)