Ty Dillon earns first Nationwide pole, will pace today’s Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas

By Mar 8, 2014, 2:10 PM EST
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Ty Dillon will pace the field in this afternoon’s 2014 Boyd Gaming 300 Nationwide Series race, having earned his first career NNS pole Saturday morning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Dillon was the only driver over 182 mph, covering the 1.5-mile progressively-banked track with a top speed of 182.278 mph, a LVMS NNS track record.

“I hope the fans really enjoy this new qualifying system, because it’s exciting for us,” Dillon said. “Everything’s been going real good, our car’s been real fast, just real excited for our future and to get this race going.”

Brad Keselowski was second-fastest at 181.702 mph, followed by Sprint Cup Series points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. at third-fastest with a speed of 181.147 mph.

Here’s how the field stacks up:

Row 1

Ty Dillon, 182.278 mph

Brad Keselowski, 181.702

Row 2

Dale Earnhardt Jr., 181.147

Kyle Larson, 180.880

Row 3

Brian Scott, 180.699

Matt Kenseth, 180.451

Row 4

Kyle Busch, 180.403

Dylan Kwasniewski, 180.168

Row 5

Chase Elliott, 180.000

Regan Smith, 179.444

Row 6

Matt Crafton, 178.838

Chris Buescher, 178.684

Row 7

Elliott Sadler, 179.069

James Buescher, 179.004

Row 8

Ryan Reed, 178.849

Brendan Gaughan, 178.826

Row 9

Trevor Bayne, 178.336

Blake Koch, 178.288

Row 10

David Ragan, 177.602

Mike Bliss, 177.328

Row 11

Dakoda Armstrong, 177.247

Ryan Sieg, 175.907

Row 12

Josh Wise, 175.661

Landon Cassill, 175.268

Row 13

JJ Yeley, 175.143

Jamie Dick, 174.582

Row 14

Tanner Berryhill, 174.289

Mike Wallace, 174.059

Row 15

Jeremy Clements, 173.963

Eric McClure, 173.477

Row 16

Jeffrey Earnhardt, 173.455

Jeff Green, 173.371

Row 17

Kevin Lepage, 172.513

Tommy Joe Martins, 172.304

Row 18

Derrike Cope, 170.821

Joe Gase, 170.756

Row 19

Daryl Harr, 170.127

Ryan Ellis, 169.630

Row 20

Robert Richardson, 167.473

Matt DiBenedetto, 171.467

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Winner Josef Newgarden earns $3.666 million from a record Indy 500 purse of $17 million

By May 29, 2023, 6:01 PM EDT
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INDIANAPOLIS — The first Indy 500 victory for Josef Newgarden also was the richest in race history from a record 2023 purse of just more than $17 million.

The two-time NTT IndyCar Series champion, who continued his celebration Monday morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway earned $3.666 million for winning the 107th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The purse and winner’s share both are the largest in the history of the Indianapolis 500.

It’s the second consecutive year that the Indy 500 purse set a record after the 2022 Indy 500 became the first to crack the $16 million mark (nearly doubling the 2021 purse that offered a purse of $8,854,565 after a crowd limited to 135,000 because of the COVID-19 pandemic).

The average payout for IndyCar drivers was $500,600 (exceeding last year’s average of $485,000).

Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske, whose team also fields Newgarden’s No. 2 Dallara-Chevrolet, had made raising purses a priority since buying the track in 2020. But Penske but was unable to post big money purses until the race returned to full capacity grandstands last year.

The largest Indy 500 purse before this year was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indy 500 won by Scott Dixon (whose share was $2,988,065). Ericsson’s haul made him the second Indy 500 winner to top $3 million (2009 winner Helio Castroneves won $3,048,005.

Runner-up Marcus Ericsson won $1.043 million after falling short by 0.0974 seconds in the fourth-closest finish in Indy 500 history.

The 107th Indy 500 drew a crowd of at least 330,000 that was the largest since the sellout for the 100th running in 2016, and the second-largest in more than two decades, according to track officials.

“This is the greatest race in the world, and it was an especially monumental Month of May featuring packed grandstands and intense on-track action,” Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles said in a release. “Now, we have the best end card possible for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking purse for the history books.”

Benjamin Pedersen was named the Indy 500 rookie of the year, earning a $50,000 bonus.

The race’s purse is determined through contingency and special awards from IMS and IndyCar. The awards were presented Monday night in the annual Indy 500 Victory Celebration at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.

The payouts for the 107th Indy 500:

1. Josef Newgarden, $3,666,000
2. Marcus Ericsson, $1,043,000
3. Santino Ferrucci, $481,800
4. Alex Palou, $801,500
5. Alexander Rossi, $574,000
6. Scott Dixon, $582,000
7. Takuma Sato, $217,300
8. Conor Daly, $512,000
9. Colton Herta, $506,500
10. Rinus VeeKay, $556,500
11. Ryan Hunter‐Reay, $145,500
12. Callum Ilott, $495,500
13. Devlin DeFrancesco, $482,000
14. Scott McLaughlin, $485,000
15. Helio Castroneves, $481,500
16. Tony Kanaan, $105,000
17. Marco Andretti, $102,000
18. Jack Harvey, $472,000
19. Christian Lundgaard, $467,500
20. Ed Carpenter, $102,000
21. Benjamin Pedersen (R), $215,300
22. Graham Rahal, $565,500*
23. Will Power, $488,000
24. Pato O’Ward, $516,500
25. Simon Pagenaud, $465,500
26. Agustín Canapino (R), $156,300
27. Felix Rosenqvist, $278,300
28. Kyle Kirkwood, $465,500
29. David Malukas, $462,000
30. Romain Grosjean, $462,000
31. Sting Ray Robb (R), $463,000
32. RC Enerson (R), $103,000
33.  Katherine Legge, $102,000

*–Broken down between two teams, $460,000 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, $105,500 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports