TV times for this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto on NBCSN and Live Extra

By Jun 11, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
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The 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season ventures to Canada for its sole overseas round of the season this weekend with the Honda Indy Toronto.

TV times and details are below:

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NBCSN continues its extensive coverage of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series this weekend “north of the border,” with a live presentation of Honda Indy Toronto this Sunday, June 14, at 3 p.m. ET.

Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi) looks to build on his win last week at the Firestone 600 on Sunday at the Honda Indy Toronto at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Dixon’s win in Texas was his second victory of the season, drawing him within 43 points of championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske). Dixon is third in the overall standings, while last year’s champion Will Power (Team Penske) sits in second place, 35 points behind Montoya. Dixon has experienced recent success in Toronto, recording a sweep of the doubleheader at the Exhibition Place circuit in 2013.

This weekend’s coverage begins on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN with qualifying, prior to NBCSN’s live race coverage on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. In addition, NBCSN will air coverage of the Indy Lights series from Toronto on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, leading into the Honda Indy Toronto.

NBC Sports Group lead IndyCar play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey will call the Honda Indy Toronto, alongside F1 analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett, and analyst and Toronto native Paul Tracy. Robin Miller, Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee and Katie Hargitt will handle pit reporting duties. Kevin Lee, (play-by-play), Anders Krohn (analyst) and Katie Hargitt (reporter) will handle coverage of the Indy Lights race.

Following is this week’s motorsports coverage schedule on NBCSN:

Date Program Time (ET) Network
Sat., June 13 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross High Point – Practice 10:30 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
Speed Energy Stadium Truck Super Series – Detroit 11 a.m. NBCSN
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross High Point – Pre-race Noon NBC Sports Live Extra
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross High Point– Moto 1s 1 p.m. MAVTV
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross High Point – Moto 2s 3 p.m. NBCSN
Honda Indy Toronto – Qualifying* 5 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., June 14 Road To Indy 1 p.m. NBCSN
Indy Lights – Toronto 2 p.m. NBCSN
Honda Indy Toronto 3 p.m.  NBCSN

 

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