Sure $30 million is a lot of money but it also seems insane that the total purse for probably the most famous North American race and one of the most famous races in the world is only $30 million
The Indy 500 purse numbers are out, and they are WAY up.
— Felix Rosenqvist got $4.34 million for winning (up from $3.8 million for winner last year)
— Total purse was $30.9 million (!), up from $20.2 million last year.
— AVERAGE payout per IndyCar Series driver was $936k!