Indy 500: How much money did Helio Castroneves win?

Helio Castroneves’ Indy 500 win on Sunday netted him nearly a half-million more dollars than Takuma Sato’s victory in last August’s running of the race.

Helio Castroneves joined an exclusive club by winning the 105th running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, as he became just the fourth driver to win the race on four occasions.

Castroneves, who won the race in 2001, 2002 and 2009 driving for Team Penske, took Meyer Shank Racing to victory lane for the first time in an IndyCar race in what was only his first start behind the wheel of the #06 Honda.

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Only three other drivers had ever won the race on four occasions: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977), Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987), and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988 and 1991).

In addition to making history in a way history hadn’t been made in three decades, Castroneves also collected quite a bit of money for his efforts.

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Castroneves collected more than 20% of a total purse of $8,854,565 that IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway handed out for Sunday’s 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval in Speedway, Indiana, winning $1,828,305 of that money.

That total is nearly a half-million more dollars than Takuma Sato secured by winning the 104th running of the race last August ($1,370,500), a total that was the lowest for an Indy 500 winner since Gil de Ferran took the checkered flag to win $1,353,265 in 2003.

Throughout the rest of the 33-driver field, winnings ranged from $100,305 for one-off drivers Marco Andretti (19th place), Simona de Silvestro (31st) and Stefan Wilson (33rd) to $649,305 for race runner-up Alex Palou.

Here is the full finishing order of Sunday’s race, plus the winnings for each driver, determined by a combination of several factors.

Rank – Driver – Winnings
1st – Helio Castroneves – $1,828,305
2nd – Alex Palou – $649,305
3rd – Simon Pagenaud – $403,305
4th – Pato O’Ward – $343,305
5th – Ed Carpenter – $286,305
6th – Santino Ferrucci – $157,305
7th – Sage Karam – $162,305
8th – Rinus VeeKay – $302,805
9th – Juan Pablo Montoya – $135,305
10th – Tony Kanaan – $130,305
11th – Marcus Ericsson – $225,305
12th – Josef Newgarden – $220,305
13th – Conor Daly – $212,305
14th – Takuma Sato – $222,305
15th – J.R. Hildebrand – $110,305
16th – Colton Herta – $252,305
17th – Scott Dixon – $316,305
18th – Jack Harvey – $200,305
19th – Marco Andretti – $100,305
20th – Scott McLaughlin – $151,305
21st – James Hinchcliffe – $200,305
22nd – Ryan Hunter-Reay – $200,305
23rd – Dalton Kellett – $200,305
24th – Max Chilton – $200,305
25th – Pietro Fittipaldi – $210,305
26th – Sebastien Bourdais – $200,305
27th – Felix Rosenqvist – $214,305
28th – Ed Jones – $200,305
29th – Alexander Rossi – $200,305
30th – Will Power – $200,305
31st – Simona de Silvestro – $100,305
32nd – Graham Rahal – $217,305
33rd – Stefan Wilson – $100,305

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The 106th running of the Indy 500 is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 29, 2022. Television broadcast information will be revealed at a later date.