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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowWill Power earned $2,525,454 for winning the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar announced Monday.
The overall purse for the 33 drivers in Sunday's race was $13,063,073.
Power took the lead with four laps to go when Oriol Servia and Jack Harvey had to pit for fuel. The 37-year-old Australian held off pole winner Ed Carpenter over the final few laps for the victory.
Carpenter earned $911,504 for his runner-up finish. Third-place finisher Scott Dixon received $587,129.
Danica Patrick got $208,305 in the final race of her career. She finished 30th after crashing out.
Defending race winner Takuma Sato was also was knocked out. He finished 32nd but pocketed $300,305.
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