Hunter-Reay Claims Big Payout

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 02:28 PM EDT Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 02:29 PM EDT

The winner of this year's Indianapolis 500 has earned nearly $2.4 million for taking the checkered flag over the weekend. Ryan Hunter-Reay was given the check last night at the victory banquet. The payout for second place driver Helio Castroneves was slightly more than $785,000. May 27, 2014

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INDIANAPOLIS – Results Sunday of the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any) and money earned:

1. (19) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $2,491,194

2. (4) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $785,194

3. (6) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $585,194

4. (7) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $449,194

5. (10) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $441,944

6. (12) Kurt Busch, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $423,889

7. (17) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $384,194

8. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $442,194

9. (31) Sage Karam, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $270,305

10. (9) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $366,194

11. (18) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $247,305

12. (5) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $374,444

13. (24) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $368,694

14. (27) Jacques Villeneuve, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $354,194

15. (32) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $349,194

16. (28) James Davison, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $341,194

17. (21) Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $339,694

18. (30) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 200, Running, $344,444

19. (23) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $342,444

20. (13) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running, $346,194

21. (15) Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running, $340,194

22. (14) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running, $339,194

23. (29) Martin Plowman, Dallara-Honda, 196, Running, $225,805

24. (22) Pippa Mann, Dallara-Honda, 193, Running, $226,805

25. (25) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Chevy, 190, Contact, 226,805

26. (16) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 177, Running, $343,194

27. (1) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 175, Contact, $463,694

28. (2) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 175, Contact, $376,194

29. (11) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy, 167, Contact, $390,694

30. (8) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 156, Contact, $344,194

31. (26) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy, 149, Contact, $341,194

32. (33) Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Chevy, 87, Mechanical, $225,305

33. (20) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 44, Electrical, $341,194

Race Statistics

Winners average speed: 186.563

Time of Race: 02:40:48.2305

Margin of victory: 0.0600 of a second

Cautions: 5 for 21 laps

Lead changes: 34 among 11 drivers

Lap Leaders:

Hinchcliffe 1-9

Carpenter 10-28

Hinchcliffe 29

Power 30

Kanaan 31

Aleshin 32

Hinchcliffe 33-36

Power 37-57

Andretti 58-61

Castroneves 62

Dixon 63

Montoya 64-66

Castroneves 67-91

Carpenter 92-93

Dixon 94

Montoya 95-99

Hunter-Reay 100-107

Castroneves 108-117

Hunter-Reay 118-123

Dixon 124

Montoya 125-132

Hunter-Reay 133-138

Andretti 139-153

Carpenter 154-157

Hunter-Reay 158-162

Carpenter 163

Hunter-Reay 164-170

Tagliani 171-173

Hunter-Reay 174-181

Andretti 182

Hunter-Reay 183-184

Castroneves 185

Hunter-Reay 186-195

Castroneves 196

Hunter-Reay 197-200

Point Standings: Hunter-Reay 274, Power 234, Castroneves 220, Pagenaud 211, Andretti 192, Munoz 160, Montoya 152, Bourdais 143, Dixon 132, Wilson 123.

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