The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 14 days away! This is the 89th day of the 102 Stats in 102 Days Until the 102nd Indy 500 blog.
Each day from now until the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.
Here is a breakdown of the purse, in U.S. dollars, by decade.
Total Race Purse, By Decade
- 1910s (7 races): $325,150
- 1920s (10 races): $872,850
- 1930s (10 races): $841,535
- 1940s (6 races): $779,450
- 1950s (10 races): $2,650,481
- 1960s (10 races): $5,768,344
- 1970s (10 races): $10,608,325
- 1980s (10 races): $32,895,399
- 1990s (10 races): $78,968,403
- 2000s (10 races): $109,731,910
- 2010s (8 races): $106,488,867
Notes of Interest
- The purse for the 1911 (inaugural) race was $27,550.
- The 1946 race was the first race in which the purse exceeded $100,000 ($115,450).
- The 1970 race was the first race in which the purse exceeded $1,000,000 ($1,000,002).
- The 1988 race was the first race in which the purse exceeded $5,000,000 ($5,025,400).
- The 2002 race was the first race in which the purse exceeded $10,000,000 ($10,028,580).
- The 2008 purse was the largest in history, with a payout of $14,406,580.
- The total purse of the 101 races is $349,930,714, and will exceed $350 million in 2018.
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