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Newgarden takes record $3.6m top prize for Indy 500 win

Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden shows off his car and the champion’s trophy after capturing his first victory in the famed oval race. (Photo: AFP)

WASHINGTON: Josef Newgarden took a record top prize of US$3.666 million from a record purse of $17,021,500 for winning the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar announced on Monday.

The 32-year-old American captured his first Indy 500 crown on Sunday before more than 330,000 spectators at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Newgarden, the IndyCar season champion in 2017 and 2019, made his breakthrough in his 12th Indy 500 appearance after starting 17th.

This year’s average payout for all 33 drivers in the oval classic was $500,600 — $15,600 more per racer than last year, which boasted the old…

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