Feb 21 6:42a by Jeff Gluck
Somewhat overlooked in the great story of Trevor Bayne's upset Daytona 500 victory on Sunday was that the 20-year-old is now rich.
Well, richer than you or I, at least. Ca-CHING!
The Daytona 500 purse was nearly $18.7 million, and the winner took home a healthy $1.46 million of that. Of course, drivers don't get to keep 100 percent of their winnings – typically, they are awarded somewhere between 30 and 50 percent of the prize money in addition to their base salary, with the team keeping the rest.
Bayne is a rookie, so he probably wasn't in position to negotiate for anywhere close to 50 percent of the prize money. But even assuming he got one-third of it, that's still more than $480,000.
Not bad for a dude who began the weekend as a teenager.
Last-place JJ Yeley, who was only in the race for 10 laps before his motor blew, earned $268,550.
Anyway, here's how Bayne and the other NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers divided up the Daytona 500's $18.7 million purse:
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Daytona 500 Results: How Much Money Did Trevor Bayne, Other Drivers Win?
Feb 21
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