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Rossi earns $2.5 million for Indy 500 win

Rossi earns $2.5 million for Indy 500 win
Posted at 8:22 PM, May 30, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-31 00:09:05-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rookie Alexander Rossi earned more than $2.5 million Sunday for his win at the Indianapolis 500.

The American drove the joint Bryan Herta Autosport/Andretti Autosport #98 car to a historic victory at the race's 100th running.

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For his win, Rossi earned $2,548,743 from an overall purse of $13,273,253.

Last year's winner, Juan Pablo Montoya, earned $2.45 million.

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Rossi was the first rookie winner since Helio Castroneves in 2001, and the first American-born rookie champion since Louis Meyer in 1928.

See the full purses for each driver, plus leaders for each lap, below:

(Drivers in order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if any) and prize money earned)

1. (11) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 200, Running, $2,548,743
2. (5) Carlos Munoz, Honda, 200, Running, $788,743
3. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $574,243
4. (18) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $445,743
5. (16) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $423,243 
6. (15) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $257,305
7. (1) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 200, Running, $502,993
8. (13) Scott Dixon, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $384,493
9. (19) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $371,743
10. (6) Will Power, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $390,243
11. (9) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $451,243
12. (10) Oriol Servia, Honda, 200, Running, $220,305
13. (14) Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running, $354,243
14. (26) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, Running, $354,493
15. (22) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $346,743
16. (31) Jack Hawksworth, Honda, 200, Running, $336,243 
17. (33) Alex Tagliani, Honda, 200, Running, $215,805
18. (25) Pippa Mann, Honda, 199, Running, $205,305
19. (8) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 199, Running, $341,243
20. (21) Gabby Chaves, Honda, 199, Running, $336,243
21. (4) Townsend Bell, Honda, 199, Running, $221,305
22. (27) Matt Brabham, Chevrolet, 199, Running, $202,805
23. (28) Bryan Clauson, Honda, 198, Running, $201,805
24. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 198, Running, $419,243
25. (29) Spencer Pigot, Honda, 195, Running, $200,805
26. (12) Takuma Sato, Honda, 163, Contact, $338,243
27. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 126, Running, $359,243
28. (30) Stefan Wilson, Chevrolet, 119, Electrical, $200,805 
29. (24) Conor Daly, Honda, 115, Contact, $336,243
30. (32) Buddy Lazier, Chevrolet, 100, Mechanical, $200,305
31. (20) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 98, Mechanical, $200,305
32. (23) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 93, Contact, $203,305 
33. (17) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 63, Contact $339,493

Race Statistics
Winner's average speed:  166.634
Time of Race: 3:00:02.0872
Margin of victory: 4.4975 seconds
Cautions: 6 for  46 laps
Lead changes: 54 among 13 drivers
Lap Leaders:
Hunter-Reay 1 - 2
Hinchcliffe 3
Hunter-Reay 4 
Hinchcliffe 5
Hunter-Reay 6 - 8
Hinchcliffe 9
Hunter-Reay 10 
Hinchcliffe 11
Hunter-Reay 12 - 13
Hinchcliffe 14 - 16
Hunter-Reay 17
Hinchcliffe 18 - 23
Hunter-Reay 24 - 27
Newgarden 28 - 29
Munoz 30
Karam 31 - 32
Hunter-Reay 33 - 41
Bell 42 - 48
Hunter-Reay 49 - 56
Bell 57
Hunter-Reay 58
Hinchcliffe 59 - 60
Hunter-Reay 61 - 66
Power 67 - 74
Hinchcliffe 75 - 77
Hunter-Reay 78 - 80
Hinchcliffe 81 - 84
Hunter-Reay 85 - 87
Hinchcliffe 88 - 91
Castroneves 92 - 96
Clauson 97 - 99
Castroneves 100 - 103
Hunter-Reay 104 - 108
Kanaan 109
Hunter-Reay 110 - 112
Bell 113 - 116
Tagliani 117 - 121
Rossi 122
Tagliani 123 - 128
Rossi 129 - 137
Castroneves 138 -148 
Munoz 149 - 153
Castroneves 154 -157 
Kanaan 158 - 160
Hinchcliffe 161
Kanaan 162 - 163
Hildebrand 164 - 167
Kanaan 168 - 178
Newgarden 179 - 181
Kanaan 182 - 183
Newgarden 184 - 190
Munoz 191
Newgarden 192 - 193
Munoz 194 - 196
Rossi 197 - 200