2016 NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Purse and Prize Money Breakdown

If one spectacular race from Charlotte Motor Speedway from last weekend was enough, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is happy to oblige with another stellar event at CMS this week, this time with another installment of the Coca-Cola 600.

The winner of this past Sunday’s Sprint All-Star Race, Joey Logano, just took home a cool million dollars. What’s in store for this week’s top dog and the rest of the field? Let’s find out more below. And for an in-depth look at the race itself for some sweet betting opportunities, head on over to our complete preview for the Coca-Cola 600 right after this.

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2016 Coca-Cola 600 Prize Money Breakdown

On a rather unfortunate note, NASCAR has decided to stop releasing information about their races’ total purse and individual winnings beginning this 2016 season. Nonetheless, we can still look back at the previous year’s results as basis for how much each driver will possibly earn in a particular event.

In general, the Coca-Cola 600 has one of NASCAR’s largest purses annually, which is all but expected from the race’s lavish sponsor. As matter of fact, arguably the world’s leading beverage manufacturer had two of NASCAR’s top six highest-priced races in 2014: the Coke Zero 400 ($6.3 million on estimate) and the Coca-Cola 600 itself ($6.6 million). Last year, Coke’s crowned jewel of an event at CMS had a sizeable purse worth exactly $6,660,558, which was right on-par with 2014’s estimated total payout.

Carl Edwards won last year’s Coca-Cola 600 and was rewarded with about five percent of the total prize pool for his efforts, and we should probably expect virtually the same payout ratio for the winner of this week’s race. There’s no need for us to get into specifics as for why certain drivers earn more than others in spite of a worse finish at a particular race (we have NASCAR’s inexplicably complex payout scheme to thank for that), so just feel free to go over our full listing below for 2015’s Coca-Cola 600 participants and their corresponding winnings from the event instead.

The Complete Prize Money Breakdown (2015 Coca-Cola 600)

Finish | Driver | Earnings
1 | Carl Edwards | $363,390
2 | Greg Biffle | $277,263
3 | Dale Earnheardt Jr. | $217,255
4 | Matt Kenseth | $252,716
5 | Martin Truex Jr. | $182,350
6 | Ryan Newman | $166,570
7 | Brad Keselowski | $172,911
8 | Denny Hamlin | $143,720
9 | Kevin Harvick | $174,045
10 | Kurt Busch | $140,045
11 | Kyle Busch | $157,301
12 | Kasey Kahne | $128,685
13 | Joey Logano | $161,793
14 | Paul Menard | $120,735
15 | Jeff Gordon | $156,371
16 | Austin Dillon | $147,271
17 | Aric Almirola | $146,046
18 | Chase Elliott | $103,910
19 | Jamie McMurray | $136,826
20 | Clint Bowyer | $140,368
21 | Tony Stewart | $132,399
22 | Danica Patrick | $111,760
23 | Casey Mears | $128,993
24 | Sam Hornish Jr. | $128,305
25 | Kyle Larson | $129,468
26 | Alex Bowman | $116,518
27 | Trevor Bayne | $141,210
28 | Cole Whitt | $113,343
29 | AJ Allmendinger | $125,618
30 | Michael McDowell | $97,335
31 | Brett Moffitt | $97,185
32 | Michael Annett | $95,560
33 | David Gilliland | $115,957
34 | Matt DeBenedetto | $95,285
35 | Josh Wise | $98,135
36 | Alex Kennedy | $97,535
37 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | $102,761
38 | JJ Yeley | $89,413
39 | Landon Cassill | $85,350
40 | Jimmie Johnson | $129,286
41 | David Ragan | $105,164
42 | Ryan Blaney | $73,350
43 | Justin Allgaier | $77,850

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