2016 NASCAR FireKeepers Casino 400 Purse and Prize Money Breakdown

The first Sprint Cup race of 2016 at Michigan International Speedway is just a few days away, with NASCAR’s top stars all revved up to start piling up even more wins and cash prizes as we roll with the midway point of the season. This year, FireKeepers Casino will be the new sponsor of last year’s installment of the event, the Quicken Loans 400.

Will a change in corporate sponsorship gravely affect the purse at MIS this time around? Let’s find out below. And to know more about the FireKeepers Casino itself this Sunday, check out our complete preview for the actual race right after this.

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2016 FireKeepers Casino 400 Prize Money Breakdown

Sad to say, but there’s no proper way of telling whether or not the FireKeepers Casino 400 will have a more sizeable purse compared to last year’s Quicken Loans 400. As we’ve clarified in our past editions of this feature, NASCAR has stopped releasing information about their prize-money distribution beginning this 2016 season.

Nonetheless, and in spite of this week’s race being one of the less lucrative events on NASCAR’s calendar, each and every driver that takes part of the action on Sunday will have a hefty paycheck waiting for them at the finish line, regardless of the order of finish.

Based on last year’s data on the Quicken Loans 400’s final results, 29 of the 43 drivers from the field receive a six-digit haul at the end of the day. That’s even includes Kyle Busch, who finished dead last in the race due to an unfortunate accident, but still received over a hundred grand thanks to other miscellaneous advertising and sponsorship incentives. Busch probably wasn’t that bummed out about his miserable outing after he was still gifted with all that dough, right?

The Complete Prize Money Breakdown (2015 Quicken Loans 400)

Finish | Driver | Earnings
1 | Kurt Busch | $186,125
2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | $141,435
3 | Martin Truex Jr. | $137,580
4 | Matt Kenseth | $148,471
5 | Kurt Busch | $140,508
6 | Brad Keselowski | $141,031
7 | Jamie McMurray | $126,331
8 | Paul Menard | $108,515
9 | Trevor Bayne | $132,940
10 | Clint Bowyer | $126,523
11 | Denny Hamlin | $106,015
12 | Carl Edwards | $107,140
13 | Casey Mears | $116,448
14 | Ty Dillon | $105,823
15 | Kasey Kahne | $110,215
16 | Danica Patrick | $97,065
17 | Kyle Larson | $116,073
18 | Ryan Newman | $119,840
19 | Jimmie Johnson | $131,801
20 | Austin Dillon | $124,471
21 | Jeff Gordon | $131,771
22 | Aric Almirola | $123,346
23 | AJ Allmendinger | $114,918
24 | Ryan Blaney | $82,560
25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | $93,635
26 | Sam Hornish Jr. | $111,630
27 | Justin Allgaier | $104,618
28 | Tony Stewart | $111,924
29 | Kevin Harvick | $141,035
30 | Michael Annett | $85,935
31 | Landon Cassill | $83,785
32 | Cole Whitt | $90,732
33 | Brett Moffitt | $82,610
34 | Josh Wise | $81,010
35 | David Ragan | $108,059
36 | Greg Biffle | $111,823
37 | Jeb Burton | $80,731
38 | JJ Yeley | $76,142
39 | Matt DiBenedetto | $72,070
40 | Mike Bliss | $68,070
41 | Alex Bowman | $64,070
42 | David Gilliland | $68,070
43 | Kyle Busch | $101,561

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