INDIANAPOLIS — Josef Newgarden celebrated his first Indianapolis 500 win Sunday night time.

He cashed in Monday on the race’s annual victory dinner.

The 2-time IndyCar champ earned a report $3.666 million for the largest win of his profession, a rise of greater than $500,000 over final yr’s race winner, Marcus Ericsson. Newgarden’s win additionally prolonged Crew Penske’s report victory complete to 19.

Indy’s complete purse of $17,021,500 additionally broke final yr’s mark by greater than $1 million.

Race organizers estimated greater than 330,000 attended the race. It was the second-largest race-day crowd since 2000, although precise attendance figures should not introduced.

“That is the best race on the planet, and it was an particularly monumental month of Might that includes packed grandstands and intense on-track motion,” Penske Leisure President and CEO Mark Miles mentioned in an announcement. “Now, now we have one of the best finish card doable for the 107th Working of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking purse for the historical past books.”

Ericsson took house $1.043 million because the runner-up after developing simply brief in his bid to be the primary back-to-back 500 winner since Helio Castroneves in 2001-02. If the race had completed beneath yellow as an alternative of a final-lap restart, Ericsson would have collected a further $420,000 from BorgWarner. Ericsson is in a contract yr with Chip Ganassi Racing and has mentioned he want to stick with the staff.

Benjamin Pedersen continued A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ large month as he was chosen because the race’s rookie of the yr. He collected $215,300, together with a $50,000 bonus for the award. Pedersen’s teammate, Santino Ferrucci, made the six-car pole shootout and completed third within the race — one of the best displaying by a Foyt driver since 1999.

Ferrucci is the one driver who has accomplished all 200 laps and posted a top-10 end in every of the previous 5 500s.

The common payout for Sunday’s race was $500,600, which additionally topped final yr’s common by greater than $15,000.