INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves has earned a record $3,048,005 for his third Indianapolis 500 victory.

The prize money from Sunday’s race was announced at the annual victory dinner Monday night, and Castroneves’ share for Team Penske broke the former record of $2.99 million to Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon last year. The total purse of $14.3 million was just short of the record $14.4 million last year.
Runner-up Dan Wheldon received $1.26 million, just under the second-place record $1.27 million to Vitor Meira a year ago. Danica Patrick took home $763,305 for third place and Townsend Bell received $445,305 for fourth.
The $3 million first prize, the largest in auto racing history, boosted Castroneves’ career winnings in nine races at Indianapolis to a record $8,663,628.