After a six-plus hour rain delay, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 2014 Daytona 500, taking home $1,506,363 in the process. The win was Earnhardt’s second Daytona victory, coming 10 years after his first.
Daytona 500 purse 2014: Dale Earnhardt Jr. earns over $1.5 million with victory
Earnhardt’s second Daytona 500 victory earned him a hefty payday in a record-setting purse.
Tom Pennington
Earnhardt crossed the finish line with cars crashing behind him, and there were several other wrecks during the latter part of the race that had to be dealt with. A wreck in lap 194 forced a late reset of the race with just a handful of laps remaining.
Rounding out the top five behind Earnhardt were Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. For his second-place finish, Hamlin earned $1,148,451. Keselowski pocketed $847,721 for finishing in third.
The total purse for the 2014 running of The Great American Race was $19,784,864, a new record. Here’s the full list of payouts.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. $1,506,363
2. Denny Hamlin $1,148,451
3. Brad Keselowski $847,721
4. Jeff Gordon $731,399
5. Jimmie Johnson $589,399
6. Matt Kenseth $518,362
7. Ricky Stenhouse. Jr. $434,588
8. Greg Biffle $413,838
9. Austin Dillon $424,674
10. Casey Mears $377,221
11. Joey Logano $376,354
12. Landon Cassill $306,850
13. Kevin Harvick $368,196
14. Jamie McMurray $361,777
15. Bobby Labonte $325,213
16. Reed Sorenson $342,446
17. Carl Edwards $340,638
18. Marcos Ambrose $363,458
19. Kyle Busch $373,504
20. Terry Labonte $339,996
21. Kurt Busch $331,763
22. Ryan Newman $331,638
23. Alex Bowman $334,346
24. Josh Wise $322,888
25. Brian Scott $336,035
26. AJ Allmendinger $321,788
27. Justin Allgaier $327,513
28. Cole Whitt $315,663
29. Parker Kligerman $318,338
30. Brian Vickers $350,388
31. Kasey Kahne $350,413
32. Paul Menard $550,702
33. Trevor Bayne $316,438
34. David Ragan $323,738
35. Tony Stewart $349,521
36. David Gilliland $322,968
37. Michael Annett $313,605
38. Kyle Larson $310,248
39. Aric Almirola $317,939
40. Danica Patrick $282,778
41. Michael Waltrip $278,628
42. Clint Bowyer $302,344
43. Martin Truex Jr. $292,311
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