Daytona 500 Prize Money: How much is the record-breaking purse for 2026?
NASCAR considers the Daytona 500 its most prestigious race and compensates its winners accordingly. It’s long been America’s highest-paying motorsports event, and now it’s set for another record-breaking milestone. Whoever wins the Cup Series race will take home $31,045,575, surpassing William Byron’s 2025 prize of $30,331,250 for the highest payout in the U.S. history. The…