NASCAR Pennzoil 400 Prize Money: How much is the winner expected to make at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025?

Modified Mar 13, 2025 16:56 GMT

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After the Shriners Children’s 500, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 2025 Pennzoil 400.

The season’s fifth race is expected to be exciting as the Next Gen car will run for the seventh time at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All drivers taking the field will be racing to win Sunday’s (March 16) 267-lap race at the 1.5-mile tri-oval track.

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The Pennzoil 400 winner will receive monetary rewards. In 2025, the Las Vegas Spring Cup race boasts a prize pool of $11,055,250.

Live action of the 2025 Las Vegas Spring race can be enjoyed live on FS1 and PRN radio on Sunday at 3:30 pm ET.

What is Pennzoil 400 prize money for 2025?

All 36 drivers participating in NASCAR’s top-tier series will compete for monetary incentives this weekend in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Renowned NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass posted on X the total prize pool that will be up for grabs this weekend in Las Vegas:

“Purses for Vegas weekend, incl all payouts, all positions plus contingencies and pts fund contribution. For Cup, incl all associated charter payouts for racing and charter historical results. Cup: $11,055,250 Xfinity: $1,651,939 Truck: $782,900”

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Pennzoil 400 Prize Money Breakdown: How much will the winner make at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway?

According to NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass, the 2025 Pennzoil 400 winner is likely to receive between eight and 10 percent of the total purse.

According to this assumption, the winner of this year’s Pennzoil 400 will likely get eight to 10 percent of the overall prize money of $11,055,250, which means a check of around $884,420 to $1,105,525.

Explore the 2025 Phoenix NASCAR Cup Series payout per position

After deducting the winner's money from the total purse of $11,055,250, the remaining will be divided among the charter teams according to their finishing positions in the race, charter status, etc.

With the start of the charter system in NASCAR, individual payouts per finishing position are no longer published.

NASCAR Cup Series action begins with practice and qualifying on Saturday (March 15), before the main event on Sunday afternoon. Practice and qualifying action will be available on Prime.

List of Las Vegas Spring NASCAR Cup Series race winners

1998: Mark Martin
1999: Jeff Burton
2000: Jeff Burton
2001: Jeff Gordon
2002: Sterling Marlin
2003: Matt Kenseth
2004: Matt Kenseth
2005: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2007: Jimmie Johnson
2008: Carl Edwards
2009: Kyle Busch
2010: Jimmie Johnson
2011: Carl Edwards
2012: Tony Stewart
2013: Matt Kenseth*
2014: Brad Keselowski
2015: Kevin Harvick
2016: Brad Keselowski
2017: Martin Truex Jr.
2018: Kevin Harvick
2019: Joey Logano
2020: Joey Logano
2021: Kyle Larson
2022: Alex Bowman
2023: William Byron
2024: Kyle Larson

Edited by Yash Soni