Team Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya has been presented with a $2.4 million cheque for his effort to win the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500. At the official banquet for the race, Montoya pocketed a cool $2,449,055 in the 200-lap race that took a tick under 3 hours and 6 minutes. It meant that Montoya’s hourly earnings for the Indy 500 stood at $790,000. Montoya snatched victory inside the final laps from Australia’s Will Power who was presented with a $792,555 cheque for finishing second, 0.1s behind his team-mate. Victory saw Montoya earn the record of the longest span between wins for a driver following his first victory in 2000 before he embarked on an F1 career. The 99th...
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