How much of the $27 Million Daytona 500 prize pool did JTGD Racing get for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s win?
The total prize pool for the 2023 Daytona 500 was $26.9 Million.
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and No:47 Crew (Credits: @JTGR)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. helped JTGD Racing to mark its name in NACAR history with a 2023 Daytona 500 win. It was the longest Great American Race of all time, and the No:47 team win also made Brad Daugherty the first Black Principal team owner to win the 500 miles race. It was the third cup career win for the driver, whose previous two wins also came in superspeedways.
The No:47 crew left Florida for Phoenix for the season’s second race with a hefty paycheck. NASCAR stopped sharing the prize distribution details in 2015. Though they returned to announcing the total pool, the prize money for the winners has yet to be discovered. In 2015 Joey Logano and No:22 Penske Racing received $1,586,503 out of a total purse of $18,133,235. If the same proportion is used in sharing now after 8 years, the Chevy team will get $2.3 Million.
23XI Racing co-owner and Joe Gibbs Racing No:11 team driver Denny Hamlin in his Dirt Mo Media podcast, revealed that he estimates a $3 Million payout for the team. The three-time Daytona 500 winner has more understanding of the different variables that will determine how much each team will be paid.
The prize will be a huge financial boost for a small team like JTGD Racing. Teams’ first Cup win in 2014 helped them sustain the multiple years and received numerous sponsorship[ deals]. The same trend is expected this year, and they will also have the opportunity to increase their race output with the new alliance they formed with Hendrick Motorsports.
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A win driving for understaffed JTGD Racing is special for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Tad, Jodi Geschickter, and Brad Daugherty’s owned team have one of the smallest full-time crews in the Cup garage. While its counterparts have 100s of employees, JTGD Racing has just nearly 30 employees to guide them forward—the combined efforts of those talented crew members are what keep them afloat.
“It’s wild. It’s all about getting the most out of your employees and using your resources to the best of your ability. They’ve been a small team for a long time, they’ve understood that and they get the most out of it,” the No:47 driver told Fox Sports.
The team has signed an alliance deal with Cup giants Hendrick Motorsports, hoping to progress more. Stenhouse Jr. said, “Yeah, we’re small, but when I walked into JTG’s race shop back in 2019, I was super impressed with the way they had their shop set up and the equipment that they had. This year, what will help propel us to be more consistent is that alliance with Hendrick, and with the support we’re getting from Chevy that we’ve never had,”.
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