The amount of money won by a NASCAR driver in last place will vary from person to person. This is because it depends on their contract.
last place receives an average of 5 thousand dollars and first place can receive any where from $100,000 up to $1,000,000
It all depends on the track and the purse. Usually, a Nascar driver can finish last and still earn between $50,000 to $70,000. The winners could make over $300,000, it changes each week. Sometimes more and sometimes less. The Daytona 500 is the highest paying race, where the winner and the second place driver earn over $1 million each. The last place driver will make over $250,000.
It all depends but the winner last year received $1,305,000 for 1st place
In 2009, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winner Jimmie Johnson won $448,001. His total payout was $509,236.
It ranges from more than a quarter million in the Daytona 500 to just around 30 or 40 grand in the smaller races.
$1,350,000.
Being that there is only one winner and 42 losers in a Nascar Sprint Cup Series race, the amount varies. In the 2011 Daytona 500, J.J. Yeley finished last and made $268,550.
$800,000
This depends on where they place in races. The more they win, the more they get.
1st place-$69,000
2nd place wins 700,000 dollars.
Click on the link below to see the results and payouts for the 2010 Bank of America Nascar race.