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Newgarden takes home record Indy 500 purse
Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden left Indianapolis with the largest winning purse in motorsports history. The Team Penske driver took home $4.288 million for his back-to-back win Sunday. The total purse for the 108th running of the Indy 500 was a record-setting $18,456,000. Newgarden was not the only driver to see a bimp in pay….