NASCAR as a sport has a lot of dynamics to it. It only gets more tricky when it gets to the monetary part. Though the size of the purse in Cup Series races is quite high, for many fans, it is obscure how the winnings are distributed. Kyle Busch recently explained how it works for a driver, crew members, sponsors, and a team.

Busch has been in the NASCAR Cup Series for a long time to understand its different dynamics. The two-time Cup Series Champion’s experience as the team owner of Kyle Busch Motorsports also comes in handy. As always, he had a blunt approach while discussing the financial aspects of the sport.

Kyle Busch gets candid while talking about the amount of money earned by drivers and the crew

The Richard Childress Racing driver appeared in the latest episode of The Residential podcast. He was asked how the distribution of the winnings from a race takes place within the team. To this, Busch said, “So your sponsor is basically paying the nut to go to the track, right? I’m just going to use an average number; probably $500,000 is what you need for a cup car to go to the racetrack to go race a race.”

The 37-year-old explained how those $500k are utilized. He said, “The cost of paying the people, making sure you have a car, having an engine, buying the tires, the fuel, the travel for the team, the hotel rooms, the hauler going up and down, the road, everything; there’s so many different line items of the p & l that make up those five hundred thousand dollars.”

Furthermore, Busch explained how the race winnings are split. He said, “Then there’s winnings. So, after a race is over, let’s just say the winner takes home four hundred thousand dollars. So that 400 grand gets paid to the team and then the team and the driver they have a contract.”

“I’ve heard guys between 20–25 percent that they get of the purse. I’ve heard guys as high as 85 percent that they get in the purse. It all depends.”

Rowdy further explained how the salary of a driver defines the probable range. He said, “If you have a high base salary, you’re probably going to get less winnings. If you have a low base salary, they’re going to give you more in winnings. They’re gonna make it more incentive-based. So, the more popular area I think that a lot of guys float around is between 40 and 60 [percent].”

As for the crew members, he said, “I think they get bonuses like they might get a win bonus. Like hey if we win you get a thousand dollars right yeah um and so the pit crew guys the guys that go over the wall and do the stops, they’ll get incentive bonuses where if they have a pit stop under a certain second bracket they’ll get bonuses for that so they get incentivized as well.”

As far as winnings are concerned, Busch is hell-bent on making it count this season. He is keen to make the fans hate him once again.

Kyle Busch discloses the time scenario which will trigger the fans in hating him once again

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