SPORTS

Montoya rakes in $2.4 million with Indy 500 win

Curt Cavin

Juan Pablo Montoya poses for photo with his family, his wife Connie and children Manuela,left, Sebastian and Paulina,right, the day after winning the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 Monday, May 25, 2015, morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

A hoarse Juan Pablo Montoya collected a large winner's check Monday night — the amount was withheld by Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials until after the evening awards ceremony — and will make the New York and Dallas media rounds before heading to Detroit for this weekend's IndyCar Series doubleheader at Belle Isle Park.

Montoya described a relatively quiet downtown post-race victory party, which included riding on a rolling pedal bar and watching the race's television replay in an actual bar.

"I don't drink, so that was it," he said Monday.

Montoya took considerable pleasure from an Instagram video of his crew dancing as he crossed the finish line.

"Oh, my God, that was priceless," he said. "The more I watched it the more I laughed."

There figures to be more laughing so long as Montoya, who turns 40 in September, remains with Roger Penske's organization. Figure he runs five more 500s. Could he win twice more?

More championships could come, too. He leads the series by 25 points after six of 16 races, with five oval tracks to come. Montoya finished in the top four in four of those events last year, winning the race at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway.

INDIANAPOLIS 500 EARNINGS

(By finishing position)

Total purse: $13,397,315

1. Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,449,055

2. Will Power, $792,555

3. Charlie Kimball, $564,055

4. Scott Dixon, $615,805

5. Graham Rahal, $439,555

6. Marco Andretti, $412,055

7. Helio Castroneves, $482,555

8. J.R. Hildebrand, $246,805

9. Josef Newgarden, $382,055

10. Simon Pagenaud, $307,805

11. Sebastien Bourdais, $378,555

12. Ryan Briscoe, $368,805

13. Takuma Sato, $364,055

14. Townsend Bell, $218,555

15. Ryan Hunter-Reay, $355,555

16. Gabby Chaves, $399,055

17. Alex Tagliani, $203,305

18. James Jakes, $347,555

19. Simona De Silvestro, $200,305

20. Carlos Munoz, $345,555

21. Justin Wilson, $211,305

22. Pippa Mann, $206,805

23. Sebastian Saavedra, $200,305

24. Jack Hawksworth, $205,055

25. Stefano Coletti, $344,555

26. Tony Kanaan, $375,555

27. James Davison, $344,055

28. Tristan Vautier, $344,055

29. Oriol Servia, $201,805

30. Ed Carpenter, $344,055

31. Bryan Clauson, $200,305

32. Sage Karam, $344,055

33. Conor Daly, $201,805