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MOTORSPORT · EVENT PRIZE MONEY · KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, UNITED STATES

Knoxville Nationals prize money

The Knoxville Nationals has paid £2,643,233 across 5 editions from 2022 to 2026. In 2026 Kyle Larson took £150,376.

PAID IN TOTAL£2.6m
EDITIONS5
2026 TOP PRIZE£150k
RACERS PAID47
RANK3 of 5

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the edition paid in all

Every edition of the Knoxville Nationals with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2026 Kyle Larson £150,376£150k £555,639£556k
2025 Ryan Timms £146,617£147k £551,880£552k
2024 Kyle Larson £142,857£143k £548,120£548k
2023 Kyle Larson £139,098£139k £545,865£546k
2022 Donny Schatz £131,579£132k £441,729£442k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2026 Knoxville Nationals payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2026 Knoxville Nationals.
PLACE RACERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £150,376£150k £150,376£150k
2nd 1 £63,910£64k £63,910£64k
3rd 1 £33,835£34k £33,835£34k
4th 1 £22,556£23k £22,556£23k
5th 1 £18,797£19k £18,797£19k
6th 1 £18,045£18k £18,045£18k
7th 1 £17,293£17k £17,293£17k
8th 1 £16,541£17k £16,541£17k
9th 1 £15,789£16k £15,789£16k
10th 1 £15,038£15k £15,038£15k
11th 1 £14,662£15k £14,662£15k
12th 1 £14,474£14k £14,474£14k
13th 1 £14,286£14k £14,286£14k
14th 1 £14,098£14k £14,098£14k
15th 1 £13,910£14k £13,910£14k
16th 1 £13,722£14k £13,722£14k
17th 1 £13,534£14k £13,534£14k
18th 1 £13,158£13k £13,158£13k
19th 1 £12,782£13k £12,782£13k
20th 1 £12,406£12k £12,406£12k
21st 1 £12,030£12k £12,030£12k
22nd 1 £11,654£12k £11,654£12k
23rd 1 £11,466£11k £11,466£11k
24th 1 £11,278£11k £11,278£11k

Every cheque by name is on the 2026 Knoxville Nationals payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the Knoxville Nationals

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The racers who have won the most prize money at the Knoxville Nationals.
# RACER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Kyle Larson United States 3 £460,150£460k
2 Donny Schatz United States 1 £194,361£194k
3 David Gravel United States 0 £190,414£190k
4 Ryan Timms United States 1 £146,617£147k
5 Sheldon Haudenschild United States 0 £124,812£125k
6 Rico Abreu United States 0 £115,977£116k
7 Giovanni Scelzi United States 0 £111,278£111k
8 Logan Schuchart United States 0 £93,233£93k
9 Carson Macedo United States 0 £83,459£83k
10 Corey Day United States 0 £80,451£80k
11 Michael Kofoid United States 0 £57,143£57k
12 James McFadden Australia 0 £57,143£57k
13 Brent Marks United States 0 £56,579£57k
14 Brad Sweet United States 0 £56,015£56k
15 Brian Brown United States 0 £51,128£51k
16 Justin Peck United States 0 £51,128£51k
17 Tyler Courtney United States 0 £51,128£51k
18 Parker Price-Miller United States 0 £50,940£51k
19 Daryn Pittman United States 0 £49,812£50k
20 Austin McCarl United States 0 £34,962£35k
21 Kasey Kahne United States 0 £33,835£34k
22 Anthony Macri United States 0 £31,203£31k
23 Jacob Allen United States 0 £30,827£31k
24 Garet Williamson United States 0 £30,451£30k
25 Scott Bogucki Australia 0 £28,195£28k

Other motorsport events

The events either side of the Knoxville Nationals by prize money paid

Motorsport events ranked around the Knoxville Nationals.
# EVENT EDITIONS PAID
1 Indianapolis 500 2 £38,488,271£38.5m
2 SuperMotocross World Championship 2 £6,377,444£6.4m
3 Knoxville Nationals 5 £2,643,233£2.6m
4 Kings Royal 5 £1,401,523£1.4m
5 Eldora Million 1 £1,000,920£1.0m

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2026 Knoxville Nationals?

Kyle Larson took £150,376. The whole edition paid £555,639 across 24 racers.

How much prize money has the Knoxville Nationals paid?

£2,643,233 across 5 editions from 2022 to 2026. The richest was the 2026 Knoxville Nationals, at £555,639.

Who has won the most money at the Knoxville Nationals?

Kyle Larson, with £460,150 and 3 wins. Donny Schatz is next on £194,361.

Who has won the Knoxville Nationals the most times?

Kyle Larson, 3 times in the editions we hold.

Where does the Knoxville Nationals rank for prize money?

3rd of the 5 motorsport events we hold, by total prize money paid.

Where to next

Every motorsport event and racer is ranked on motorsport prize money. The latest edition is the 2026 Knoxville Nationals, and the one before it the 2025 Knoxville Nationals. How much of the pot a motorsport winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.