NASCAR Jack Link’s 500 Prize Money: How much is the winner expected to make at Talladega Superspeedway in 2025?

After the Food City 500, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to the Talladega Superspeedway for the 2025 Jack Link’s 500.

The season’s 10th race is expected to be exciting as the Next Gen car will run for the seventh time at the Talladega Superspeedway. All drivers taking the field will be racing to win Sunday’s (April 27) 188-lap race at the 2.66-mile-long superspeedway.

The Jack Link’s 500 winner will receive monetary rewards. In 2025, the Talladega Spring Cup race boasts a prize pool of $11,055,250.

Live action of the 2025 Talladega race will be broadcast live on FOX and MRN radio on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

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What is the prize money for the Jack Link’s 500 2025?

All 38 drivers participating in NASCAR’s top-tier series will compete for monetary incentives this weekend in Lincoln, Alabama.

Renowned NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass posted on X the total prize pool that will be up for grabs this weekend in Lincoln, Alabama:

“Purses for Talladega weekend for all payouts, all positions plus contingency awards, points fund contributions and charter payouts: Cup: $11,055,250 Xfinity: 1,651,939.”

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Jack Link’s 500 Prize Money Breakdown: How much will the winner make at the Talladega Superspeedway?

According to NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass, the 2025 Jack Link’s 500 winner will likely receive between eight and 10 percent of the total purse.

According to this assumption, this year’s Jack Link’s 500 winner at Talladega will likely get eight to 10 percent of the overall prize money of $11,055,250, which means a check of around $884,420 to $1,105,525.

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Explore the 2025 Talladega Spring NASCAR Cup Series payout per position

After deducting the winner's money from the total prize money of $11,055,250, the remaining amount will be divided among the charter teams according to their finishing positions in the race, charter status, etc.

With the start of the charter system in NASCAR, individual payouts per finishing position are no longer published.

NASCAR Cup Series action begins with qualifying on Saturday (April 26) before the main event on Sunday afternoon. Practice and qualifying actions will be available on Prime.

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List of Talladega Spring NASCAR Cup Series race winners

Following is the list of the Talladega Spring NASCAR Cup Series race winners:

1. 1970: Pete Hamilton
2. 1971: Donnie Allison
3. 1972: David Pearson
4. 1973: David Pearson
5. 1974: David Pearson
6. 1975: Buddy Baker
7. 1976: Buddy Baker
8. 1977: Darrell Waltrip
9. 1978: Cale Yarborough
10. 1979: Bobby Allison
11. 1980: Buddy Baker
12. 1981: Bobby Allison
13. 1982: Darrell Waltrip
14. 1983: Richard Petty
15. 1984: Cale Yarborough
16. 1985: Bill Elliott
17. 1986: Bobby Allison
18. 1987: Davey Allison
19. 1988: Phil Parsons
20. 1989: Davey Allison
21. 1990: Dale Earnhardt
22. 1991: Harry Gant
23. 1992: Davey Allison
24. 1993: Ernie Irvan
25. 1994: Dale Earnhardt
26. 1995: Mark Martin
27. 1996: Sterling Marlin
28. 1997: Mark Martin
29. 1998: Bobby Labonte
30. 1999: Dale Earnhardt
31. 2000: Jeff Gordon
32. 2001*: Bobby Hamilton
33. 2002: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
34. 2003: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
35. 2004: Jeff Gordon
36. 2005: Jeff Gordon
37. 2006: Jimmie Johnson
38. 2007: Jeff Gordon
39. 2008: Kyle Busch
40. 2009: Brad Keselowski
41. 2010*: Kevin Harvick
42. 2011*: Jimmie Johnson
43. 2012: Brad Keselowski
44. 2013: David Ragan
45. 2014: Denny Hamlin
46. 2015: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
47. 2016: Brad Keselowski
48. 2017: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
49. 2018: Joey Logano
50. 2019: Chase Elliott
51. 2020: Ryan Blaney
52. 2021: Brad Keselowski
53. 2022: Ross Chastain
54. 2023: Kyle Busch
55. 2024: Tyler Reddick