The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season might have ended in 2024 but the stock car racing fraternity seems to be showing no signs of slowing down around their sport of choice. Leading up to the 2025 Daytona 500 during the offseason, there have been several instances where fans have been riled up to raise their voices against the governing body, another one of which came recently courtesy of former spotter Brett Griffin. The spotter-turned-media personality took to X (formerly Twitter) to give his opinion on how much drivers in the modern day and age of the sport earn.
Quoting another tweet that highlighted American college football coach Brent Venables and his worth as a commodity, Griffin wrote, “And we have NASCAR drivers running the Daytona 500 and making zero. I didn’t stutter. 2008 guys made more than 2024 guys will make as a whole.
Insane.” Highlighting the earnings for drivers who finish in the lower ranks during the sport’s crown jewel season-opener, he elaborated how finishing only above a certain position gives drivers a share of the prize money, which is often the case for other NASCAR events as well. Fans of the fraternity did not take kindly to this eye-opening factoid and replied in typical fashion.
“BUT the purse is more than double where’s it go,” wrote one fan, questioning who gets the prize money at the end of an event. “In the meantime, I wonder what the increase has been in NASCAR revenue and profit over the same time frame,” opined another, lo.
