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IndyCar to slash Leader Circle payout Speed.com reports that IndyCar will reduce the Leader Circle program payout in 2013:
Year
Payout
No. Races
Payout Per Race
2008
$1.3 million
19
$68,500
2009
$1.24 million
17
$73,000
2010
$1.3 million
17
$76,500.
2011
$1.2095 million
17
$71,114
2012
$1.16 million
15
$72,500
2013
$1.04 million
19*
$55,000
*Includes three doubleheaders that do not cost the teams as much per race as single events
From a savings standpoint for the IndyCar Series, the family spent $25.5 million on the Leader Circle in 2012, while 2013’s plan will come to $23 million, an immediate $2.5 million pared from the bottom line.
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