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All data on salary, endorsements and licensing earnings comes from Forbes’ NASCAR’s Highest-Paid Drivers 2020 list. This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: The 5 Highest-Paid ...
When you think of NASCAR drivers, sponsorships and product placements leap to mind. ... The 5 Highest-Paid NASCAR Drivers. ... the Joe Gibbs Racing driver, made $16.1 million in salary and $1.7 ...
While NASCAR has lacked a true crossover marketing star since Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement in 2017, the sport’s list of top-earning drivers is full of familiar faces.
As of 2016, Gordon was considered the highest-paid NASCAR driver ever and the 18th highest-paid athlete of all-time with $515 million in career earnings, per Forbes. [ 8 ] Gordon, along with Rick Hendrick , co-owns the No. 48 Chevrolet previously driven by Jimmie Johnson , who won seven Cup championships from 2006 to 2010, 2013, and in 2016.
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Pay drivers were controversial in stock car racing if payments failed; an example would be in 2015, when Kyle Busch's Camping World Truck Series team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, sued former driver Justin Boston, a pay driver, and the sponsor for missed payments. [28] There has also been a long history of pay drivers in Australian touring car racing.
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
In terms of how they get paid, NASCAR drivers are different from athletes in team sports. Read: Today's Richest Athletes in the World Find Out: Which Athletes Earn the Most Per Hour? Whereas NFL...