First and foremost, the Supercross purse money is inadequate for the risks that the riders take, but the Supercross purse is considerably higher than the AMA National purse and the Grand Prix riders don’t even get paid at day’s end from the race promoter. The top AMA Supercross riders can justified the small purse money because they have 6 or 7 digit factory contracts and big bonus checks that pay $100,000 to any factory rider who wins a 450 Supercross. They also get bonus checks for second, third and however far down they negotiated in their contracts. A winning factory rider will make around $150,000 to win one race.
But we are focused on AMA purse money only...and who won the most over the last five weeks. This is how much money the stars made, just from purse money in the first 37 days of the season? How much did you take home this month?
1. RYAN VILLOPOTO (16- 2-1-1-8)
A1......$2230
PHX....$6000
A2......$12,000
OAK...$12,000
A3....$2530
Total.....$34,760
2. DAVI MILLSAPS (1-3-4-2-2)
A1......$12,000
PHX....$4250
A2......$3250
OAK...$6000
A3...$6000
Total.....$31,500
3. RYAN DUNGEY (3-8-6-3-1)
A1......$4250
PHX....$2530
A2......$2780
OAK...$4250
A3......$12,000
Total.....$25,810
4. JUSTIN BARCIA (7-1-20-20-3)
A1......$2630
PHX....$12,000
A2......$2135
OAK...$2135
A3....$4250
Total.....$23,150
5. TREY CANARD (2-5-2-4-7)
A1......$6000
PHX....$3010
A2......$6000
OAK...$3250
A3......$2630
Total.....$20,890
6. CHAD REED (4-4-3-11-5)
A1......$3250
PHX....$3250
A2......$4250
OAK...$2400
A3....$3010
Total.....$16,160
7. ANDREW SHORT (6-9-7-6-6)
A1......$2780
PHX....$2480
A2......$2630
OAK...$2780
A3......$2780
Total.....$13,450
8. JAMES STEWART (8-7-12-19-4)
A1......$2530
PHX....$2630
A2......$2380
OAK...$2155
A3......$3250
Total.....$12,905
9. JOSH GRANT (11-10-10-16-18)
A1.....$2400
PHX....$2430
A2......$2430
OAK...$2230
A3.....$2155
Total.....$11,645
10. JAKE WEIMER (5-6-5-DNS-20)
A1......$3010
PHX....$2780
A2......$3010
OAK...$0000
A3.....$2155
Total.....$11,043
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