Following the half-throttle racing that eventually evolved into a dramatic finish for Tyler Reddick and 23XI Racing, NASCAR is moving into its second week of racing for the 2026 season. With the Chase format now the norm in the sport, the race wins no longer guarantee a driver a spot in the playoff series, leaving the field wide open for plenty of twists and turns along the way.
However, what remains constant is a massive payday for the race winner, alongside a valuable chunk of points.
NASCAR Reveals Complete Prize Money for All Three Races at the EchoPark Speedway
Natalie Decker, Reddick, Tony Stewart, Fuel-saving, Noah Gragson, and a lot more were on the discussion table menu following the 2026 Daytona 500 that marked the start of a brand new era in NASCAR. While some of those topics will remain open for discussion as the season continues, most will be replaced by new storylines each weekend.
And one such topic that grabs headlines each new weekend will be the prize money on offer ahead of each race, with NASCAR revealing the complete details of the upcoming race weekend’s payday.
With the Autotrader 400 at the EchoPark Speedway coming at us fast, Reddick will be hoping for another massive payday after pocketing the biggest chunk of a mammoth $31 million+ paycheck last weekend.
And per the update provided on X by veteran Journalist Bob Pockrass, the upcoming Cup Series race will see an overall prize money of $11,233,037. The purse includes payouts for everyone, including charter payouts, end-of-season funds, and contingencies.
Notably, this year’s Cup Series payout has increased by $177,787 from 2025, with Christopher Bell taking the bragging rights home last year.
Over in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, the overall purse stands at $1,653,590, marking a bump of just $1,651 from last year’s $1,651,939 purse for NASCAR’s second-best tier of the national series races.
Meanwhile, the Truck Series purse will be set at $789,700. In 2025, the purse for this race stood at $782,900, meaning an additional $6,800 is up for grabs this time around.
As for the favorites to win the race, Bell remains in the running for the same, given he will be walking in as the defending champion. Last year’s event marked a three-race undefeated run for the JGR driver, and he will be hoping for similar luck this time, given that it will give him a huge boost under the chase format.
However, his life at the event will be made particularly difficult by Chase Elliott, who boasts of the best average finish at the track. In 11 starts, Elliott has nine top-tens and seven top-five finishes in his bag, leaving his average finishing position at 11.4. Elliott even has two wins at the track, asserting his chances of going in as the favorite to win the race.
