Franchitti cashes in at Indy

Indianapolis - Scotland's Dario Franchitti earned $2 752 055 for his Indianapolis 500 triumph on Sunday, part of an overall purse of $13 592 815.

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Prize money was announced on Monday at the annual victory dinner at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Runner-up Dan Wheldon of England earned just over one million dollars and third-placed American Marco Andretti pocketed $630 505.

Franchitti also won the Indianapolis 500 in 2007, when he earned $1 645 233.