Sometimes, $1 Million Isn't Quite As Much As It Seems

摘要

The amount still has an almost magical ring to it, and why shouldn't it? For a sport with backwoods roots, $ 1 million still seems like a lot of money. The figure provided NASCAR with an economic landmark in 1985 when Bill Elliott won the first Winston Million, a sign that the series was going big-time. Other breakthroughs followed: 1998, when Dale Earnhardt became the first Daytona 500 winner to earn $1 million; 1989, when Rusty Wallace became the first champion to earn a $ 1 million bonus; and 2003, when Jimmie Johnson became the first All-Star Race winner to cash a $ 1 million check.