You have to wonder how that's even possible. Apparently he did have sponsorships from large businesses, but still......you'd think they'd still only pay the racers so much. That means his winnings probably came mostly from winning races. But even then, how could the racing governing body raise that much money to pay out? Unless the stadiums held like 1,000,000 people and charged $15,000 per ticket.

I'm not denying the truthfulness of the article......just marveling at how someone could acquire that kind of wealth as an athlete. Even in today's world of Nike Ads and Sports Drink sponsorships, no athlete comes anywhere close to that.