What if a driver crashes and hes last place for the rest of the race , will he still win money ?

Question

What if a driver crashes and hes last place for the rest of the race , will he still win money ?

Answer 1

That doesn't really make any sense, if he crashes and ends up last then no, only the first three get money. If he crosses the line last he gets nothing...?

Answer 2

When you say "driver" you're talking about harness racing;

thoroughbreds have jockeys. If a harness driver crashes

his sulkey, there's a pretty good chance that he won't finish.

Only finishing horses (actually the driver) get paid.

At the local harness track,

payment for drivers  goes to the top 5 finishers. The

"purse " is paid something like this: 1st-50%, 2nd-25%,

3rd-?%, 4th-?%, 5th-5%. Thus, if the purse of the race is

$1000, and there are five finishers, 1st gets $500 and

5th gets 50 bucks. It's probably a similar payout for the

thoroughbreds, but can vary by the class of the race.

Just want to clarify one more thing. The driver doesn't get

any money directly. The horse's owner gets a check, and

then pays the driver , the trainer, the farrier, the vet, etc.

Answer 3

in big harness and quarter horse races they do pay up to 10th place in a final event, aND in some case the 2nd fastest group of 10 will run in a consolation race.....take the all American futurity that runs on labor day..the top 10 fastest qualifiers will run for 2 million dollars, and The 11th through 20 fastest qualifiers will also run in an earlier race for about 100,000.....check it out for your-self

Answer 4

no they will not only the first two people who cross the line first win money.

Answer 5

No, if he is crashes and is last for the rest of the race, then he doesn't win any money. It's only the first 3 horses that get placed wins money and sometimes it is the first four horses. Driver doesn't make sense and you don't say driver, it's a jockey who rides a horse. Glad I could help =D