It all depends on the track and the purse. Usually, a Nascar driver can finish last and still earn between $50,000 to $70,000. The winners could make over $300,000, it changes each week. Sometimes more and sometimes less.The Daytona 500 is the highest paying race, where the winner and the second place driver earn over $1 million each.he number 26 car's total earnings for 2007 were $3,793,160 per nascar.com. The amount of money that Jamie actually made depends on what his contract with Roush Racing was. Dr … ivers generally keep a large share of the car's winnings, but not all.