On the topic of GTD salary outliers, one person who negotiates driver salaries in the class said, “I’ve heard the top is $400,000 to $450,000 with a guy that’s really valuable to their team.”
There are some bigger rates for maybe two or three of the pros with ambassador roles for a manufacturer, so that might take them to $325,000, maybe $350,000.” “The average is in the middle, more in the $150,000-160,000 range.”Īnother contributor said: “Not many are over $250,000. “In GTD, there are always going to be outliers, but I’ve seen $80,000 on the low end to $225,000,” one team owner said. Speaking under the condition that their names would be withheld, we’ll open with the bottom category in IMSA which boasts the biggest car counts, and thus, the most paying seats for pros to chase. Thanks to some help from the folks who hire or place pro drivers, we have some interesting answers that might prove insightful or amusing for the moms and dads with important decisions to make.īefore we get to the NTT Ind圜ar Series, let’s focus first on IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and its five classes, with three that pair pros with amateurs (GT Daytona, LMP2, and LMP3) and two that are havens for pro drivers in factory or high-level independent programs (DPi and GTD Pro). One of the most frequent questions I get from the parents of talented sons and daughters is whether a sizable investment into karting, the Road to Indy, the Road to Sebring, or something similar could result in their kids eventually earning real salaries as professional drivers. That piece of advice was offered among the various calls I recently made to managers, team owners, and even a few drivers who know the financial landscape they play within each season.
A message to aspiring professional drivers from a prominent driver manager: “If you want to be a race car driver, don’t do it for money!”
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