---
title: "Alexander Rossi’s Car That Won the 100th Indy 500 Sold for Over $1.1 Million"
description: "It was one of the many million-dollar deals made at the 2018 Monterey Car Week."
date: "2018-08-27"
modified: "2018-08-27"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/23167/alexander-rossis-car-that-won-the-100th-indy-500-sold-for-over-1-1-million"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "Alexander Rossi"
  - "Auctions"
  - "Indy 500"
  - "indycar"
---

# Alexander Rossi’s Car That Won the 100th Indy 500 Sold for Over $1.1 Million

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The Dallara DW12 Indy car that Alexander Rossi drove to victory in the 2016 [Indianapolis 500](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21205/scenes-from-the-2018-indy-500>), the 100th running of the race, sold Saturday at auction for $1,127,500.

The car, chassis number 037, is under a signed loan agreement with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and will remain in its custody through December 31, 2018. The buyer has not been identified, and according to [Mecum Auctions](<https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0818-336728/2012-dallara-dw12-honda-indy-car/>), its hammer price fell slightly short of official expectations, which projected a $1,175,000 to $1,250,000 winning bid.

Though it comes with its paddle-shifted, six-speed Xtrac transmission, the corresponding 2.2-liter, twin-turbo Honda V6 that powered Rossi's Dallara to victory in the race will not be included. Instead, an optional 99-year engine lease contract can be triggered by the DW12's new owner starting in October of 2020 ([when the current engine regulatory era ends](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/20523/next-indycar-engine-formula-set-for-2021-debut-report>)), wherein they can drop more than $125,000 to have the race-winning engine rebuilt and fitted to the car, and agree to display it in the aforementioned museum for three months per year, between April and June.

![message-editor%2F1535397331292-gettyimages-535378680.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1535397331292-gettyimages-535378680.jpg>)
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This DW12 was the seventh-highest priced car sold by Mecum over the weekend and the second most expensive race car, beaten out by a Porsche 962 that went for $2.2 million. The overall most expensive vehicle sold was a 1933 Duesenberg Model J, which managed $3.85 million. None came close, however, to the new record holder for the most expensive car ever sold at auction, [a Ferrari 250 GTO which went for $48.4 million](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23150/1962-ferrari-250-gto-sells-for-record-breaking-48-4-million-at-monterey-auction>) over the weekend.

Must be a good time to be an oligarch.

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)