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Katherine Legge, first lady to race NASCAR in 7 years, to make debut at Phoenix Raceway
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Katherine Legge, first lady to race NASCAR in 7 years, to make debut at Phoenix Raceway

By Miles Cooper March 4, 2025
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Reside Quick Motorsports has a brand new driver for his or her automotive, and it is a veteran motorsports racer and a girl.

Katherine Legge, 44, will make her debut within the sequence this Sunday at Phoenix Raceway within the Shriners Youngsters’s 500, turning into the seventeenth lady ever to compete in a Cup race. Legge will drive the No. 78 DROPLiGHT Chevrolet Camaro.

This will even be the primary time in seven years {that a} lady has competed within the NASCAR Cup Collection, with Danica Patrick final making an look in 2018.

“I don’t need to simply be a feminine driver for the sake of ticking a variety field, proper?” stated Legge. “I need to be there on benefit, and I need to be a superb instance for everyone that’s developing behind me.” She continued, “I’ve to show competence on the finish of the day, proper?  Don’t suppose anyone expects me to exit and set the world on hearth and be aggressive as a result of it’s essentially the most aggressive championship on the earth. I simply don’t need to make any errors and look foolish or look incapable. I believe the competitiveness will include expertise.”

NASCAR:

Reside Quick Motorsports, co-owned by driver B.J. McLeod and spouse Jessica McLeod, area a part-time entry within the Cup Collection. B.J. McLeod completed twenty second driving the No. 78 automotive at Atlanta, however he did not qualify for the season-opening Daytona 500 and didn’t compete within the . With solely 37 entries slated for Phoenix, Legge is assured of a beginning spot on Sunday.

What to learn about Legge’s motor sports activities profession and girls in NASCAR:

Katherine Legge, first lady to race NASCAR in 7 years, to make debut at Phoenix Raceway

Katherine Legge’s auto racing profession

Legge, who was born in Guildford, England, has 5 begins within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection, most not too long ago in 2023 when she recorded her greatest end: 14th at Highway America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In February, she completed thirty ninth within the ARCA Menards Collection’ Journey the ‘Dente race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.

Legge is most well-known, nonetheless, as an IndyCar driver, competing in 19 races within the NTT IndyCar Collection throughout 4 seasons (2012, 2013, 2023 and 2024) and 28 in CART (2006 and 2007), earned a mixed seven top-10s.

She has raced within the legendary Indianapolis 500 4 occasions, and in 2023, she set the report for the fastest-ever qualifying time by a girl.

Legge’s largest success has come as a sports activities automotive driver. She has competed in 92 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship races sine 2014, successful 4 occasions and scoring 11 podium finishes.

NASCAR in approving her to race within the Cup Collection.

When was the final time a girl competed in NASCAR Cup Collection?

Danica Patrick was the final lady to compete within the NASCAR Cup Collection.

Her ultimate race was the 2018 Daytona 500, the place she completed thirty fifth. In whole, Patrick made 191 Cup begins between 2012 and 2018, amassing seven top-10 finishes in that span. Twice, Patrick completed top-25 within the NASCAR Cup Collection standings, ending twenty fourth in each 2015 and 2016.

Sixteen feminine drivers have run at the very least one race within the Cup Collection, together with Corridor of Famer Janet Guthrie, who drove in 33 races between 1976-80. The NASCAR Corridor of Fame awarded Guthrie the Landmark Award in 2024.

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