Overview

• Katherine Legge, a 44-year-old veteran racer with an extensive motorsports resume, will debut in the NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix Raceway this weekend.
• Legge is the first female driver to compete in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick's last race in 2018 and the first to race the current Next Gen car.
• She has been approved by NASCAR to race at Phoenix based on her experience on high-speed ovals, including the Indy 500 and ARCA tests, as well as her recent Xfinity Series participation.
• Legge views this opportunity as a significant milestone in her career and aims to compete based on merit, while also hoping to inspire more women to enter motorsports.
• Her debut coincides with International Women’s Day, adding symbolic significance to her participation in the highly competitive NASCAR Cup Series.