Katherine Legge, a 44-year-old Brit with experience in the Xfinity Series as well as in open-wheel racing and other formats, will get a start this week at Phoenix Raceway.

Scheduled to become the first woman in a NASCAR Cup Series race since Danica Patrick made her final start in the Daytona 500 seven years ago, Legge will drive the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast

Katherine Legge is set to become the first woman driver in a NASCAR Cup series race since Danica Patrick retired in 2018, Mooresville-based Live Fast Motorsports said Monday. Legge will make her Cup series debut in the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway Sunday.

Katherine Legge will make her debut in the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, becoming the first woman to compete in a Cup Series race since Danica Patrick at the 2018 Daytona 500. Legge, a veteran sports car and open-wheel driver,

British race car driver Katherine Legge can now add the NASCAR Cup Series to her long resume. Legge raced the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. She's the first woman to compete at NASCAR's biggest level since Danica Patrick raced in the 2018 Daytona 500.

Seven years after Danica Patrick last raced in the Daytona 500 for Premium Motorsports, Katherine Legge took the wheel for the Shriners Children’s 500. The 44-year-old became the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series event since 2018.

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Racing star Katherine Legge shared what she thought of the criticisms Danica Patrick received as she began her career in NASCAR.

Legge is the first female driver in the NASCAR Cup Series since Danica Patrick. She got her start in Indy car racing but switched to stock car racing. Patrick first raced for the IndyCar series in 2005 at the Toyota Indy 300.

"I want to stay out of trouble and show respect," Katherine Legge quipped ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series race in Phoenix. The post Katherine Legge Ready to Endure “Baptism of Fire” in NASCAR Again Despite Regretting an ‘Awful’ Mistake appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Katherine Legge became the first woman to race in the NASCAR Cup Series race since 2018 on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.