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.

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.

Driving in the IndyCar Series, Legge set a record at the 2023 Indianapolis 500 for the fastest qualifying time by a woman.

Katherine Legge will be making her NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway. This marks the first time a female driver has started a race in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick competed in 2018.

It was confirmed a few days ago that Katherine Legge will compete in this weekend's Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. When the race officially begins, she'll snap one of NASCAR's longest droughts. A female driver hasn't competed in a Cup Series race since the 2018 Daytona 500.

Danica Patrick's comments that women are unfit for F1 have resurfaced, prompting a deep dive into the historic repression of women in racing.