Not only is the sport suffering because of the Exemption Policy, but so are the outside drivers who are taking up the sport for the first time. For example, Helio Castroneves has won the Indianapolis Motor Racing Championship four times! Despite being in an open-wheel car, the man is well-versed on circuits, championships, and everything else. Castroneves did not finish the Daytona 500 race, and there is a very good reason why 53-year-old Tim Brown, a seasoned modified veteran, finished at the Clash in the “Madhouse”! Katherine Legge at Phoenix had the same thing. In the Shriners Children’s 500, British racer Katherine Legge made her debut in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Her hopes of winning the race were short-lived, though, when the 44-year-old Live Fast Motorsports driver abruptly spun on the fourth lap following repeated complaints about her tight steering. When she spun once more on lap 215 and eliminated Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing, it only got worse. The Mexican celebrity placed the most of the responsibility on NASCAR rather than placing a lot of criticism on her. However, as things become worse, we can’t help but believe Kevin Harvick was spot on! In this case, Legge was truly thrown to the wolves. She had little to no NASCAR experience and was in the worst car, arriving in Phoenix in a Cup car she had never driven.
And I understand that we want competitors from other series to be able to enter the cup series, but we need to take responsibility for ensuring that the drivers of these cup cars are ready to take to the racetrack and complete their tasks,” Harvick stated. The outcome of Legge’s race worried the entire garage. Let’s just say, though, that she sees things differently.
It was just a difficult day for Legge at work
“I adore NASCAR,” Katherine Legge said on the Racing Writer’s Podcast. I really like driving the automobile and doing it.
The people, the camaraderie in the paddock, and the weekend agenda were all excellent. I mean, I had aid from the other teams, RCR, Chevy, and people in general. It was incredibly pleasant, and BJ and the entire Live Fast staff were excellent. They couldn’t have been more helpful. Without a doubt, I want to do it. This demonstrates how the sport’s sense of family is not diminished by the seeming competition. It is a testament to NASCAR that a racer from a different sport has such positive feelings about it. But her crash doesn’t affect her the way everyone thought it would. But Legge learned about these worries from a rival teammate that she does not mention.
Part of me believed you were going to say, ‘Okay, I don’t want to do this anymore,'” she remarked when someone from a different team called her today. I’m not interested in this. I said, “Hell no!” Even if you don’t know me well, all of this makes me want to go farther and dig my heels in. I’m going to show everyone how incorrect they are. This was merely a glitch in the matrix, and I am aware that I am a competent race car driver. Considering that it was only a dreary day, Katherine seems really upbeat. Has the effect of the collision on her, however, diminished?
Yes, it turns out. She is also excited about her second opportunity to play the game! I’ve had such a positive experience with every other aspect of it, and I really want to do it because I love it so much. Since that’s all you can do and it genuinely motivates me to prove myself to myself, we’ll concentrate on the good things,” Legge stated. She intended to disprove any skeptics, but luckily the British driver was made of tougher material. Even though she may not have given it her all on the NASCAR racetrack, her remarkable racing career cannot be forgotten. Katherine is the “best girl driver” we will ever witness, after all.
The British driver has a fairly long racing resume
Formula Ford Great Britain and several smaller series marked the start of Legge’s racing career in 2000. She then advanced to Formula Renault 2.0 UK for two seasons starting in 2001. She placed third in the BWRDC Monoposto Trophy championship a year later. Legge also placed third in the 2005 Atlantic Championship. That same year, the Briton made her first foray into the major leagues as a Minardi test driver in Formula One. But in 2006, she started focusing on the Champ Car World Series, which was the forerunner of IndyCar, abroad. Katherine Legge made the decision to add the Rolex Sports Car Series to her repertoire a year later.
She then returned to IndyCar in 2012 after spending three years in the DTM Series in 2008. She competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series and IndyCar over the ensuing two years. Legge made history by participating in the first Formula E season in 2014–15. Along with Italian driver Michela Cerruti and Brazilian driver Simona de Silvestro, she was one of three female drivers competing there. Sadly, she only competed in two races during her career. After that, she focused primarily on endurance racing, but in 2018, she made her debut with NASCAR in the Xfinity Series. She only participated in a few races in that season, but her best result was 14th at Road America. Legge did not return to the Xfinity scene until 2023 at Road America once again.
