When Katherine Legge took the inexperienced flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this yr, she grew to become the seventeenth totally different girl to compete on the Cup stage. The final girl to run a Cup race earlier than her was Danica Patrick over seven years in the past. And very like Patrick’s final race, Legge’s debut was eventful, spinning twice and falling 102 laps shy of the checkered flag. However the 44-year-old stays undeterred.
Thursday, Legge shared plans to run a minimum of seven extra NASCAR races this yr between each Cup and Xfinity — and partnering with a well-known sponsor: e.l.f. Cosmetics. Her subsequent look will come subsequent weekend, April nineteenth, within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race at Rockingham — NASCAR’s first Xfinity race on the historic oval in over 20 years. She is going to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing. She has 5 earlier begins within the Xfinity Sequence, putting as excessive as 14th at Highway America in 2018.
Katherine Legge, Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Pictures
Her schedule may even embody the Xfinity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend, which suggests she is not going to be working the Indianapolis 500 this yr. Nevertheless, Legge has hinted at the potential of attempting to finish the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 ‘Double’ sooner or later and might be planning to realize extra inventory automobile expertise forward of a potential 2026 try.
Legge’s subsequent Cup race will likely be at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which is able to host the primary ever Cup Sequence occasion in Mexico on June fifteenth. She is going to once more pilot the No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet. That monitor holds a particular significance to Legge, who gained the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race on the circuit in 2019 as a part of the FIA Method E race weekend.
As for the remainder of her scheduled races, these haven’t been formally revealed.
The 44-year-old British racing is a veteran of 4 Indy 500s and a successful IMSA driver. In her profession, Legge additionally grew to become the primary girl to win a serious open-wheel race in America when she took the checkered flag in a Toyota Atlantic Sequence race in 2005.
Katherine Legge, Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Pictures
“I’ve by no means felt extra empowered than I do with e.l.f. by my aspect,” mentioned Legge. “e.l.f. actually walks the stroll with regards to placing its group—and particularly girls in sports activities—within the, pun-intended, driver’s seat. I’m thrilled to work in direction of reaching my racing objectives with my e.l.f. workforce alongside Staff Chevy. I need to be revered as among the best drivers in motorsport and there’s no higher place to hone my ability set towards the most effective of the most effective in entrance of the most important motorsport viewers within the U.S. With the pivot to go all in on NASCAR, we’re diversifying my very own racing legacy in addition to the paddock for future generations.”
The sweetness model first partnered with Legge in 2023 for the Indy 500. Kory Marchisotto, Chief Advertising Officer of e.l.f. Magnificence, mentioned of the partnership: “As they are saying in NASCAR, we have now discovered our groove. Fueling Katherine’s dream to be among the best motorsports drivers of all time is our mission. Inspiring younger athletes to quick monitor their very own ambitions is our ardour. Feminine NASCAR followers usually tend to watch sports activities on TV, pay attention on the radio, and attend a reside occasion than feminine followers of different sports activities. That’s our sign to lean the e.l.f. in with zero distance between us and the group.”
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