When Katherine Legge took the inexperienced flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this yr, she grew to become the seventeenth completely different girl to compete on the Cup degree. The final girl to run a Cup race earlier than her was Danica Patrick over seven years in the past. And very similar to 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-recognized sponsor: e.l.f. Cosmetics. Her subsequent look will come subsequent weekend, April nineteenth, within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection 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 Collection, putting as excessive as 14th at Street America in 2018.
Katherine Legge, Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Photographs
Her schedule can even embrace the Xfinity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend, which implies she is not going to be operating the Indianapolis 500 this yr. Nonetheless, Legge has hinted at the opportunity of making an attempt to finish the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 ‘Double’ sooner or later and may very well be planning to achieve extra inventory automobile expertise forward of a potential 2026 try.
Legge’s subsequent Cup race can be at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which can host the primary ever Cup Collection occasion in Mexico on June fifteenth. She is going to once more pilot the No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet. That observe holds a particular significance to Legge, who received the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race on the circuit in 2019 as a part of the FIA Components 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 significant open-wheel race in America when she took the checkered flag in a Toyota Atlantic Collection race in 2005.
Katherine Legge, Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Photographs
“I’ve by no means felt extra empowered than I do with e.l.f. by my aspect,” stated Legge. “e.l.f. actually walks the stroll in the case of placing its group—and particularly ladies in sports activities—within the, pun-intended, driver’s seat. I’m thrilled to work in the direction of reaching my racing objectives with my e.l.f. group alongside Staff Chevy. I wish to be revered as among the finest drivers in motorsport and there’s no higher place to hone my talent set in opposition to the perfect of the perfect 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 wonder model first partnered with Legge in 2023 for the Indy 500. Kory Marchisotto, Chief Advertising Officer of e.l.f. Magnificence, stated of the partnership: “As they are saying in NASCAR, we now have discovered our groove. Fueling Katherine’s dream to be among the finest motorsports drivers of all time is our mission. Inspiring younger athletes to quick observe their very own ambitions is our ardour. Feminine NASCAR followers usually tend to watch sports activities on TV, hear on the radio, and attend a stay 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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