Katherine Legge will drive in both the Xfinity or Cup Collection in 12 of the subsequent 18 weekends as she works towards a extra compete NASCAR schedule and present that regardless of what occurred at Phoenix “I’m a rattling good race automobile driver.”
Legge’s schedule by means of mid-August was introduced Tuesday morning. The 44-year-old from Guilford, England, whose numerous profession in motorsports consists of IndyCars, IMSA and Formulation E, is concentrated on NASCAR. She grew to become the primary girl to compete in a Cup race earlier this season since 2018.
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Legge will run seven Xfinity races with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, starting with Saturday’s race at Rockingham Speedway. Legge will compete in 5 Cup races with Reside Quick Motorsports. Her sponsors will probably be e.l.f. Cosmetics, DROPLight, Sherfick Firms and Desnuda Tequila.
4 of her 5 Cup races — Mexico Metropolis, Chicago Road Race, Sonoma and Watkins Glen — will probably be on both a street or avenue course, which inserts her background in racing. Her different Cup begin is scheduled to be Aug. 17 at Richmond.
Richmond will probably be her first Cup begin on an oval since she made her collection debut at Phoenix in March. She spun twice within the race. The second spin collected Daniel Suarez, resulting in on-line criticism and likewise sparking a debate about NASCAR’s approval course of for drivers.
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Katherine Legge and Helio Castroneves had their shares of ups and downs of their Cup debuts this season.
Legge stated she is conscious of the feedback however is concentrated on shifting ahead to satisfy her aim of racing frequently in NASCAR.
“I licked my wounds for certain,” Legge advised NBC Sports activities, “however I haven’t been round in motorsports for 20 years professionally by giving up on something.
“I do know (Phoenix) wasn’t my finest work. I made a mistake, proper? I made plenty of errors in the course of the race, tried to reduce them. … After which there was that one mistake that clearly ended Daniel’s race and price me my repute, which I intend to get again. Nevertheless it was a mistake.
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“You see these guys making errors even once they’ve been doing it for many years. So to be vilified on one mistake, I really feel like was actually unfair. I’m a rattling good race automobile driver, and I’ll come again and show that was only a blip on the radar.”
Legge’s earlier NASCAR expertise earlier than this 12 months was 4 Xfinity begins in 2018 and one Xfinity begin in 2023.
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This schedule into August provides her a gradual weight loss program of inventory automobile expertise.
“It’s invaluable, really, to get some form of continuity and expertise going in an effort to form of showcase what I’m able to,” Legge advised NBC Sports activities.
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She’s going to drive a mixture of tracks additionally. After Rockingham, she’s going to do the subsequent 4 Xfinity races, competing at Talladega, Texas, Charlotte and Nashville. Then she strikes over to the Cup Collection for the inaugural collection race at Mexico Metropolis on June 15.
“I’m very a lot wanting ahead to it,” Legge stated of the occasion at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. “We tried to get issues collectively in time for COTA, however we didn’t sadly. There’s a special degree of consolation that comes with turning left and proper.
“I’m additionally excited to do the ovals. I virtually need to get to Richmond as a lot as I need to get to Mexico simply because I would like that monkey off my again, and I need to show to myself that it was only a minor blip and we’re good to go.”
However her schedule won’t finish after the Richmond race. The remainder of the season was purposely not included in case there’s a explicit model of observe NASCAR needs her to run to realize extra expertise.
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“That is what we’d like in an effort to get NASCAR permission to have the ability to run anyplace I would like at any time when I would like, which is in the end the aim,” Legge stated.
That might result in a attainable Daytona 500 run and perhaps even a return to the Indianapolis 500 subsequent 12 months, making her among the many few to race within the signature occasions for NASCAR and IndyCar in the identical season.
“I need to do all the pieces that I can to A, expertise all of the issues and B, to be the most effective driver that I might be and go away a legacy,” she stated, “and open the door for the subsequent technology.”
Katherine Legge’s NASCAR schedule
● April 19 – Rockingham Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
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● April 26 – Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
● Could 3 – Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by DROPLiGHT, Sherfick Firms, and Desnuda Tequila
● Could 24 – Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
● Could 31 – Nashville Superspeedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
● June 15 – Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, NASCAR Cup Collection with Reside Quick Motorsport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
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● June 27 – Atlanta Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by DROPLiGHT, Sherfick Firms, and Desnuda Tequila
● July 6 – Chicago Road Race, NASCAR Cup Collection with Reside Quick Motorsport
● July 13 – Sonoma Raceway, NASCAR Cup Collection with Reside Quick Motorsport, sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics
● July 26 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Collection with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, sponsored by DROPLiGHT, Sherfick Firms, and Desnuda Tequila
● August 10 – Watkins Glen Worldwide, NASCAR Cup Collection with Reside Quick Motorsport, sponsored by DROPLiGHT, Sherfick Firms, and Desnuda Tequila
● August 17 – Richmond Raceway, NASCAR Cup Collection with Reside Quick Motorsport
