Within the late-night hours following the opening Indy 500 follow session, reviews emerged that Katherine Legge will try the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 Double — this 12 months. Motorsport.com has since independently confirmed the information as properly.
The 45-year-old is already confirmed to be participating within the a hundred and tenth working of the Indianapolis 500, driving the No. 11 HMD Motorsports/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet for her fifth look within the historic occasion.
Nonetheless, we now know that she additionally plans to participate within the 67th working of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the identical day — Sunday, Might 24. If profitable (and weather-permitting), Legge would be the sixth driver in historical past to participate in each races on the identical day. Together with being the primary lady and first non-American driver to aim the Double, Legge can even be the oldest.
“Only a few drivers ever get the chance to aim ‘The Double,’ and I don’t take that chance frivolously,” mentioned Legge in a press launch. “This problem is about pushing by means of perceived limits, betting on your self, taking dangers and attempting to do one thing distinctive. I’m so extremely grateful to e.l.f. Cosmetics for believing in what this second represents and for constructing a group round it.”
Legge made her eighth profession Cup Collection begin this previous weekend at Watkins Glen, and she is going to once more drive the No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway subsequent weekend.
e.l.f. Cosmetics will fund the hassle, together with already supporting her within the Indy 500 this 12 months.
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Katherine Legge, HMD Motorsports with AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet
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Two-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion Kyle Larson is the newest driver to aim to finish the 1,100-mile Double between IndyCar’s greatest race and NASCAR’s longest. Along with Larson, Robby Gordon, John Andretti, Kurt Busch, and Tony Stewart have additionally completed it. Stewart is the one driver to really full each lap, doing so in 2001.
Davy Jones additionally tried the Double in 1995, however he didn’t qualify for the 600.
Forward of final weekend’s Cup race at Watkins Glen, Legge expressed curiosity in making an attempt the Double, however acknowledged that it could rely on sponsorship and help from e.l.f. Cosmetics. It seems that a deal has come collectively far before anybody anticipated, with this Double try coming collectively inside two weeks of race day.
Legge’s finest displaying within the Indy 500 got here in 2012, ending twenty second. Though she solely made her Cup debut simply over a 12 months in the past, she has accomplished a number of oval races in America’s prime inventory automobile racing division. Her finest consequence got here within the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, ending seventeenth in the very best non-drafting consequence ever for Stay Quick Motorsports. This may be Legge’s debut within the Coca-Cola 600, however she ran the NASCAR O’Reilly race on the observe final Might.
Whereas she is locked into the Indy 500 with no bumping this 12 months, we should watch for the official variety of Coke 600 entries to be launched subsequent Monday to know if she should qualify her manner into the NASCAR race.
Katherine Legge, No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
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