It was a really lengthy day for Katherine Legge, however she noticed it by to the very finish as she turned simply the sixth driver in historical past to begin the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the identical day.
She joins a listing that features Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, John Andretti, Kurt Busch, and Kyle Larson.
After a career-best qualifying effort within the Indy 500, her fifth look within the historic race ended after simply 17 laps. When Ryan Hunter-Reay spun on the exit of Flip 2, she crashed attempting to keep away from a direct affect with him on the backstretch. Legge slammed the within wall, and her race was over, ending thirty third (final) within the one hundred and tenth operating of the Indy 500.
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After simply 42.5 miles of racing on the Brickyard, she acquired on a airplane and headed to Charlotte Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet, she stayed out of bother for many of the race.
Nevertheless, not lengthy after the beginning of Stage 3, she limped to the apron with an issue. Moments later, the right-front wheel disconnected, triggering a warning.
The crew didn’t hand over and Legge soldiered on, ending the race 12 laps behind race winner Daniel Suarez, ending thirty first. She accomplished 361 laps and 541.5 miles for a complete of 585 miles between the 2 races, whereas the aim was 1,100. Rain additionally ended the Coke 600 a full 27 laps wanting the scheduled distance.
An extended night time in Charlotte
Katherine Legge, No. 78 Stay Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Picture by: Krista Jasso / Getty Pictures
After the race, Legge didn’t sugar coat how tough of a day it was.
“I believe the spotlight for me shall be after I can lastly lay down tonight, as a result of I am so drained,” she laughed whereas talking with NASCAR on Prime.
“However, the chance to do it, the chance to try to do it, is the spotlight. We’re gonna regroup and give it some thought and replicate to see what we might have performed in a different way. That was form of a calamity of errors. On the finish of the day, I do not assume I made too many errors so there’s positives to take from it too.”
She solely needs that the automobile she had on the finish of the Coke 600 was the one she began the race with, because the crew made large good points on the setup within the last-half of the race.”
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