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Gulf Today
16-07-2025
- Automotive
- Gulf Today
Katherine Legge joins Indy field for Xfinity, Cup races
Katherine Legge will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time in more than a year, this time in a stock car. Legge is set to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series races in Indianapolis later this month after last racing on the famed Indy track in the 2024 Indianapolis 500. The Cup Series' Brickyard 400 is set for July 27, while the Xfinity race takes place July 26. Legge has competed In four Cup Series starts this season with her best finish -- a 19th-place showing -- coming at the Chicago Street Race on July 6. The native of England has also raced in the Xfinity Series this year and plans to race in two other Cup Series events later this season: Watkins Glen (Aug. 10) and Las Vegas (Oct. 12). Katherine Legge, driver of the #78 e.l.f. Cosmetics Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, on Sunday. AFP In March, Legge became the first woman to compete in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick in 2018 when she raced at Phoenix and finished 30th. Legge won at Long Beach in 2005 in the Toyota Atlanta Championship and qualified for the Indy 500 for the first time in 2012, making her the ninth woman to make it into the field. Her qualifying lap speed of 231.627 mph for the 2023 Indy 500, as well as a 231.070 mph four-lap average, were the fastest ever for a woman. Reuters
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Katherine Legge adds Brickyard 400 to 2025 NASCAR schedule
Katherine Legge has once again expanded her 2025 NASCAR schedule, adding the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She will again pilot the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet in her fifth Cup race of the year. The effort will be backed by Desnuda Organic Tequila and Indiana-based venture studio Droplight. Advertisement Legge was already planning to run the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet in Saturday's Xfinity race. She has plenty of experience at the IMS oval, but not in stock cars. Legge has four starts in the Indianapolis 500 between 2012 and 2024, finishing as high as 22nd. Legge has also removed the Richmond Raceway Cup race from her 2025 plans, replacing it with the Las Vegas Motor Speedway event on October 12th. That is expected to be her final start of the 2025 season, ending the year with 13 starts between the Cup and Xfinity Series. Katherine Legge, Chevrolet Katherine Legge, Chevrolet The IMSA GTD winner made her Cup debut at Phoenix in March, but that ended in a crash. By starting that race, she became the first woman to run a Cup race since Danica Patrick took part in the 2018 Daytona 500. Her best result came at the Chicago Street Course, finishing 19th after beating 23XI Racing's Corey Heim for the final open spot on the grid in qualifying. She also ran the road course races in Mexico City and at Sonoma Raceway. Advertisement Legge also has five starts in the Xfinity Series this year, but four DNFs due to crashes so far. In the one race she did reach the checkered flag, Legge finished 32nd. She will be aiming to improve on that in a big way when the series rolls into IMS next weekend. Read Also: Trackhouse appoints former Joe Gibbs Racing executive to critical role NASCAR calls out 23XI and FRM for "inappropriate" legal motion in fight to keep charters Winners and losers from SVG's dominant NASCAR Cup win at Sonoma To read more articles visit our website.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR entry list Sonoma: Cup Series field for Sonoma Raceway, NASCAR odds this week
The NASCAR schedule this week takes us to Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive road course race and the third in the last five weeks. With the playoff race heating up and the In-Season Challenge in the Round of 8, we're providing a quick preview of the field this week with the NASCAR entry list for the Save Mart 350. Related: NASCAR In-Season Challenge predictions for Sonoma Let's dive into the NASCAR entry list this week for Sonoma. Advertisement NASCAR entry list Sonoma: Save Mart 350 Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn Images 37 drivers are participating in the NASCAR Cup Series race in Sonoma this Sunday, with 36 full-time drivers and Katherine Legge driving for Live Fast Motorsports. Car – Driver Team Crew Chief 1 – Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Phil Surgen 2 – Austin Cindric Team Penske Brian Wilson 3 – Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Richard Boswell II 4 – Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer 5 – Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels 6 – Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Jeremy Bullins 7 – Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks 8 – Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett 9 – Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson 10 – Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Andrew Dickeson 11 – Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle 12 – Ryan Blaney Team Penske Jonathan Hassler 16 – AJ Almmendinger Kaulig Racing Trent Owens 17 – Chris Buescher RFK Racing Scott Graves 19 – Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing James Small 20 – Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens 21 – Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Miles Stanley 22 – Joey Logano Team Penske Paul Wolfe 23 – Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Charles Denike 24 – William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Ryan Fugle 34 – Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Chris Lawson 35 – Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Davin Restivo 38 – Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ryan Bergenty 41 – Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Aaron Kramer 42 – John H. Nemechek LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Travis Mack 43 – Erik Jones LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Ben Beshore 45 – Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Billy Scott 47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr Hyak Motorsports Michael Kelley 48 – Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Blake Harris 51 – Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde 54 – Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Tyler Allen 60 – Ryan Preece RFK Racing Derrick Finley 71 – Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Travis Peterson 77 – Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Luke Lambert 78 – Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports David Ingram 88 – Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Stephen Doran 99 – Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Matt Swiderski Related: NASCAR predictions for final races, including Sonoma Raceway NASCAR odds this week: Sonoma Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn Images Here are the NASCAR odds this weekend for the Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway. Odds for the Save Mart 350 via DraftKings. Driver Odds Shane van Gisbergen +155 Kyle Larson +500 Ty Gibbs +1100 Michael McDowell +1100 William Byron +1200 Chris Buescher +1400 Chase Elliott +1400 Tyler Reddick +1400 Christopher Bell +1400 AJ Allmendinger +1800 Ross Chastain +2200 Kyle Busch +2200 Ryan Blaney +2500 Chase Briscoe +2800 Alex Bowman +2800 Joey Logano +4500 Daniel Suarez +4500 Carson Hocevar +5500 Denny Hamlin +6500 Austin Cindric +8000 Ryan Preece +8000 Brad Keselowski +10000 Bubba Wallace +13000 John Hunter Nemechek +13000 Todd Gilliland +17000 Zane Smith +20000 Noah Gragson +20000 Justin Haley +20000 Erik Jones +25000 Cole Custer +25000 Austin Dillon +30000 Ty Dillon +40000 Riley Herbst +40000 Ricky Stenhouse Jr +40000 Josh Berry +40000 Katherine Legge +50000 Cody Ware +50000 Related: NASCAR standings for Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Truck Series Related Headlines
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2025 NASCAR Cup Series entry list for Sonoma Raceway
The NASCAR Cup Series will be back on the road course for the second consecutive week as the series heads west for Sonoma Raceway in Round 3 of the In-Season Challenge, where eight drivers will compete to keep in the fight for $1 million (3:30 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). ENTRY LISTS: Cup Series | Xfinity Series Shane van Gisbergen will attempt to go for his third road-course win of the year, fresh off his victory on the streets of Chicago, while Katherine Legge is back in the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet after her first career top-20 finish. RELATED: 2025 In-Season Challenge hub View the full entry list for this weekend's event:
Chicago Tribune
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Chicago Tribune
Column: As Katherine Legge looks to qualify for her 1st NASCAR Chicago Street Race, will this be the last one?
Katherine Legge is used to being in the spotlight after years of driving Indy cars, so being the only woman competing in Sunday's NASCAR Chicago Street Race would be no big deal. Legge, the only female NASCAR driver, will have to qualify Saturday for one of the final four spots in Sunday's Cup Series race. She understands the pressure that comes with being a unicorn in a male-dominated sport. 'I definitely think there is pressure, unfortunately, but I'm kind of old news in the Indy car and sports car world because I've been doing that for so long that I've just become part of the furniture,' Legge, 44, told the Tribune on Friday during a lull in preparations. 'So I think I'm relatively well-respected by everybody in the paddock — or I'd like to think I was — just because I've been doing it so long and they know what I'm capable of driving-wise. 'Coming over to NASCAR, with no one knowing me or what I'm capable of, for sure I think it's added pressure. The spotlight is on. That would be for anybody new, but there's probably extra pressure because of the female piece. That's more from the periphery than the teams and the drivers.' Legge, driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, will compete with four others for the four open spots in Sunday's Grant Park 165, the third and possibly final Chicago Street Race after the city's three-year deal with NASCAR began in 2023. It's a difficult challenge, especially because it's her first time racing on the Chicago course. 'Racing is very hard, depending on how big is your car,' she said. 'We could roll off the truck and the car could look really great and we're not worried about it. But I also have to get up to speed because it's new to me, and all these guys have been doing it every single week for multiple years. 'It's twofold — how big is your car and how much experience do you have to put it in the show — so there's a lot of pressure on tomorrow.' Legge, who hails from Great Britain, has a lot of street-course experience from driving Indy and sports cars. She won three times on street courses in the 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship — including her series debut in Long Beach, Calif. — and also won back-to-back years on a street course in Detroit in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: What to know about the 2.2-mile course around the cityLearning a new track without practice time adds another degree of difficulty. 'For people like me coming in, trying to learn the track, learn the cars, it's really tricky,' she said. 'Because these guys are in them every week and it's an extension of them, whereas for me everything is relatively new. 'Experience is everything in this sport. It's going to take a year or two for me to kind of come into my own.' Can she count on her fellow drivers for advice, or is it dog eat dog? 'Even the drivers between themselves have their friends, their frenemies and their enemies,' she said with a laugh. 'Just like in any job, there are people you get along with and people you don't get along with, and people that help you and some that are not (helpful). Racing is the same. Some have been awesome, some not, which is fine.' Unlike baseball pitchers, NASCAR drivers are available to talk with fans and media almost right up until race time. It was shocking to interview racers minutes before they got into their cars, knowing a pitcher would get upset if any reporter talked to him three hours before a start. Somehow they're able to maintain their focus while also helping out the sport, which is made better by access. 'NASCAR did that on purpose to make it accessible to fans,' she said. 'They want fans to be able to get autographs and talk, and that way they can feel more invested in your favorite drivers. … That accessibility is a selling point to get people to come to the track instead of just watching on TV. Of course it (affects the focus). But that's part of the job. 'If it was a new thing, yeah, absolutely it would. But we've grown up with it, so it's trained into us.' As an occasional NASCAR observer with little experience covering events, my favorite part of a race is when the drivers get in each others' faces after a wreck, sometimes leading to blows. It hasn't happened yet with Legge. 'No, but if it was to happen, I think it would be more on my side,' she said with a laugh. 'I got taken out by (Carson) Hocevar in Mexico City, and I think Ricky (Stenhouse Jr.) was the only one that wanted to punch him. I wanted to know what happened, but the spotlight is on him for his craziness. 'There are some rivalries, of course, and NASCAR always wants to make a big deal out them because it's good for the fans. But you get over it pretty quickly because you travel so often with these guys. There are no guys that I really dislike yet.' It's good to know she isn't ready to brawl in Chicago. 'Now I'm considering it,' she said. 'It might put me on the map.' Chicago is on the auto racing map now as an annual NASCAR event, and except for the usual complaints about street closures, along with this year's unexpected buckling on the course due to a heatwave, things have gone fairly smoothly in Year 3. Chicago is ready, and the drivers are too. Like everyone else, Legge is curious whether the city will continue to host a NASCAR street race. 'Do you know?' she asked. 'Nobody knows at NASCAR.' Knowing Chicago politics, it likely will be a hotly debated issue if Mayor Brandon Johnson desires a few more laps in the coming years. But after all of the controversy over its beginning, the Chicago Street Race now seems like a special event many Chicagoans are getting used to. I'd still prefer to see them race down regular city streets, trying to avoid our own crazy drivers, bikers and double-parked delivery trucks. But you can't have everything.
