Within the late-night hours following the opening Indy 500 follow session, experiences emerged that Katherine Legge will try the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 Double — this yr. Motorsport.com has since independently confirmed the information as nicely.
The 45-year-old is already confirmed to be collaborating within the a hundred and tenth operating 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 operating 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 girl and first non-American driver to try the Double, Legge may even be the oldest.
“Only a few drivers ever get the chance to try ‘The Double,’ and I don’t take that chance calmly,” 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 Sequence begin this previous weekend at Watkins Glen, and she’s going to once more drive the No. 78 Dwell Quick Motorsports Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway subsequent weekend.
e.l.f. Cosmetics will fund the trouble, together with already supporting her within the Indy 500 this yr.
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Katherine Legge, HMD Motorsports with AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet
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Two-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Kyle Larson is the latest driver to try to finish the 1,100-mile Double between IndyCar’s largest race and NASCAR’s longest. Along with Larson, Robby Gordon, John Andretti, Kurt Busch, and Tony Stewart have additionally finished it. Stewart is the one driver to truly 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 might rely upon sponsorship and help from e.l.f. Cosmetics. It seems that a deal has come collectively far ahead of anybody anticipated, with this Double try coming collectively inside two weeks of race day.
Legge’s greatest displaying within the Indy 500 got here in 2012, ending twenty second. Though she solely made her Cup debut simply over a yr in the past, she has accomplished a number of oval races in America’s prime inventory automotive racing division. Her greatest outcome got here within the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, ending seventeenth in the perfect non-drafting outcome ever for Dwell Quick Motorsports. This might 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 yr, we must await the official variety of Coke 600 entries to be launched subsequent Monday to know if she must qualify her means into the NASCAR race.
Katherine Legge, No. 78 Dwell Quick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Chris Graythen – Getty Photos
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