Katherine Legge

Katherine Anne Legge (born 12 July 1980) is a British racing driver. Legge has competed in the highest levels of global motorsport, including NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula E, DTM and IMSA, and tested for Minardi in Formula One. She became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America in 2005, and holds the record for the fastest qualifying effort for a woman in Indianapolis 500 history, set in 2023. She is the first woman to attempt Double Duty, having competed in the 2026 Indianapolis 500 and the 2026 Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. In NASCAR, Legge is the most recent woman to start a NASCAR Cup Series race.