Katherine Legge's Cup Series debut at Phoenix was a "baptism of fire," but approving her to race was the right call by NASCAR.

Katherine Legge became the first woman to race in the NASCAR Cup Series race since 2018 on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

Katherine Legge spent 25 years working her way through professional motorsports before getting her shot at driving a NASCAR Cup Series car.

After building up an extensive motorsports resume, Katherine Legge will make her NASCAR Cup Series debut at Phoenix.

Katherine Legge's otherwise quiet NASCAR Cup Series debut took a turn on lap 216 of Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix. Legge was running in 28th-place when she got loose on the exit of Turn 2.

Katherine Legge has raced in just about every series possible during her 25-year journey in professional motorsports, ranging from dirt tracks to IndyCar.

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Katherine Legge didn’t accomplish her goal of finishing the NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, but she still made history as the first woman to pilot NASCAR’s Next Gen car introduced in 2022.

Katherine Legge is getting a chance to start a NASCAR Cup Series race. The 44-year-old racer who has raced in just about everything from the Indy 500 to IMSA is entered in Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at the 1-mile Phoenix Raceway.

British race car driver Katherine Legge can now add the NASCAR Cup Series to her long resume.Legge raced the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. She's the first woman to compete at NASCAR's biggest level since Danica Patrick raced in the 2018 Daytona 500.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Katherine Legge will become the first woman in a NASCAR Cup Series race since Danica Patrick in 2018 when the veteran makes her debut Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.