Katherine Legge

British racing driver

  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum2.5
  • Journalists rank#249
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  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum2.5
  • Journalists rank#249
  • Wikipedia6.8K
Born 1980 · age 46United Kingdom

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    Born 1980
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Updated 2026-09-08

Katherine Anne Legge is a British racing driver. Legge has competed in the highest levels of global motorsport, including NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula E 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.

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53.0
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Momentum2.5
Historical15.5
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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#249
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