Legge could become the first woman to complete racing’s ‘Double’ at Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600

Chevrolet, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 10, 2026 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge hopes to become the first woman to attempt “The Double” in racing — even if she’s reluctant to claim the title. She’s not terribly interested in being the first non-American to try it, either.

Just hours after her NASCAR team, BRANDed Management, announced that the 45-year-old British driver had added the Coca-Cola 600 to a May 24 schedule that already included the Indianapolis 500, Legge told reporters she welcomed the opportunity more than the milestone. “I don’t want to be like the first woman because at the end of the day, I always say I just want to be a race car driver,” she said. “It doesn’t matter whether I’m Black, white, female, male, whatever it may be.

I think I’m probably getting the opportunity to do this because I’m female, so that does not escape me and I’m very grateful for it. I think being the first to do anything is cool. Being one of the very few who gets to attempt to race at Indy and at Charlotte and then do both on the same day, like looking back in 10, 20 years, like yeah.

” Legge’s feat also comes on the 50th anniversary of Janet Guthrie making her first appearance on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s historic 2. 5-mile oval. Guthrie did not make Indy’s starting grid in 1976 but still traveled to North Carolina and made her NASCAR Cup Series debut by starting the World 600 in Charlotte.