Katherine Legge is ready make historic attempt to try and complete racing's 1,100-mile 'double'

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge missed the Indianapolis 500 media day festivities Thursday because of a flight delay in New York. She's hoping it's the only hiccup she has on a potentially historic week. While Legge is trying to become the first female driver to attempt the one-day, two-race, 1,100-mile marathon known as the “double” on Sunday, her team has spent the past week fine-tuning her race-day plans while getting advice from the most recent driver to attempt the feat, Kyle Larson.

“Hopefully, we get all of the travel woes out of the way now before the weekend, and this weekend goes smoothly,” Legge told The Associated Press on Thursday. “My management has been speaking with Kyle's management about how to get the logistics sorted out, how they did it and we're trying our best to copy and paste what they had and they're just keeping me in the loop. ” The difference between the five men who attempted to start and finish the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 and the first woman to try it is those guys had months to fine-tune their race strategy, itineraries, contingency plans and which race to prioritize if necessary.

Legge's NASCAR team, BRANDed Management, only made its announcement last week. The English driver's team already has lined up a helicopter ride from the track to nearby Indianapolis International Airport and a private jet to take her from Indy to Charlotte on Sunday. The rest Legge's schedule consists of being in Indy for Friday's final 500 practice, heading to Charlotte for Saturday's qualifications and back to Indy on Saturday night so she can rest before the scheduled start of the first race at 12:30 p.

m. local time. Whenever Legge's day ends in Indy, she'll head back to Charlotte for that race's scheduled 6 p.