Legge and e.l.f. Cosmetics take on seven more NASC...

When Katherine Legge took the inexperienced flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this 12 months, she turned the seventeenth completely different girl to compete on the Cup degree. The final girl to run a Cup race earlier than her was Danica Patrick over seven years in the past. And very similar to Patrick’s final race, Legge’s debut was eventful, spinning twice and falling 102 laps shy of the checkered flag. However the 44-year-old stays undeterred.

Thursday, Legge shared plans to run no less than seven extra NASCAR races this 12 months between each Cup and Xfinity — and partnering with a well-known sponsor: e.l.f. Cosmetics. Her subsequent look will come subsequent weekend, April nineteenth, within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race at Rockingham — NASCAR’s first Xfinity race on the historic oval in over twenty years. She is going to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing. She has 5 earlier begins within the Xfinity Sequence, inserting as excessive as 14th at Street America in 2018.

Her schedule can even embrace the Xfinity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend, which suggests she won’t be working the Indianapolis 500 this 12 months. Nonetheless, Legge has hinted at the potential of making an attempt to finish the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 ‘Double’ in some unspecified time in the future and might be planning to achieve extra inventory automotive expertise forward of a attainable 2026 try. 

Legge’s subsequent Cup race shall be at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which is able to host the primary ever Cup Sequence occasion in Mexico on June fifteenth. She is going to once more pilot the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet. That observe holds a particular significance to Legge, who gained the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race on the circuit in 2019 as a part of the FIA Components E race weekend.

As for the remainder of her scheduled races, these haven’t been formally revealed.

The 44-year-old British racing is a veteran of 4 Indy 500s and a profitable IMSA driver. In her profession, Legge additionally turned the primary girl to win a significant open-wheel race in America when she took the checkered flag in a Toyota Atlantic Sequence race in 2005.

Katherine Legge, Reside Quick Motorsports Chevrolet

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“I’ve by no means felt extra empowered than I do with e.l.f. by my aspect,” mentioned Legge. “e.l.f. really walks the stroll on the subject of placing its group—and particularly ladies in sports activities—within the, pun-intended, driver’s seat. I’m thrilled to work in direction of reaching my racing targets with my e.l.f. staff alongside Workforce Chevy. I need to be revered as the most effective drivers in motorsport and there’s no higher place to hone my ability set in opposition to the very best of the very best in entrance of the most important motorsport viewers within the U.S. With the pivot to go all in on NASCAR, we’re diversifying my very own racing legacy in addition to the paddock for future generations.”

The wonder model first partnered with Legge in 2023 for the Indy 500. Kory Marchisotto, Chief Advertising Officer of e.l.f. Magnificence, mentioned of the partnership: “As they are saying in NASCAR, we’ve discovered our groove. Fueling Katherine’s dream to be the most effective motorsports drivers of all time is our mission. Inspiring younger athletes to quick observe their very own ambitions is our ardour. Feminine NASCAR followers usually tend to watch sports activities on TV, hear on the radio, and attend a dwell occasion than feminine followers of different sports activities. That’s our sign to lean the e.l.f. in with zero distance between us and the group.”