Katherine Legge on NASCAR, the Indy 500/600 double and a career like no other

Katherine Legge has raced just about everything – Champ Cars, IndyCars, prototypes, sports cars, Formula E, NASCAR, and even a Formula 1 car. On this episode of Racers Unchained, she sits down with Paul Tracy for a wide-ranging conversation about the highs, lows and hard lessons from a career that has taken her all over the world.

Legge opens up about coming through karting and Formula Ford without the financial backing many young drivers had, her experiences racing alongside the likes of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, and why the old Lola Champ Car remains her favorite race car. She also talks candidly about the very different challenges she faced entering NASCAR, including the intense criticism and backlash that followed her into the series.

Legge explains how her perspective on being a woman in racing has evolved, why she eventually embraced sponsors like Elf and the opportunity to inspire young female racers, and what it was like becoming the first woman to attempt the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 double. She also takes viewers behind the scenes of that grueling day, from the early morning at Indianapolis to the flight to Charlotte, the heat and physical demands of the NASCAR race, and the challenges of surviving 600 miles in a car that was fighting her all night.

Plus, Legge talks about her future, the Daytona 500, Le Mans, Bathurst, her NASCAR ambitions, the strange and unforgettable DeltaWing, her biggest crashes, working without a traditional management team, and the bucket-list races she still wants to tackle.