INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge started Sunday by taking in the colorful prerace scene on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s front straightaway as her team monitored the weather forecasts in two cities.It’s become a familiar theme for anyone attempting to complete “The Double,” racing in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Larson tried it each of the past two years, but a rain-delayed start in Indianapolis caused him to miss the start in Charlotte in 2024, and he crashed out of both races last year after another rain-delayed start in Indy.Only one person, Tony Stewart, has completed all 1,100 miles, and that was a quarter-century ago. Legge is the first woman to attempt “The Double.”“She’ll stay here throughout,” her father, Derek Legge, said while texting from a golf cart outside her garage. “We’re keeping an eye on the weather. It might even be delayed here an hour at a time.”
By then, Legge’s car was already on the Brickyard as the sold-out grandstands filled in and hundreds of people surrounded the cars on the track.The English driver is starting from the No. 26 spot, the middle of the ninth row, at Indy, where she’s driving for HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing team. Legge will drive for Live Fast Motorsports at the Cup race, where she’ll start 37th after qualifying was rained out Saturday.
