INDIANAPOLIS — Katherine Legge’s hopes of completing the famed “Double” by running all 1,100 miles across the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 came to an early end on Sunday.Legge spun out of the Indy 500 just 18 laps into the 200-lap race, losing control of her car as she attempted to avoid McLaren driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, who had spun exiting Turn 2.Legge’s car hit the wall on the left-hand side of the circuit, forcing her out of the race and sparking the first caution of the race. Hunter-Reay was also eliminated after hitting the wall.
Catch a second look at the accident involving Ryan Hunter-Reay and Katherine Legge. pic.twitter.com/7ZmWfH9GY4
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 24, 2026IndyCar confirmed that Legge had been seen and released from the medical center at the circuit.“I’m fine, just gutted more than anything,” Legge told the Fox broadcast after the race. “He spun, went down the track, then started coming back up the track, so I had to abort mission and try and go low and I just didn’t make it, basically.”
Hunter-Reay, the 2014 Indy 500 champion, told Fox that his car had been loose the whole race.“Going out like that early is just absolutely heartbreaking, but man, I was holding my breath so much that first stint just trying to keep the thing off the wall,” he said. “Finally, one of those wiggles turned into one that didn’t come back in Turn 2.”Legge was the sixth driver — and the first woman — to attempt the famed “Double” across Indianapolis and Charlotte.She admitted earlier this week that her preparations had been compromised by a lack of practice or simulator running in a NASCAR Cup car, as well as struggling with some travel challenges while getting to Indianapolis.With her day now run at Indianapolis, attention will shift on making the journey to Charlotte and starting the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race.
