As Katherine Legge is set to join rare company at Phoenix Raceway, Motorsport.com takes a look back at the history of women in NASCAR, which stretches back to the very beginning of the sport.

When British racing driver Katherine Legge was given her long-awaited chance to compete in a NASCAR Cup series race for the ...

Legge’s status as the first woman driver in the series since ... at NASCAR for not ensuring the 44-year-old racing veteran had enough stock-car racing experience. And others in the NASCAR ...

Katherine Legge will make her debut in the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, becoming the first woman to compete in a Cup Series ...

“Racing stock cars has been an incredibly fun and new challenge ... Legge is one of nine women to have raced in the Indy 500. She has four career victories in sports car racing and has ...

A woman will race in the NASCAR Cup Series ... the NASCAR Cup Series is a dream come true,” Legge said. “Racing stock cars has been an incredibly fun and new challenge that’s given me ...

and she'll be the first woman to compete in NASCAR's top series since Danica Patrick's final race, the 2018 Daytona 500, before retiring from stock cars. At Phoenix, Legge will be behind the wheel ...

The last woman to compete in a Cup race was Danica Patrick ... In January, during ARCA testing, she explained her interest in stock-car racing. “I love stock car racing,” Legge said. “I have ever ...

"Racing stock cars has been an incredibly fun and new challenge ... 500 and in 2023 set a record for fastest qualifying time by a woman. Legge finished 39th in the ARCA Ride the 'Dente race ...