Last month, Katherine Legge became the 17th woman to race at the top level of NASCAR when she made her Cup debut at Phoenix Raceway. The experience made enough of an impression that she has made plans to return -- and since last week's announcement has been working to expand her NASCAR schedule in an even bigger way.
On April 10th, she shared her renewed partnership with beauty brand e.l.f. Cosmetics, which would help back her efforts. Other partners include Droplight, Sherfick Companies, and Desnuda Tequila. While only a couple actual races were revealed in last week's announcement, she promised at least seven starts between the Cup and Xfinity Series. We now know that Legge intends to run a total of 12 races this year with five more Cup races and seven Xfinity races.
Legge will pilot the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet. It will include four road courses, two drafting tracks, and a stock car racing appearance at a track she is extremely familiar with -- Indianapolis. However, she will skip the Indy 500 this year as she will be competing at Charlotte that weekend in May.
A complete look at her 2025 NASCAR season commitments:
April 19 - Rockingham Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
April 26 - Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
May 3 - Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
May 24 - Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
May 31 - Nashville Superspeedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
June 15 - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, NASCAR Cup Series
June 27 - Atlanta Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
July 6 - Chicago Street Race, NASCAR Cup Series
July 13 - Sonoma Raceway, NASCAR Cup Series
July 26 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series
August 10 - Watkins Glen International, NASCAR Cup Series
August 17 - Richmond Raceway, NASCAR Cup Series
“It’s been quite a week, having just announced that e.l.f. Cosmetics will pivot alongside me as primary sponsors into stock cars and now being able to announce support from my amazing partners Droplight, Sherfick Companies and Desnuda Tequila,” said Legge. “This should signal to people that we’re serious, and we’re here to make a name for ourselves.”
She later added: “It’s taken a lot of support, hard work and determination to get here. To have the support of companies that share my values and commitment to tenacity, endurance and female empowerment, is a dream come true. From here on, I'll gain the essential experience I will need in order to be successful. During the week, I’ll be driving in the sim, working with the teams and learning as much as possible.”
