KATHERINE LEGGE Gets Racing Royalty Backup as MARCO ANDRETTI Shuts Down Critics

April 23, 2025

• KATHERINE LEGGE made Cup Series history as the first woman to compete in over seven years and just the 17th ever, but internet trolls came for her after early struggles at Phoenix. Rather than retreat, she doubled down with a 12-race schedule across Cup and Xfinity – because that’s what champions do when faced with criticism.
• When online critics called the four-time Indy 500 starter “unproven,” racing royalty MARCO ANDRETTI wasn’t having it. He fired back on social media asking why “grown men talk badly about bad a** girls like this” – delivering the kind of ally energy we need more of in the garage.
• LEGGE’s resume speaks for itself: multiple IMSA wins, fastest female qualifier in Indy 500 history, and the guts to tackle NASCAR at 44. Her Rockingham weekend ended in a crash with William Sawalich, but she’s already locked and loaded for Talladega this weekend in the Xfinity Series, racing with something to prove.

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