Katherine Legge will be making her NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway. This marks the first time a female driver has started a race in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick competed in 2018.

For the first time since Danica Patrick competed in the 2018 Daytona 500, a NASCAR Cup Series race will feature a female driver. Katherine Legge, a 44-year-old Englishwoman who has driven in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series and raced last year in the Indianapolis 500,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Katherine Legge will become the first woman in a NASCAR Cup Series race since Danica Patrick in 2018 when the veteran makes her debut Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.