The Chicago Street Race - How Katherine Legge Qualified on Time and Finished 19th in her 3rd Cup Start:
The Chicago Street Race had 41 entries for only 40 available spots, meaning one "open" (non-chartered) car would fail to qualify.
OPEN TEAMS vs CHARTERED TEAMS - Open teams do not have a guaranteed spot in the race, if there are more entries than spots, the open teams must qualify on time. Legge was driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, an open entry.
During qualifying, Corey Heim, driving the No. 67 for 23XI Racing (another open team), hit the wall and damaged his car's toe-link, causing him to run a slower lap time of 1:32.506. Despite a challenging qualifying session herself, where she hit a tire barrier and touched a wall, Legge managed to turn a lap of 1:32.368, just over a tenth of a second faster than Heim.
QUALIFYING TIME - The faster lap time meant that Katherine Legge successfully qualified her No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports entry, knocking Corey Heim and the 23XI Racing No. 67 car out of the race.
She started the Chicago Grant Park 165 from the 35th position (of 40 drivers) due to unapproved adjustments and finished 19th.
2025 CUP SERIES - Made 3 starts, career best finish of 19th in the Chicago Street Race. She qualified as an open entry in Chicago by outpacing Corey Heim. Debut at Phoenix, finishing 30th. Mexico City, finishing 32nd.
2025 XFINITY SERIES - Made 5 starts. Her best finish to date in the 2025 Xfinity season is 32nd (Texas). Other finishes include 36th (Rockingham), 34th (Talladega), 34th (Charlotte), and 34th (Atlanta).
2024 - Made her fourth and most recent Indianapolis 500 start, finishing 29th.
2023 - Made her third Indianapolis 500 start, finishing 33rd, setting new qualifying speed records for female drivers (fastest one-lap and four-lap average). Made 1 NASCAR Xfinity Series start, finishing 28th (Richmond).
2018 XFINITY SERIES - Made 4 starts with a career-best finish of 14th (Road America). Finished 2nd in IMSA GTD championship.
2017 - As an Acura factory driver, secured the Acura NSX GT3's first worldwide victory.
2015 - Began racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
2014 - 2015 - Competed in the inaugural Formula E season.
2013 - Made her second Indianapolis 500 start, finishing 27th. Competed in American Le Mans Series (ALMS), leading a race at Road America.
2012 - Made her first Indianapolis 500 start, finishing 22nd (her career best Indy 500 finish).
2008 - 2010 - Competed in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) with Audi.
2007 - Continued in Champ Car, best finish of 6th (twice).
2006 - Debuted in Champ Car World Series. Became the first woman to lead a lap in Champ Car history (Milwaukee).
2005 - Became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America (Toyota Atlantic Championship, Long Beach). Achieved 3 wins and 5 podiums in the series, finishing 3rd in points. Also tested a Formula One car.
