NASCAR Cup Series driver Katherine Legge reveals hopes to run Memorial Day Double

Katherine Legge has revealed that she hopes to run the iconic Memorial Day Double before the end of her career.

The British driver has run the Indy 500 four times (and will start a fifth later this month), and has begun to pick up NASCAR Cup Series experience over the last 18 months.

The Double is a notoriously gruelling undertaking, with days of running in Indianapolis and a hectic back-and-forth between Indy and Charlotte – including a rush to make it from one to the other between the 500 finishing and engines firing for the Coca-Cola 600.

That's to say nothing of the physical strain of racing up to 1,100 miles in a single day. Kyle Larson, who attempted the feat in 2024 and '25, had his experience recorded for an upcoming documentary Kyle Larson vs. The Double. He did not complete the feat in either year (a weather delay at Indy meant he missed the Coke 600 entirely in 2024, and he retired after 91 of 200 laps at Indy in 2025).

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Legge aiming for Double Duty

Speaking ahead of her first NASCAR Cup Series race of the year this weekend, at Watkins Glen, Legge was asked whether she hopes to do the double, saying: “Yes. I think it would be awesome. Right?

"I think a lot of people have mentioned that, and I think it would definitely be something that e.l.f. would be willing to do, because they want to do all the groundbreaking, really cool stuff there. I hope that I get the opportunity one day down the road.”

The 45-year-old was then asked what she's learned about herself in the 18 months she's been in the NASCAR world, joking: “That I need a psychiatrist."

"Actually," she continued, "I was thinking that I drove out of the pit lane in Indy, and I was in the short shoot on the apron, and I was like, this is so cool, this is so different to the NASCAR stuff that I just did last year. And I got up to speed, and I got onto the oval, and normally, you can go flat.

"Normally, you have enough downforce so you can go flat into three. I did not go flat into three. What I thought to myself was, why am I doing this? This is crazy. Maybe I need to see a psychiatrist. But in all seriousness, it's like... I am very fortunate to be able to drive the things that I get to drive.

"I have this newfound passion for NASCAR, right? It's the thing that makes me want to get up in the morning, and it motivates me, and it's so fun, and it's such a challenge. I feel like I haven't shown my potential yet, and I want to, and I want to make a success in stock cars. And so, as long as I get the opportunity,

"I mean, I work hard for it, too, but as long as the opportunity is there, of course, I'm going to take it, because I have a love for the sport more than anything I want to drive anything that I can get my hands on. And the cooler, the better, and there's nothing cooler than NASCAR Cup, right?”