When Katherine Legge takes the green flag in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, she will become the 17th different woman to compete at the top level of stock car racing and the first in over seven years. The British racer will also be just the third woman to race in the Cup Series who wasn’t born in the USA, joining 1977 starters Lella Lombardi (Italy) and Christine Beckers (Belgium).
Legge, an accomplished sports car racer and veteran of four Indy 500s, is still fairly new to the world of stock car racing. However, NASCAR already has a fascinating history of female racers throughout the years. So on this International Women's Day, let’s take a look at the racers who have competed with distinction at NASCAR's highest level.
