A life lived at 200 mph will be frozen in time when Katherine Legge is inducted this week into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame.
Katherine Legge, of England, smiles after she qualified for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Indianapolis. Outside the car, it’s a cacophony of screeching tires, popping exhaust, clattering tools, cheering fans. Besides driving, Legge has myriad other responsibilities: Talking to sponsors. Prepping with the team. Reviewing data. Analyzing her competitors.
Katherine Legge in car #12 prepares to get in her car before the start of the Champ Car Toyota Atlantic Championship of the 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by Pacificare in Denver on Aug. 14, 2005. Katherine Legge, of England, walks down pit lane during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Indianapolis.
She knew she wanted to be a race car driver. But it’s an expensive sport, Legge says, and her family didn’t really have the money then or the knowledge of how to break into the industry. But she had passion. So she kept pushing, working her way up through the ranks, mainly in North America. Yes, Legge has a history with Long Beach. And yes, she’s got the laundry list of racing accomplishments.
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