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Katherine Legge, of Great Britain, looks at the crowd during driver introductions before the start of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 24, 2026 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo\/AJ Mast)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

CONCORD, N.C. \u2014 Katherine Legge<\/a> arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600 looking to salvage a disappointing day with a strong finish at NASCAR\u2019s longest race of the season.<\/p>

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Legge\u2019s quest to become the first woman to complete \u201cThe Double\u201d \u2014 racing 1,100 miles spread out over two tracks on one day \u2014 ended quickly Sunday when she crashed out in the Indianapolis 500.<\/p>\n

The English driver completed just 17 of the scheduled 200 laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway\u2019s iconic 2.5-mile oval before she ran into the car of Ryan Hunter-Reay, knocking both cars out of the race. Hunter-Reay started spinning in the second turn and braked hard to keep his car off the wall, and the trailing Legge steered inside to try to avoid the 2013 Indy 500 winner. But as smoke emerge from both braking cars, Legge\u2019s car hit the inside wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine, just gutted more than anything,\u201d she said after being checked and released at the track\u2019s infield medical center. \u201cRyan spun in front of me, I think he was battling his car for a minute, I was just chilling, trying to save fuel and he spun down the track and started coming up the track, so I tried to go low and just didn\u2019t make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she needed an \u201cattitude adjustment\u201d before flying to CMS.<\/p>\n

Legge was the sixth driver ever to attempt \u201cThe Double,\u201d paring the Indy 500 with NASCAR\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina, but the only one to complete it is three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart in 2001.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a week full of bad luck for Legge. Her flight from New York to Indianapolis was delayed, causing her to miss Indy\u2019s annual media day. Then she had communications trouble in Friday\u2019s final 500 practice, and after flying to Charlotte on Saturday, Coca-Cola 600 qualifying was rained out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we get all of the travel woes out of the way now before the weekend, and this weekend goes smoothly,\u201d Legge told The Associated Press on Thursday. \u201cMy management has been speaking with Kyle\u2019s management about how to get the logistics sorted out, how they did it and we\u2019re trying our best to copy and paste what they had and they\u2019re just keeping me in the loop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her fortunes briefly looked like they might have changed when the speedway dodged the predicted prerace rain, allowing the race to begin on time. Then came the tangle with Hunter-Reay, who was also was checked and released by IndyCar\u2019s medical team.<\/p>

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\u201cIt was super tough out there,\u201d Hunter-Reay said. \u201cThe whole time I was trying to keep it off the wall. Just super disappointing. That\u2019s the busiest I\u2019ve been around here in 16 years. I was trying to keep it off the wall the whole time and finally, one of those wiggles didn\u2019t come back in Turn 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the 500<\/a> , crashes and bad weather have been a theme in each of the last three \u201cDouble\u201d attempts. A rain-delayed Indy start prevented two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from making it to Charlotte in time for the start in 2024, and Larson crashed out of both races last year after another rain-delayed start in Indy.<\/p>\n

But Legge was hoping to avoid all of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019ll stay here throughout,\u201d her father, Derek Legge, said before the first race while texting from a golf cart outside her garage. \u201cWe\u2019re keeping an eye on the weather. It might even be delayed here an hour at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

By then, Legge\u2019s car was already on the Brickyard as the sold-out grandstands filled in and hundreds of people surrounded the cars on the track.<\/p>\n

The English driver started from the No. 26 spot, the middle of the ninth row, at Indy, where she drove for HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing team.<\/p>\n

The other five drivers who previously tried \u201cThe Double\u201d had months to prepare, but Legge\u2019s teams didn\u2019t announce her attempt until last week. Since then, those behind the scenes helped Legge line up the helicopter ride she planned to take from the speedway to Indianapolis International Airport and the private jet that would take her to Charlotte.<\/p>

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AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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