Gentlemen -- and ladies-- start your engines. Katherine Legge will make her debut in the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, ...

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The last woman to race in Cup was Danica Patrick, who ended her NASCAR career with the 2018 Daytona 500. Similar to Patrick (the only woman to win an IndyCar race), Legge raced a variety of series ...