Katherine Legge's otherwise quiet NASCAR Cup Series debut took a turn on lap 216 of Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix. Legge was running in 28th-place when she got loose on the exit of Turn 2.

It’s understandable if Daniel Suarez is not pleased with the start to his 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. After finishing 13th in the season-opening Daytona 500, the Trackhouse Racing driver was involved in a pair of crashes at Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas, resulting in finishes of 33rd and 36th, respectively.

Katherine Legge's Cup Series debut at Phoenix was a "baptism of fire," but approving her to race was the right call by NASCAR.

After seeing a potential top-10 finish at Phoenix wiped out in a crash with debutant Katherine Legge, Daniel Suárez was critical of NASCAR's driver approval process for the NASCAR Cup Series in a conversation captured on his YouTube Vlog Series.

Katherine Legge crashed at Phoenix Raceway in her first NASCAR Cup Series race and collected Daniel Suarez On Sunday, NASCAR raced at Phoenix Raceway. Katherine Legge became this first female to race in the NASCAR Cup Series since Danica Patrick in 2018.