She has succesfully raced in England. is one of the top rookies this year at the Nascar Nextel Cup. She has accomplished as much as Danica Patrick without having the massive the promotion that Patrick has received.
2006-07-11 14:40:43 · 5 answers · asked by luiscepero 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Katherine Legge is NOT racing in NASCAR's Nextel Cup; she's with PKV Racing in the Champ Car series She hasn't been overly impressive so far, on a circuit that fields only 17 cars (18 at a few races) and features seven rookies.
True, she won three races - Long Beach, Edmonton and San Jose - in Formula Atlantic last year, but the fields were very weak, with an average of only 14 cars.
I don't think her early career in England could be described as successful. Her record in Formula Renault, British F3 (a partial season) and Formula Ford is a bit spotty.
It seems Kevin Kalkhoven (the K in PKV) moved her up to Champ Car as a way of gaining much-needed publicity for the flagging series; another season in Formula Atlantic might have served her career better, even though that series, with it's new chassis and engine package, is beginning to look more and more like Formula Renault or Formula 2000.
I really don't think Katherine Legge's three Formula Atlantic wins can be compared to what Danica Patrick did in the IRL last year. While Patrick doesn't have a win since her karting days, her overall performance in the IRL last year was was quite good and she competed against an arguably stronger field of drivers than Legge is racing this year.
2006-07-11 19:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She races in a Mickey Mouse series (Champ Car) so there's no way to compare her to Patrick. Yes she has won a race, but that was in Toyota Atlantic (the minor leagues of Champ Car).
When IRL and Champ CAr finally merge and we see Patrick and Legge against each other, then we'll see.
2006-07-12 00:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by jdbreeze1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish one of them would race in the Formula One circuit...we need some pioneer women there to break up that boys club
2006-07-11 21:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by Signilda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yea Katherine has like won races and stuff but idk I like Danica better. But I guess. And um the beginning thing about the NASCAR thingy NEITHER of them have raced in NASCAR!
2006-07-17 21:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by delaneydanica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's not in NASCAR, she's a Champ Car driver.
2006-07-12 00:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋