Katherine Legge, 45, who was already on the entry list for the Indianapolis 500, has added her name to the entry list for the Coca-Cola 600, as she looks to become the first woman ever to try “The Double.”
While racing in two events between IndyCar and NASCAR may not seem like a monumental feat, the unique thing about these events is that they are on the same day, and not in the same city.
Racing in both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day has become affectionally known as “The Double.” Not counting participating in the races themselves, the logistics of pulling it off, including the flight from Indianapolis to Charlotte (N.C.) between races, are challenging.
This year’s Indy 500 is scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET. The race typically runs about three hours. Then it’s about a 70- to 90-minute flight to Charlotte, where the green flag on the Coca-Cola 600 is scheduled to drop at 6 p.m. ET. It’s possible to run both races, but weather delays and/or race stoppages in Indianapolis tighten things up.
Only five drivers have attempted the double since 1994, and Legge is looking to become the sixth — and first woman.
Of the five that have participated in both races on the same day, only Tony Stewart completed both races in full, and he finished in the top six in both.
Legge will be competing in her fifth career Indianapolis 500. Her best finish so far was 22nd in 2012, and she came in 29th last year. Legge has also raced in eight NASCAR Cup Series races over the last two years, most recently finishing 35th at the 2026 Go Bowling at The Glen.
Legge talked about the opportunity and what it means to her. In the press release, she said, “Very few drivers ever get the opportunity to attempt ‘The Double,’ and I do not take that opportunity lightly. This challenge is about pushing through perceived limits, betting on yourself, taking risks, and trying to do something unique.”
This plan has been years in the making for Legge. The driver talked with the IndyStar in 2025 about possibly attempting the double.
“I don’t think it’s off the table. I think it would be cool to do it and be the first woman to do it. But I’m not sure that it fits the whole ‘trying to do everything properly’ part from what I’ve heard from (Kyle Larson).
But it’s absolutely on our radar, and I think it would be really something cool to look back on and be able to say, ‘You know what? I did that. That was super, super cool,’ despite the fact that you probably don’t do either race properly.”
The most recent attempt at the double was Kyle Larson in 2024 and 2025. In 2024, Larson missed the start of the Coca-Cola 600 because of an earlier rain delay in Indianapolis. Weather then halted the 600 before Larson could get in his car. In 2025, he made it to both races but dealt with crashes in both that knocked him out of contention.
The other three drivers to have attempted the double are John Andretti (1994), Robby Gordon (2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004) and Kurt Busch in 2014.
Gordon did finish both races in 2002, but he wasn’t on the lead lap in the Coca-Cola 600, so Stewart is still credited as the only one to finish all 1,100 miles.