Among the subplots on Sunday will be Katherine Legge, who will become the eighth female driver to run a NASCAR race in the modern era (1972-2025) and the first since Danica Patrick made her final start at the Daytona 500 seven years ago.

Katherine Legge endured some early adversity as she became the first woman since Danica Patrick in February 2018 to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway.

Katherine Legge became the first woman to race in the NASCAR Cup Series race since 2018 on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

Katherine Legge has raced in just about every series possible during her 25-year journey in professional motorsports, ranging from dirt tracks to IndyCar.

Katherine Legge has raced in just about every series possible during her 25-year journey in professional motorsports, ranging from dirt tracks to IndyCar. Even so, she doesn't mind admitting to being nervous about potentially rubbing fenders with the likes of Joey Logano,

After building up an extensive motorsports resume, Katherine Legge will make her NASCAR Cup Series debut at Phoenix.

With her Cup debut Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, Katherine Legge would become the 17th woman to race in NASCAR’s premier series (see list below). The eighth female driver in Cup during NASCAR’s modern era (which began in 1972),

Katherine Legge will be the first female NASCAR driver in seven years when she makes her debut this Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

After 7 years of no women drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series, Katherine Legge will end that streak when she races at Phoenix Raceway this weekend.

Katherine Legge will become the first woman in a NASCAR Cup Series race since Danica Patrick in 2018 when the veteran makes her debut Sunday at Phoenix Raceway

After 7 years of no women drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series, Katherine Legge will end that streak when she races at Phoenix Raceway this weekend.