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

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

For a quarter-century Katherine Legge has served as a trailblazer among women in motorsports. The 44-year-old made her debut in the NASCAR Cup Series this past weekend - much to the chagrin of one NASCAR star who had to deal with her.

Katherine Legge narrowly avoided a catastrophe during the early stages of her NASCAR Cup Series debut after spinning out by herself at Phoenix Raceway.

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.

Katherine Legge spent 25 years working her way through professional motorsports before getting her shot at driving a NASCAR Cup Series car.

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.