Katherine Legge’s IndyCar journey looks like it might be coming to an end at the Music City Grand Prix season finale.
The Brit, who returned to the grid this season to race on ovals after an 11-year absence from the sport (bar an Indy 500 appearance last year) has performed well for Dale Coyne Racing.
But, with no confirmation over her future and very few seats left on the grid for next season, it appears as if her IndyCar journey is coming to an end.
The final race of the season is a championship finale at the Nashville Superspeedway – a circuit which the sport hasn’t visited since 2008 and could throw up some challenges for Legge and her colleagues.
Katherine Legge ‘grateful’ for another IndyCar opportunity
Legge started her North American racing career back in 2004, racing in North American Formula Renault 2000.
From there to progressed to the Atlantic Championship and then Champ Car before a few years back in Europe in DTM.
She received her big IndyCar break in 2012, but placed inside the top 20 only once in four appearances, before bouncing back in 2013 to score a career-best ninth-placed finish at Fontana.
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Speaking to RACER, she mentioned that she would like to close out the season with the best result possible.
“I’m grateful to Dale for letting me drive the oval races this season,” she said. “I can’t wait to close out the season at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend.
“We have some good momentum going after our doubleheader in Milwaukee so hopefully we can keep it up and put together another strong weekend for the team.”
Does Chadwick have a shot at continuing Legge’s legacy?
As Legge departs the grid, British driver Jamie Chadwick might have an opportunity to replace her as the only female driver in the field.
Her results have warranted a promotion this season, taking a victory and securing a top-10 championship finish barring anything crazy happening at the season finale.
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An experienced driver at 26 years old, she would likely already have confirmation of her next opportunity if Andretti had more seats to play with.
Sadly, that’s not the case and she will have to keep fighting for her IndyCar breakthrough, but her performances this year showed plenty of promise.
All it’s going to take is for someone to take a gamble on the young talent, and she could end up fighting it out with some of the best drivers in North America in 2025.