ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — Katherine Legge is back at the Indianapolis 500 this season, piloting the No. 44 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing entry.
Legge, who last competed in the Greatest Spectacle In Racing 10 years ago, will compete in the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 with backing from Hendrickson.
“I am thrilled to be back at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the biggest race in the world, the Indy 500,” Legge said. “Bobby (Rahal, co-owner of RLL) gave me my first chance to win races for the team in the Jaguar I-PACE series a few years ago and it feels like a homecoming of sorts to be back with the team, especially seeing as I’m also very proud to be back with HPD in IMSA, and now in the IndyCar Series.
“Racing at Indy with an Indy 500-winning team and with Honda is an amazing opportunity, and one I am very grateful for and intend to make the most of. I’m hoping I can learn from my teammates and team members, and transition smoothly back to open wheel racing for May. I can’t wait to get to work!”
The last time Legge competed in the event was in 2013, where she finished 26th. It’ll be a fourth entry in the Indy 500 for RLL alongside full-time NTT IndyCar Series drivers Graham Rahal, Christian Lundgaard and Jack Harvey.
Legge, who is one of nine women to compete in the Indy 500, will return to the team to pilot the entry for her third appearance in the race.
Currently, Legge races an Acura NSX GT3 full time in the GTD class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
“After more than a few attempts, I’m happy to announce that Katherine will join us in our Hendrickson Honda for the 107th running of the Indy 500,” Rahal said. “I’ve been a fan of Katherine’s for many years and know that, in the right situation, she can be competitive and figure into the outcome at the end of the race. She has driven for us before in the Jaguar electric program and won from pole in Mexico City and finished on the podium several times, so it is nice to have her back with us to work together at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time.
“I know she looks at this as a chance to show everybody what she really can do.”
Hendrickson joined the team as an associate sponsor in 2019 and created a purpose-built engineering support trailer that made its debut at the 2019 Indianapolis 500.
Hendrickson extended their partnership with the team last season and expanded it to become the primary sponsor of Christian Lundgaard’s entry at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio last year. This will be their second appearance as a primary sponsor of a racing event.