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 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.