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

Live Fast Motorsports has a new driver for their NASCAR Cup Series car, and it's a veteran motorsports racer and a woman. Katherine Legge, 44, will make her debut in the series this Sunday at Phoenix Raceway in the Shriners Children's 500,

Sara Christian, who in 1949 became the first female driver to compete in NASCAR's top division, finished fifth in her second career race, which was at Pittsburgh’s Heidelberg Raceway. It remains the only top-five finish by a woman in the NASCAR Cup Series.