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Second Thoughts: Katherine Legge Faces Big Double Challenge

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Katherine Legge has a huge challenge ahead of her. Doing "the double" is no easy task. Scrambling to do the double is even more difficult. Doing both races with teams that don’t race full time makes it even a bigger mountain. But at 45 years old — 10 years older than any other driver who has attempted the double — Legge knows it could be now or never to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on the same day. Only five drivers, and no woman, has ever competed in both. Only one has completed all 1,100 miles. "I’m exc...