Katherine Legge knocks Corey Heim out of Chicago NASCAR Cup race
CHICAGO — Katherine Legge knocked Corey Heim and 23XI Racing out of the NASCAR Cup Series field at the Chicago Street Course in qualifying Saturday.
Legge ran a time of 92.368 seconds, just slightly quicker than Heim who ran a lap of 92.506 seconds.
Practice and qualifying wasn’t kind to either driver. Legge had a crash in practice but Heim hit the wall and bent a toe link in qualifying. Unlike Legge, Heim’s team didn’t have a chance to repair the car. Heim picked up multiple tenths of a second with a damaged car but he couldn’t stave off Legge who outran him.
Legge, a multi-time Indianapolis 500 qualifier and proven sports car winner, likened Saturday’s session to qualifying for the 500.
“BJ [McLeod] said to me, ‘This can’t be any more stressful than qualifying for Indy,’ and I was thinking it actually is because there’s a level of comfort with Indy that I know where I’m going and what I’m doing and, here, it’s very much drinking from a firehose trying to find my feet and get better,” Legge told TNT. “I really appreciate everybody’s support. It means the world to me.”
Legge will race Sunday with BJ McLeod’s No. 78 Chevrolet entry that has fought for pace all season. Making the Chicago field is a big step for McLeod and for Legge, who has faced a tough foray into NASCAR.
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