Katherine Legge

Katherine Legge (12 July, 1980, Guilford, Surrey, UK) is a British auto racing driver, currently racing in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. In 2005, she won the series opener at Long Beach, in her first career Toyota Atlantic start. Doing so, she became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America. Legge went on to win her second and third races of the season at Edmonton and San Jose. She finished the season 3rd in the championship with three wins and five podiums, she received the Toyota Atlantic BBS Rising Star 2005 Award.

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12 July - 1980 - Guilford - Surrey - UK - Auto racing - Toyota Atlantic Championship - 2005 - Long Beach - North America - Edmonton - San Jose

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Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, she raced in several developmental open-wheel series' in Britain as Formula 3, Formula Renault and Formula Ford. In 2000 she was the first woman to achieve a pole in a Zetec race. In 2001 she beat Kimi Räikkönen's lap record and achieved a pole and she was the first woman to receive BRDC "Rising Star" Accolade.

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Formula 3 - Formula Renault - Formula Ford - 2000 - Zetec - 2001 - Kimi Räikkönen

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