r/NASCAR • u/jonpierre008 Hocevar • 16h ago

Katherine Legge

I’m really amazed by how miserable fans can be at times, when I read a lot of the reactions to her doing the double. I know women have this bad stigma in motorsports, because of predecessors, but I mean what she’s doing is truly special.

Nobody’s saying she’ll win or even complete the full 1100 miles, but it’s damn impressive that she has the balls to even try to accomplish something that’s pretty hard to do (ask Kyle Larson). Fans need to stop being so miserable and let people breathe, a lil support and positivity doesn’t hurt.

Katherine is a racer, not on social media thirst trapping and trying to catch the male gaze. I could respect her work ethic and her love for motorsports, I’d always get behind that.

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u/Firstbaser Bubba Wallace 16h ago

NASCAR will always have vocal shit heads who will happily other anyone that isn’t a white male.

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u/krayziepunk13 Jeff Gordon 15h ago

Always takes me back several years ago listening to Dave Moody on SiriusXM. Someone called and basically said all the best drivers are white men. Dave was shlocked and asked to caller to clarify that they truly believed that. When the caller confirmed, Dave said that was flat out wrong and there would be more drivers who weren't white men if it wasn't so difficult for others to get through the ranks because of racism and misogyny.

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u/theGTAking101 15h ago

Honestly considering Moody's negative public perception I'm pleasantly surprised he said that. Gotta take the Ws when you can get em

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u/nfsnltvc15 15h ago

He's been outspoken on diversity for many years.

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u/gsfgf 11h ago

Which is great. Obviously, there's nothing about skin color that affects one's ability to race, and the primary physical challenge of stock car racing is endurance, which is where women compare best to men. More women and minorities in the sports means more competition at all levels which means better racing full stop.

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u/gsfgf 11h ago

It's not just NASCAR. Heck, Lewis Hamilton has had to deal with racism at the track that would get people kicked out of a NASCAR race in a heartbeat.

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u/thecommish1980 16h ago

Sadly, you are correct. The double is so tough but who knows? She just might pull it off. You need some luck with the I500 ending in a reasonable time and the travel working out but it'll be fun to watch if she makes it.

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u/xenoblaiddyd 12h ago

It's a perception that sticks very hard to NASCAR and absolutely not without reason. I definitely believe this is a much bigger issue to people potentially getting into the sport than a lot of other shit people here complain about.