Dale Coyne Racing confirmed on Tuesday that Katherine Legge who drove for the team in the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in May will return to the team for this weekend’s oval double-header race weekend at Iowa Speedway. Legge will once again drive the No.51 Honda for the Hy-Vee doubleheader and speaking following the news she said:
“I’m thrilled to be behind the wheel of an IndyCar at the Iowa doubleheader this weekend. “We had a successful test there last week, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how the races unfold on the new surface. I’m grateful to Dale Coyne and Honda and so happy to be back in the 51!”
Team owner Dale Coyne commented saying:
We’re looking forward to having Katherine back in the car with us at Iowa this weekend. She did a good job for us at Indy and we had a strong test at Iowa Speedway last week with both Katherine and Jack (Harvey). We’re excited to see what the doubleheader weekend in Iowa brings.”