Hendrickson, a world producer and provider of suspension techniques and elements for business automobiles, will again the group’s #44 entry for the 107th working of the Indianapolis 500.
Legge, 42, is considered one of 9 girls to have competed within the Indy 500, however final raced there in 2013.
Since then, she has made a reputation for herself within the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring 4 wins for Michael Shank Racing (now Meyer Shank Racing) within the GTD class, racing an Acura NSX.
She completed second within the championship in 2018, and now competes within the Gradient Racing NSX, wherein she completed fourth in final month’s Daytona 24 Hours.
Legge will be part of RLL full-timers Graham Rahal, Christian Lundgaard and Jack Harvey in Might, and has earlier with the group having earned a pole and a win for the squad within the Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy collection that previously supported System E.
Legge’s two outings at Indy got here with Dragon Racing in 2012, and with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in 2013.
Her top-line US open-wheel profession stretches again to 2006 when, on the again of three wins within the Atlantic Collection, she graduated to Champ Automotive with PKV Racing. In whole she has made 39 Indy automotive begins with a finest end of sixth.
“I’m thrilled to be again at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the most important race on the earth, the Indy 500,” mentioned Legge.
“Bobby [Rahal] gave me my first likelihood to win races for the group within the Jaguar I-PACE collection a number of years in the past and it looks like a homecoming of types to be again with the group, particularly seeing as I’m additionally very proud to be again with HPD in IMSA, and now within the IndyCar Collection.
#66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3: Sheena Monk, Katherine Legge, Mario Farnbacher, Marc Miller
Photograph by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images
“Racing at Indy with an Indy 500-winning group and with Honda is an incredible alternative, and one I’m very grateful for and intend to benefit from. I’m hoping I can study from my teammates and group members, and transition easily again to open wheel racing for Might. I can’t wait to get to work!”
“After quite a lot of makes an attempt, I’m completely happy to announce that Katherine will be part of us in our Hendrickson Honda for the 107th working of the Indy 500,” mentioned group co-owner Rahal, the 1986 Indy 500 winner and a three-time Indy automotive champion.
““I’ve been a fan of Katherine’s for a few years and know that, in the appropriate state of affairs, she will be aggressive and determine into the result on the finish of the race.
“She has pushed for us earlier than within the Jaguar electrical program and received from pole in Mexico Metropolis and completed on the rostrum a number of instances, so it’s good to have her again with us to work collectively on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the primary time.
“I do know she appears to be like at this as an opportunity to point out all people what she actually can do.”
RLL has scored two Indy 500 wins, in 2004 with Buddy Rice and in 2020 with Takuma Sato.
