The end result will show that Katherine Legge spun twice, the second time impacting the day of a top-10 competitor, on her path to a 30th-place finish in her NA

Katherine Legge isn’t here for tokenism. As the first woman to race NASCAR’s Next Gen car in Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, the British driver didn’t hold back when addressing the sport’s gender gap.

“It was baptism by fire,” Legge told Fox Sports’ Bob Pockrass after exiting the one-mile track’s infield care center. “I think there’s a lot of positives to take from it. Obviously, there were mistakes made, but I learned so much. Hopefully, I get to come back.”