Katherine Legge Reveals Her Father’s 6-Word Lesson That Shaped Her Career Katherine Legge opens up about the six-word lesson from her father that guided her rise through motorsports. Jahnavi Sonchhatr

It’s no secret that a father-son duo has dominated NASCAR before, but Katherine Legge’s story changes it. When she first started karting at age 9, her racing journey was far from guaranteed. Her father, Derek Legge, who worked building houses in England, made a remarkable sacrifice early on. He quit a heavy smoking habit, once amounting to around £12,000 a year, in order to fund the tires and other essentials for Katherine’s go-karting.

The act of belief and support gave the NASCAR driver her first real shot at racing and laid the foundation for her climb through Formula Ford, British F3, and eventually open-wheel and sports car racing in America. But now, decades later, Legge reflects on what really shaped her mindset and career drive. A month through that guided her through the sacrific