Katherine Legge has shared her mother’s “terrifying” experience at the Indy 500 during her first visit to the prestigious IndyCar race. Legge has four starts at the Greatest Spectacle of Racing, the first of which dates back to 2012, and the latest, 2024.

In 2026, the British driver is eyeing a comeback to the premier IndyCar race after not finding a competitive entry to run last year. In Wednesday’s episode of her podcast, named “Throttle Therapy,” Katherine Legge brought her mother, Vivienne, as a guest.

In one segment of their conversation, the 45-year-old racer spoke about her mother’s first experience of watching her and other IndyCar drivers go at over 230 miles an hour at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a refresher test in the lead-up to the Indy 500. A refresher test is for drivers who have previously competed in the Indy 500, but not tested or competed in IndyCar since the previous year’s running of the race.

While remembering the story, Legge said to her mother:

“I remember you walking down pit lane with your big sunglasses after I’d done the rookie orientation or the refresher, I think it was the refresher. And you were like crying – not crying, crying, but you had tears in your eyes and you grabbed hold of my arm, like, death grip, and said, ‘They’re so fast, Katherine!'”

After elaborating on how people in the pits can’t even figure out which car passed by because of the sheer speed of the machines, Katherine Legge added:

“So I thought I can understand how that’d be terrifying for any mother watching their kid and it would be the same for all the drivers’ moms, and wives, girlfriend, etc.”

Shortly after, her mother, Vivienne, explained what went through her mind when she saw her daughter go at such alien speeds within the confines of a 2.5-mile oval.

“It’s really scary for me to watch you out there, and seeing how close you get to that wall sometimes, you know, you literally… if I was driving even 30 miles an hour that close to the wall, I wouldn’t have the side of my car left (laughs),” joked Vivienne.

Katherine Legge in talks with Chevrolet to resolve “unfinished business” at the 2026 Indy 500

Katherine Legge shared that she is pursuing a comeback with a Chevrolet-powered team at the 110th Indy 500 in May. She made her debut at the prestigious race with a Chevy-powered team – Dragon Racing, 2012 – but her other three starts were with Honda-powered teams – Schmidt Peterson Motorsport in 2013, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2023, and Dale Coyne Racing in 2024.

Speaking about her pursuit of a 2026 comeback, Legge said (via RACER):

“The Indy 500 is the most iconic race in the world to so many people, and it’s the world’s largest sporting event, and it’s one that’s very close to my heart. I feel I have unfinished business there, and I’ve been working really hard, as have e.l.f., at getting the best possible situation to be competitive at Indy.”

e.l.f cosmetics backed Katherine Legge at the 2024 Indy 500, throughout her part-time NASCAR schedule in 2025, and is supporting her efforts in 2026 as well.

“We have been very fortunate to have gather a lot of support, not only from sponsors, but also Chevrolet, which have been awesome,” she added. “And a number of IndyCar folks have been willing to put their name behind us, too. So we’re just looking forward to putting all the final pieces together and want to go get a great result for everyone at the 500.”

The only vacant Chevrolet entries for the 2026 Indy 500 are those of PREMA Racing. The Italian team is facing financial issues and hasn’t competed in the 2026 IndyCar season so far. As per RACER, if PREMA fails to field cars for the 500, AJ Foyt Racing and Juncos Hollinger Racing (both Chevy teams) are ready to field an extra car.

These are the three options Legge has, and considering that AJ Foyt Racing and Juncos Hollinger Racing’s potential third entry isn’t in the mix so far, it suggests her conversations have been for the unconfirmed PREMA Racing entry.