2025 Shriners Children's 500 odds, NASCAR picks: Best bets for Phoenix race from proven racing expert

Katherine Legge will become the first woman since Danica Patrick in 2018 to race in the NASCAR Cup Series when she makes her debut on Sunday in the 2025 Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway. The British driver competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship. She set the record for fastest qualifying effort at the Indianapolis 500 in 2023. Legge became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America when she took first at Long Beach during the 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship developmental open-wheel event.