Katherine Legge will enter the Indy 500 with HMD and Foyt

Katherine Legge will enter the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500. I don’t want to downplay how awesome that is, because it is, but those with their ear to the ground basically knew it was happening, and when Larry Foyt was on her podcast this month, I was ready to take a super wild guess who would be providing her a car.

It turns out to be a slightly more interesting — in a good way — effort. Not that Foyt is any slouch at preparing Speedway cars, AJ Foyt Racing is going to be more of a technical partner for this entry. The 11 car is actually being operated by HMD Motorsports, an IndyNXT championship-winning team, which is taking this opportunity to step up to IndyCar racing.

The effort is backed by Legge’s incredible sponsor, e.l.f. Cosmetics, and the livery looks as beautiful as you would expect a beauty company’s race car to look. Everybody wins here. Foyt gets another piece on the board with a driver making her fifth Indy start. HMD is incentivized to execute a perfect race, as this is its first time in the big show. Katherine gets the best race car she’s had at Indy in ages. I cannot wait.

And that brings us to a full field of 33. May is almost here.