Marco Andretti Calls Out Katherine Legge Haters

Despite the online chatter, the 45-year-old driver had a chance to prove herself on track at Rockingham. However, she was involved in an accident that started when William Sawalich drove into the rear of her lapped No. 53 car, which got sideways and slid down the track directly into the path of Kasey Kahne before ricocheting off the HMS car and slamming nose-first into the outside wall.

Many fans were upset with the incident, especially because it hurt Kahne’s chances to run up front for the rest of the race. However, one race car driver has a message for the Katherine Legge haters.

Marco Andretti, who has competed with Legge for years in IndyCar, came to the accomplished open-wheel racer’s defense.

After an X user called Legge “unproven,” NASCAR driver Ryan Vargas pushed back and reminded the critics that she is the fastest female qualifier in Indy 500 history.

Andretti saw the tweet and added his own thoughts, writing, "It’s wild to me how many grown men talk badly about bad [expletive] girls like this. Does it make them feel more manly from the couch or something?"

Legge will return to the Xfinity Series this weekend at Talladega, hoping to shut down the keyboard warriors once and for all.