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Milka Duno

Milka Duno


Milka Duno
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Milka Duno (born April 22, 1972 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan race car driver who currently competes in the IndyCar Series. She is best known for holding the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Milka DunoDuno is a former model and has thus attracted much attention. Her racing career is unusual because of her late start; she did not start racing until she was 24 and her experience prior to racing was mostly academic; Duno holds master's degrees in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Maritime Business, and Marine Biology, and she has prior experience working as a naval engineer.

Biography

Milka Duno - Early life & career
She began her career as a driver in Venezuela in 1996, finishing 2nd in the Venezuelan GT Championship. In 1998, Duno placed 4th in the Venezuelan Porsche Supercup Championship.

In 1999, she moved to the United States and attended advanced racing schools and drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000.

Milka DunoLater in 2000, Duno made her American Le Mans Series debut. She made her 24 Hours of Daytona debut the next year and her 24 Hours of Le Mans debut a year later.

In 2001 and 2003, Duno also competed in the World Series by Nissan open-wheel series in Europe.

Beginning in 2004, Duno competed full time in the Rolex Grand-Am series driving a Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype for the Howard-Boss Motorsports team. Duno joined the SAMAX Motorsport team in 2006. For the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Duno teamed up with Ryan Dalziel, Darren Manning, and her regular driving partner, Patrick Carpentier; with a second place finish, Duno became the highest-finishing female in the history of the prestigious race.

2008
SAMAX chose not to return to the IndyCar Series in 2008. For 2008, Duno signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with another partial season schedule (announced as 11 races in 2008) also sponsored by Citgo. Upon testing alongside veteran teammate and former Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice, Duno began to show a bit of improvement. Townsend Bell was signed as the driver of the Dreyer & Reinbold #23 during the seven races Milka was not scheduled to drive it in 2008.


Milka Duno at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 12, 2007.She had a role in the movie adaptation of the 1960s anime cartoon Speed Racer, requiring her to travel to the movie set, preventing her from racing in the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway as originally planned.[10] The movie debuted on May 9, 2008, one day before Pole Day qualifying for the 92nd Indianapolis 500; she did qualify for the race the following weekend (due to the second day of qualifications being rained out) and finished 19th in the 2008 Indianapolis 500. She was the highest finishing female, as Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher placed 22nd and 24th, respectively. Although all three women were involved in accidents during the race, Milka was able to reenter the race after her car was moved to the pits, thus making her the only woman running at the end.

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