Milka Duno
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Milka Duno (born April 22, 1972) is a Venezuelan race car driver born in Caracas. She began racing sports cars in Venezuela. In 1999, she moved to the United States and attended more advanced racing schools and she drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000. Later that year she 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 she competed in the World Series by Nissan open-wheel series in Europe. Since 2004 she has competed full time in the Rolex Grand-Am series driving a Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype. With a second place finish in the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Duno became the highest-finishing female in the history of the prestigious race.
On December 14, 2006, car owner Larry Cahill announced that he had signed Duno to drive for his team in the Indy Racing League IndyCar series for 2007. However, the deal with Cahill has fallen through as they have not yet entered any IndyCar races for 2007. On March 23, 2007, Duno and her Grand Am Series team, SAMAX Motorsports announced that they acquired the equipment to run a 10 race IndyCar series schedule in 2007, including the Indianapolis 500, contingent on Milka passing her IRL rookie test in April. Since the IRL already has two full-time female drivers (Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher) announced for 2007, should Duno qualify for an IRL event, it would mark the first time in a major North American race that three women would run at the same time.
[edit] External link
- Milka Duno's official website
- Official announcement of Duno racing in the Indy Racing League and at the Indianapolis 500
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