2010 marks a full-season attempt by Milka Duno, who will race with Dale Coyne Racing. The driver competed in 9 events in 2009 for D&RR, and finished 25^th in the 2008 IndyCar standings, also with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. This past off-season also saw Duno run in the ARCA series and NASCAR Nationwide series at Daytona. She also garnered awards for her children's book, "Go Milka, go"

 

Duno began her racing career in Venezuelan club racing in 1996-97, finishing second in the Venezuelan GT Championship. She competed in the Venezuelan Porsche Cup and Ferrari Challenge. In 1998 Milka placed fourth in the Venezuelan Porsche Super Cup Championship, with two podiums. 1999 saw Milka claim third overall in the Global Women's GT Series Championship and in 2000 she won her first professional auto racing title in a Panoz GT Winter Series Championship and became the first - and still the only - woman to win a Ferrari Challenge 355 race in the USA. She debuted in the American Le Mans Series in a Dodge Viper GTS and finished third in class in the 2000 season finale in Australia.

The first Latin American women driver ever to be classified "expert", Milka's has participated in many international races and has driven a wide selection of race cars, including the Porsche Super Cup, Ferrari Challenge 355, Formula 2000 Dodge, Reynard Dodge 98E, Panoz GT-RA, Dodge Viper GTS, Coloni Nissan CN1/C, Reynard-Judd 01-Q, Lola B2K/40/Judd and the Dome S-101/Judd.

As “Venezuelan Auto Racing Driver of the Year” in 2000 and “American Le Mans Series 2001 Vice Champion Driver” in the 675LMP class, Milka has attracted the attention of motorsport fans worldwide. In 2002 Milka became the first woman in the history of sportscar racing to pilot the fastest and most technologically-advanced sportscar in the world – the Le Mans Prototype 900.

Milka was the only female driver running a regular schedule on the ALMS in 2001, driving in the new LMP 675 class. In this new class, she won four races including the 1000 miles of Petit le Mans at Road Atlanta and finished second in the drivers points in this category. Milka also raced for the first time at Daytona in the Rolex 24 Hours with a Dodge Viper, finishing sixth in the GTS class. She also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.

Off the track, last year Duno played the role of Kellie Gearbox, a race car driver, in the movie Speed Racer. She is also the Hispanic spokesperson for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and also takes time to encourage youth to complete their education. For more info on Milka, go to http://www.milkaduno.com/