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Milka Duno was born on 22 April, 1972 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a Venezuelan racing driver and model. Discover Milka Duno's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?
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Milka Duno Net Worth
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Timeline
Duno stayed out of Trouble after qualifying last in the 21-car field and finished 14th.
Although all three women were involved in accidents during the race, Duno was able to reenter the race after her car was moved to the pits, thus making her the only woman running at the end.
Milka qualified for her second Indianapolis 500 on the second weekend (due to the second day of qualifications being rained out) and finished 19th.
She crashed out of the race on lap 65 and finished 31st,
Milka Duno (born April 22, 1972) is a Venezuelan race car driver who competed in the IndyCar Series and ARCA Racing Series.
She is best known for holding the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
This 91st running of the "Indy 500" was the first where three women were included in the 33-car field.
Duno qualified on May 19, and her speed held through Bump Day.
Duno was one of two rookie drivers competing in the Race.
Duno began her career as a driver in Venezuela in 1996, finishing 2nd in the Venezuelan GT Championship.
In 1998, she placed fourth in the Venezuelan Porsche Supercup Championship.
In 1999, she moved to the United States, attended advanced racing schools, and drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000.
Duno was the first woman in history to win a Ferrari Challenge Race in the USA; at that time she also won her first Series Championship, The Panoz GT Series.
Later in 2000, Duno made her American Le Mans Series debut; she was the first woman to finish in a class podium on this championship.
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; she became the first woman to score points in this championship.
Also in 2001, she was crowned Vice-Champion Driver in the LMP 675 Class of the American Le Mans Series.
She scored an impressive four wins in this class, including the prestigious 10 hours Petit Le Mans, becoming the first woman to score a class win in this major international sportscar competition.
In 2004 she scored yet another LMP 675 class win in Petit Le Mans.
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 and highest placing Venezuelan driver, eclipsing Ernesto Soto's 5th-place finish in 1982.
In the Rolex Sports Car Series Duno scored three impressive and historical overall wins – twice at Homestead-Miami Speedway and once at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec: With her first Rolex Series won at Miami she became the first woman in history to win overall a major international sports car race in North America, Duno was also the first woman to pilot the fastest car in the series – the Daytona Prototype.
During her time competing in the Rolex Series Duno earned three overall wins, seven podium appearances, ten top-five finishes, and eighteen top-ten finishes.
On March 23, 2007, Duno and her Grand Am Series team, SAMAX Motorsport, sponsored by CITGO, announced that they acquired the equipment to run a 10 race IndyCar series schedule in 2007, including the Indianapolis 500.
It was also announced that Duno will no longer run a full schedule in the Grand Am series.
On April 26, 2007, Duno successfully passed her IRL rookie test at Kansas Speedway.
When Duno made the field for the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 (also held at Kansas Speedway) on April 29, 2007, it marked the first time in North American open wheel history that three women (Duno, Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher) ran in the same race.
On May 6, 2007, Duno successfully completed her rookie test for the Indianapolis 500 race.
SAMAX chose not to return to the IndyCar Series in 2008.
Duno signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for another partial season schedule (11 races) also sponsored by Citgo.
While practicing and racing alongside veteran teammate and former Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice, throughout the season, 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.
She entered the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2014.
Duno is a former model and has thus attracted much attention.
Her racing career is unusual because of her late start.
She was introduced to the sport when she was invited to a driving clinic by a car club in Venezuela and did not start racing until she was 24.
Prior to racing, her background was primarily 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.