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. On December 14, 2006, car owner Larry Cahill announced that he had signed her to drive for his team in the Indy Racing League IndyCar series for 2007.
Much of her racing career has been financed by Venezuelan oil interests under CITGO branding.