Milka Duno is a race car driver best known for holding the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona as well as her current participation in the IndyCar Series. Duno 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 spent some time working as a naval engineer. Duno struggled in her rookie IndyCar season and was placed on probation.
SAMAX chose not to return to the IndyCar Series in 2008, leaving Duno without the promised full time seat as previously had been announced. 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 immediate 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. Unlike the previous announcement made by SAMAX Motorsport in 2007, no indication was made about Duno's future with Dreyer & Reinbold in 2009 and beyond.
