More Videos Milka Duno: Life in the fast lane Duno has driven a variety of cars during her career and has constantly had to master new skills -- but her love of learning is abundant. A former naval engineer, she has Master's degrees in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Aquaculture and Maritime Business, and is currently also learning to pilot speedboats and helicopters.
Here she shares with CNN the life lessons race car driving has taught her. There are 42 other cars that want to win the race, too, and they have more experience than me, but it doesn't matter. Do everything with determination and passion. When you feel clear about what you want, you have a high probability of being successful.
Have confidence in your team; have confidence in yourself Whether you are a race car driver or working as an engineer or in an office, you have to see what you want, and believe that you can do it. You have to have confidence in your team, and if you are working alone, you have to have confidence in yourself.
If you have this mentality, you can get what you want in any area. Probation is a state of limitation upon a Member's privileges usually following an act or omission occurring before or during membership with which calls into question the Member's willingness or ability to abide by standards required for membership.
The purpose of probation is to establish a process to allow a Member to prove, by the Member's conduct, that the standards of membership are understood and will be honored at all times. During probation, a member is under heightened scrutiny and a member can be required to abide by specific standards of conduct which are more stringent than those which are otherwise applicable. If a member violates probation, the member is subject to a more severe penalty. Talent, beauty and brains are just a few of the adjectives that can be used to describe race car driver Milka Duno - one of the most successful female race car drivers in the world today.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela and now residing in Miami, Florida, Milka demonstrated from an early age a desire to achieve and the dedication necessary to succeed.
As a young woman she quickly recognized the value of education as the first step on her path to fulfilling her dreams. In addition to being the most successful female sportscar racer in history, Milka is also a qualified Naval Engineer with four master's degrees - in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Aquaculture and Maritime Business - earning the last three degrees simultaneously. The rest, as they say - is history. Captivated by the precision and mechanics of motorsports, Milka instantly realized that racing stimulated her passion for challenge and competition.
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. According to Astrologers, Milka Duno's zodiac sign is Taurus.
Through the Milka Way Foundation that Duno founded in , she is engaged in programs such as visits to schools in many of the cities she races in to encourage youth of all races to achieve more academically. In , Duno became a movie actress and a published author. She began her career as a driver in Venezuela in , finishing 2nd in the Venezuelan GT Championship.
In , she moved to the United States and attended advanced racing schools and drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 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 sportscar 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 May 6, , Duno successfully completed her rookie test for the Indianapolis race. Duno qualified on May 19, and her speed held through Bump Day.
Duno was one of two rookie drivers competing in the Race. She crashed out of the race on lap 65 and finished 31st. She is best known for holding the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
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