Milka Duno (born April 22, 1972 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a female 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 Indy Racing League. Duno is a former model and has also attracted attention due to her physical features. Her racing career is also very unusual in that she did not start racing until the late age of 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 has struggled through her rookie Indy Racing League campaign and is currently on probation.

Duno began her career as a driver in Venezuela in 1996, finishing 2nd in the Venezuelan GT Championship. In 1998, Duno placed 4th in the Venezuelan Porsche Supercup Championship.

In 1999, she moved to the United States and attended advanced racing schools and drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000.

Later in 2000, Duno 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.

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 Motorsports 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.

On April 26, 2007, Duno successfully passed her IRL rookie test at Kansas Speedway. When Duno made the field for the Kansas Lottery 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. Duno stayed out of trouble after qualifying last in the 21-car field and finished 14th.

On May 6, 2007, Duno successfully completed her rookie test for the Indianapolis 500 race. 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. Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher qualified on May 12 and 13 respectively. Duno was one of two rookie drivers competing in the Race. She crashed out of the race on lap 65 and finished 31st.

On August 5, 2007, prior to the Firestone Indy 400, SAMAX Motorsport officials met with Indy Racing League officials, including Chief Operating Officer Brian Barnhart, to discuss Duno's progress; media and fans speculated that Duno's IRL career could soon be over. Duno did race in the event, but retired on lap 44 due to fuel pump failure.

After the Michigan race, it was announced that she was on probation. Her team stated that she was on probation prior to that race, and her Michigan performance did not have any bearing on that probation. Her team also stated that Milka was one of several drivers on probation. She did return for the season finale at Chicagoland Speedway and finished 15th without incident.

After the final race of the 2007 season actress Ashley Judd, the wife of driver Dario Franchitti, stated to the assembled news media that, "I know this is not very sportsmanlike, but they've got to get the 23 car (Duno) off the track. It's very dangerous. I'm tired of holding my tongue. She shouldn't be out there. When a car is 10 miles (an hour) off the pace, it's not appropriate to be racing. People's lives are at stake."

She was offered a role in a movie adaptation of the 1960's anime cartoon "Speed Racer," requiring her to travel to the movie set, preventing her from racing in the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway as originally planned.

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