Sports Car Champion Milka Duno
to Drive HVM Champ Car
at Sebring
Indianapolis, IN (September 6, 2005) - HVM Racing, a competitor in the
Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, will give
sports car Champion Milka Duno the opportunity to sample Champ Car driving
in the #4 HVM/Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone today, September 6th and
tomorrow, September 7th at Sebring International Raceway.
A native of Caracas, Venezuela and a resident of Miami, Duno became the
first woman in history to win overall a major International sports car race
in North America, with her victory at the 2004 Grand American Rolex Sports
Car Series Grand Prix in Miami. In only her second year of racing Duno
was
named "Venezuelan Auto Racing Driver of the Year" and won her first series
championship in the Panoz GT Series. In 2001 she was crowned Vice-Champion
Driver in the LMP 675 class of the American Le Mans Series. A full-time
competitor in the 2005 Rolex Grand American Sports Car Series, Milka drives
the #2 CITGO Pontiac Crawford Daytona Prototype and earned her third Rolex
Series overall win in July at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec.
A qualified Naval Engineer with four master's degrees in Organizational
Development, Naval Architecture, Marine Biology and Maritime Business, the
last three earned simultaneously, Milka has proven her desire and dedication
for achievement on and off the track. Milka is the Hispanic spokesperson
for CITGO Petroleum Corporation and the face of Pontiac's National Hispanic
advertising campaign. While the test with HVM will be her first in a
Champ Car, Duno is familiar with open wheel racing; with experience in the
Barber
Dodge Pro Series, as well as the World Series Light and World Series Pro
Championships - becoming the first woman in history to score points in the
European series.
Duno looks forward to the Champ Car experience; "I'm very excited and
honored by the invitation from HVM Racing to test a Champ Car. The
opportunity to drive one of the world's fastest and most powerful race cars
is a dream come true for me and I am really looking forward to getting
behind the wheel."
Earning three victories, and eight podium finishes in just five years; HVM
has enjoyed early success in the Champ Car World Series. With more than 2.2
million people attending Champ Car races annually and a massive worldwide
audience, HVM also offers a range of proven marketing and advertising
platforms to enhance the business of its corporate partners. For more
information on HVM and its partners, visit www.HVMRacing.com.
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