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She might be a little “too slow” for Danica Patrick or Dario Franchitti’s wife, actress Ashley Judd, or who-knows-what critic in the IndyCar Series circles who believes Duno is downright dangerous.

But to the approximately 300 sick or injured children cared for at the South Fort Worth medical compound, she was a gracious visitor with a radiant smile, plenty of South American charm, and a shiny race car that was parked outside for a few of the patients to climb aboard.

YouTube has immortalized a pit-road shouting match between IndyCar Series’ glamour girl Patrick and IndyCar Series’ “other woman,” Duno, after a practice run last July in Lexington, Ohio.

But Duno doesn’t deserve all this negative publicity. She is one smart woman, with four master’s degrees. Count them.

- Auto Racing Daily