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SPARTA, KY (September 4, 2010) – Milka Duno finished 19th in Saturday night’s 200-lap Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY.

Both the two practice sessions and the qualifying session for the race were on Friday – with the qualifying session sandwiched in-between. In the first practice session Duno was only able to complete 17 laps due to rain – yet delivered a best lap time only 8 tenths of a second off the practice’s leader. Heading into qualifying with less than 20 practice laps before qualifying – as was also the case for last week’s qualifying at Chicagoland – her average lap time was only 5 tenths of a second off the pole-sitter’s time – which put her 24th on the starting grid. In the final practice she was 6 tenths of a second off the leader’s time.

“It was another solid result for us here at Kentucky and we were improving in each session and that’s always a good thing – but it was constant hard work throughout the two days,” said Duno. “It was our first time on this track together as a team and we really had to come together quickly. I was never really comfortable with the car, even up to the start of the race, and we needed to constantly work on the car with every single lap in every session. It was a very hard car to drive and the first laps of the race were very difficult.

I did all that I could inside the car in that first stint to improve the balance and it finally started to work – my fastest lap of the whole week was in tonight’s race. All in all – we had a good result – and we all had to work very, very hard to achieve it. My thanks to the Dale Coyne Racing crew – they were great as always.”

About Dale Coyne Racing

Dale Coyne Racing, based in Plainfield, IL, is in its 26th year of fielding Indy cars. Known for recruiting and coaching drivers, Coyne’s expertise and passion for the sport has led to his leadership position in the league. The team is currently in the Top-10 of the 2009 IndyCar Series Championship. For more information, please visit www.dalecoyneracing.com

About CITGO

CITGO, based in Houston, is a refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. The CITGO familiar orange and blue triangle has been an enduring American success story since 1910. Today CITGO operates nearly 7000 gas stations owned by a loyal group of 800 local business men and woman. CITGO has given back to the communities of the USA and the world through its Simón Bolívar Foundation. For more information visit www.citgo.com

About CANTV

CANTV is the leading integrated telecommunication services provider in Venezuela. As of March 31, 2007, CANTV has nearly 3.6 million fixed telephony switched access lines in service, nearly 8.2 million mobile subscribers, and nearly 528,000 broadband subscribers. For more information, please visit www.cantv.com.ve.

For more information on Milka please visit www.milkaduno.com.

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- CapehartPR Press Release