Milka Dunno is heading to the Stock Car ranks, if for no other reason than because Danica Patrick is. She will be racing in the ARCA series for car owner Todd Braun. She, like Danica, will make her debut in a Stock Car during Speed Week at the Daytona 500. Although she and Danica have been racing in the IRL together, open wheel cars can’t touch each other like Stock Cars can, so their ability to mix it up has never really been explored like it will be in these cars.

Dunno has never won and IRL race, but she has been successful in endurance racing and in the Panoz GT series, so she’s got some skills. She also seems to have the ability to ride Danica’s coat tails at the appropriate time.

Because so many of the top level Stock Car drivers act like girls these days, it will be interesting to see a couple of actual girls duking it out on the banks of Daytona. Ladies, start your engines! RacinToday.com has the whole story.