RACING DRIVER

Danny Ongais

1942 - 2022

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Danny Ongais (May 21, 1942 – February 26, 2022) was an American racing driver. Ongais was the only Hawaiian born driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500. He competed professionally in motorcycle, sports car, CART, IndyCar, Formula One, and drag racing. A fearless figure on the racing circuit, Ongais was nicknamed "On-the-Gas" and "The Flyin' Hawaiian." He is the only driver to have won the NHRA U.S. Nationals and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danny Ongais is the 565th most popular racing driver (up from 602nd in 2019), the 9,895th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,996th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Danny Ongais ranks 565 out of 1,080. Before him are Geoffrey Crossley, Jacques Swaters, Adolf Brudes, Sete Gibernau, Kevin Magnussen, and Hubert Auriol. After him are Daijiro Kato, Nasif Estéfano, Chris Lawrence, Kenneth McAlpine, Ricardo Tormo, and Oscar Piastri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Danny Ongais ranks 598. Before him are Adrien Houngbédji, Ute Bock, Klaus Sammer, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Rubén Marcos, and Héctor Pulido. After him are Robert L. Stewart, Hugo Simon, Mike Summerbee, Norman Greenbaum, Reinhold Durnthaler, and Ivan Koloff. Among people deceased in 2022, Danny Ongais ranks 531. Before him are Ilkka Kanerva, Richard Taruskin, Claes-Göran Hederström, Héctor Pulido, David Ray Griffin, and Gianni Celati. After him are David Brenner, Jose Maria Sison, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Judith Durham, Yury Zaitsev, and Jeroen Brouwers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 9,897 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert Parsons (1848), Lauren Ridloff (1978), Colin Campbell Cooper (1856), Bayley (1989), Troy Kotsur (1968), and Mark Parkinson (1957). After him are Claire Windsor (1892), Michael Steele (1955), Jerome Biffle (1928), Paul Drayton (1939), Kristy Swanson (1969), and Robert L. Stewart (1942).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 41. Before him are Dale Earnhardt (1951), Fred Agabashian (1913), Walt Ader (1913), George Follmer (1934), Harry Blanchard (1929), and A. J. Foyt (1935). After him are Al Unser (1939), Robert O'Brien (1908), Bob Bondurant (1933), John Kocinski (1968), Kyle Larson (1992), and Mike Fisher (1943).

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