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Danny Ongais (May 21, 1939 –
February 26, 2022) was an
American racing driver.
Ongais was the only
native Hawaiian to
compete in the
Indianapolis 500...
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remembered for the
horrifying crash of
Danny Ongais, and a
major pit fire
involving Rick Mears.
Ongais was
critically injured, and
Mears suffered burns...
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entering Danny Ongais in
Formula 5000 in 1975,
graduating to USAC
racing and the
Indianapolis 500 in
Parnelli ch****is.
Field also
funded Ongais to make occasional...
- crash, and
Ongais was
named as his replacement,
switching from
Brickell Racing. Per USAC rules, Brayton's pole
position was withdrawn, and
Ongais was allowed...
- 75, he and
opponent Danny Ongais engaged in an on-again off-again duel for 75 more laps,
before an
engine failure on
Ongais' car on lap 150
allowed Unser...
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Ongais in
second right behind Sneva, the
green light came back on down the
backstretch on lap 31.
Sneva led for
barely a lap, and
Ongais p****ed...
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while Ongais's team also
changed tires.
Ongais was able to p**** Foyt and
extend his lead to 18 seconds.
While leading on lap 148,
Ongais suffered an...
- was done for the day.
Ongais pitted under caution,
which gave the lead to A.J. Foyt for two laps, and then to Tom Sneva.
Ongais retook the lead on lap...
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Italy and America. In 1978 the team
entered cars for
Danny Ongais and
Lamberto Leoni, but
Ongais left
after two
races and
Leoni after four races.
Jacky Ickx...
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history to do so. The 1978
season is also
statistically noteworthy.
Danny Ongais won the most
races (5), and Al
Unser swept the
triple crown races, but it...
