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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Ongais has received more than 286,565 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Danny Ongais is the 601st most popular racing driver (down from 599th in 2019), the 9,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,682nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 43.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Danny Ongais ranks 601 out of 1,080. Before him are André Guelfi, Tony Trimmer, Theo Helfrich, George Amick, Pascal Fabre, and John Rhodes. After him are Ian Burgess, Philippe Bugalski, Bernard de Dryver, Sébastien Bourdais, Ricardo Rosset, and Alberto Rodriguez Larreta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Danny Ongais ranks 617. Before him are Aníbal Ruiz, Ksenia Milicevic, Per Stig Møller, Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, Guion Bluford, and Herbert Gruber. After him are Munyoro Nyamau, Bob Hayes, Reinhold Durnthaler, Gerhard Roth, Rubén Marcos, and Guy Saint-Vil. Among people deceased in 2022, Danny Ongais ranks 528. Before him are Neal Adams, Robert Morse, Hilarion Kapral, Jason David Frank, Sergio Brighenti, and Erhard Busek. After him are Dagmar Rom, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Gerhard Roth, Emilio Trivini, Ronnie Hawkins, and Alice von Hildebrand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 9,992 out of 20,380. Before him are Erin Gray (1950), Ryan White (1971), Bruce Broughton (1945), Lauren Shuler Donner (1949), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Clarence Clark (1859). After him are Maurice Stokes (1933), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Bob Hayes (1942), Nicholle Tom (1978), and Gwynne Shotwell (1963).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 45. Before him are Danny Sullivan (1950), Skip Barber (1936), Jim Hall (1935), John Kocinski (1968), Red Amick (1929), and George Amick (1924). After him are Bill Holland (1907), Cecil Green (1919), Keith Andrews (1920), Rob Schroeder (1926), Bobby Rahal (1953), and Jimmy Bryan (1926).

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