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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 native Hawaiian 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-Gas" and "The Flyin' Hawaiian."In the 1960s he won multiple drag racing championships and was named one of the National Hot Rod Association’s Top 50 Drivers for 1951-2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Ongais has received more than 264,407 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Danny Ongais is the 599th most popular racing driver, the 9,704th most popular biography from United States and the 42nd most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Danny Ongais ranks 599 out of 888Before him are Armin Schwarz, Allan McNish, Oswald Karch, Geoffrey Crossley, Beppe Gabbiani, and Derek Daly. After him are Eddie Keizan, Rudolf Schoeller, Gianfranco Brancatelli, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Brian Naylor, and Bob Gerard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Danny Ongais ranks 563Before him are Allen Daviau, Mridula Sinha, Neil Kinnock, Tommy Roe, Elvin Bishop, and Guion Bluford. After him are Mirja Lehtonen, Eugène Camara, Lyle Campbell, Sila María Calderón, Munyoro Nyamau, and Bobbie Gentry. Among people deceased in 2022, Danny Ongais ranks 372Before him are Roberto Maroni, Clu Gulager, Anvar Chingizoglu, Maria Ewing, Kevin Conroy, and Neal Adams. After him are Mike Hodges, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Leszek Engelking, Clarence Gilyard, Murray Halberg, and Wolfgang Fahrian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 9,704 out of 18,182Before him are Alan King (1927), Harry Turtledove (1949), Arthur Fiedler (1894), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), and John O. Brennan (1955). After him are Taylor Schilling (1984), Loudon Wainwright III (1946), Chelsea Peretti (1978), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Marv Wolfman (1946), and Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Danny Ongais ranks 42Before him are Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), Red Amick (1929), Keith Andrews (1920), John Kocinski (1968), Pat O'Connor (1928), and Bill Holland (1907). After him are Jim Hall (1935), Peter Ryan (1940), Sam Hanks (1914), Colin Edwards (1974), Rob Schroeder (1926), and George Follmer (1934).