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	Danny Ongais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Danny Ongais (born May 21, 1942) is a racecar driver from the United States.
		A flamboyant figure on the racing circuit, Danny's nickname was "On-Gas" for his 'balls to the wall' driving style.
		In 1996 at the age of 54, Ongais agreed to be the substitute driver for Scott Brayton in the Indy 500 who had died in a practice crash shortly before the race.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Danny_Ongais (357 words)

	SpeedCenter News: Danny Ongais To Drive Brayton's Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ongais, who hasn't driven an Indy car since he was injured before the 1987 Indy 500, was picked as a substitute driver by car owner John Menard on Sunday, the final day of qualifications for the May 26 race.
		Ongais, who turns 54 on Tuesday and will be the oldest driver in the field, must start the race at the rear of the field because he is a substitute driver.
		Ongais passed a 20-lap refresher test required by the U.S. Auto Club on Saturday in a 1993 car owned by Brickell Racing Group, but there never was a firm arrangement to make a qualification attempt, he said.
	www.speedcenter.com /news96/sc_n0519.html (353 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame
		In 1957, at the tender age of 14, Danny Ongais was already racing motorcycles in the dirt of his native Kahului, Maui, Hawaii.
		Ongais' incredible car control on the wet, slippery salt helped set Class C records at a nearly 160mph average for 500 miles.
		Danny's "blue car" was nearly unbeatable, decisively winning the Bakersfield March Meet, Manufacturer's Meet, NHRA Springnationals, and U.S. Nationals.
	www.mshf.com /hof/ongais_danny.htm (614 words)

	1978 - Mosport Indy
		Ongais had been the sensation of the season but his "win at any cost" driving approach had left him sixth in the standings with 1,075 points just 3 behind Foyt.
		During the closing stages of the session Ongais felt there was an opportunity to break the outright lap record of 1:11.385 set by Mario Andretti during the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix.
		Ongais took the checkered flag after 2 hours, 8 minutes, 38.62 seconds with an average speed of 87.164 miles an hour.
	www.zoompics.com /1978usac.htm (2656 words)

	f1 statistics - Danny Ongais : Autocourse Grand Prix Archive
		Danny’s struggles in F1 in 1978 — he scraped onto the grid for the first two Grands Prix in the works Ensign, then floundered with the embarrassing Interscope Shadow — were in sharp contrast to his rapidly blossoming career in USAC, where he took five wins in the Parnelli VPJ6.
		Although Danny enjoyed further success for Interscope in IMSA sports car events, winning the 1979 Daytona 24 Hours in a Porsche, and taking third place the following year, this was the high point of his Indy Car career, as he was to suffer appalling leg injuries in a crash at Indianapolis in 1981.
		Unfortunately for Danny, it was not a happy return, for he crashed heavily when the engine on his car blew during his first lap of qualifying, resulting in an overnight stay in hospital.
	www.autocoursegpa.com /driver~driver_id~11951.htm (328 words)

	Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame and Cybermuseum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Danny Ongais was an eleven year veteran of the Indianapolis 500.
		In 1963 and 1964 Ongais was the American Hot Rod Association AA Gas Dragster Champion and in 1965 he was the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster Champion.
		Ongais was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in June, 2000.
	hawaiisportshalloffame.com /xonga.htm (164 words)

	Danny Ongais hospitalized after crash
		Ongais was reported awake and alert as track workers took him on a stretcher from the car to an ambulance for the short ride to the infield hospital.
		Ongais appeared to be shaken up, but there were no signs of any other injuries and he was taken to nearby Methodist Hospital as a precaution, Dr. Henry Bock said.
		Ongais had to start at the rear but finished seventh, his best finish since he was seventh in 1980.
	www.canoe.ca /Indy500Archive/may12_ong.html (149 words)

	8W - Who? - Danny Ongais
		Ongais made his GP debut late in the 1977 season in his home race at Watkins Glen, alas retiring early on, but in the following race at Mosport he finished a fine 7th.
		Ongais suffered a concussion and was declared medically unfit to drive for the remainder of the month.
		Then with a gap of eight years, Danny was surprisingly asked to come back from retirement at the grand old age of 54, to drive at Indy for the Menard team.
	8w.forix.com /ongais.html (913 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Danny Ongais
		Born in Hawaii shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Danny Ongais was a driver of remarkable versatility.
		He was soon a frontrunner and in 1977 Field took him to USAC racing with a Parnelli chassis and he won a race at Michigan in his rookie year.
		After the 1988 season Ongais disappeared from racing but re-emerged unexpectedly in 1996, driving for John Menard after Scott Brayton was killed in practice for the Indy 500.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-ongdan.html (587 words)

	Al Unser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He took the lead on lap 75 and won following the fortuitous engine failure of challenger Danny Ongais, averaging 161.363 mph.
		In 1987, Penske's slate of drivers included Mears, Ongais and Danny Sullivan.
		Ongais crashed into the wall during the first week of practice at Indy and was unable to drive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Unser (813 words)

	No. 39: Danny Ongais
		Ongais took a big detour toward his racing stardom, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army and earned his wings as a paratrooper.
		Ongais' adaptability to new and strange mounts was evidenced when his first pass produced a 7.57 time slip.
		Ongais has said that he's had a great career, raced all over the world, and it all started because of drag racing.
	www.nhra.com /50th/top50/d_ongais39.html (968 words)

	NHRA News: Snively/Hawaiian win again, take Indy crown
		In an extremely close race to the lights, Ongais earned the right to meet the man who won the marbles on Sunday, Snively, Super quick on the lights against Prudhomme what is often referred to as "the master of the tree," Ongais sailed to victory with a 7.46 second elapsed time 207.36 mph.
		Ongais was fighting valuable time to get the popular Harbor Honda of Wilmington, California fuel "Mangler" back to the starting line for the final run of the day.
		Danny Ongais gambled with the lights battles in his entire drag racing career.
	www.nhra.com /50th/news?story=71 (980 words)

	NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 39; Danny Ongais
		Soon 7.3s became commonplace for Ongais while the rest of the field struggled in the 7.7 and 7.8 range.
		The combination made Ongais nearly unbeatable in '69, winning the Springnationals and NHRA Nationals and virtually all of his match race appearances.
		Ongais also competed in such prestigious races as the 24 Hours of LeMans during his career.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/03/14/016624.html (1068 words)

	After Luyendyk, Indy an adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		· Danny Ongais, at the opposite age extreme, is 54 and hasn't raced in nine years.
		Ongais is driving the car that carried Scott Brayton to the pole, at 233.718 mph.
		Ongais insists he finally has matured into a responsible driver, but there remains much doubt.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/car/96/05/26/25indy-lede.2-0.html (748 words)

	AUTO RACING;Ongais to Replace Brayton - New York Times
		Danny Ongais, a 53-year-old driver who hasn't raced an Indy car in nine years, will replace Scott Brayton in the Indy 500.
		John Menard, the car owner, selected Ongais as a substitute today, the final day of qualifications for the May 26 race.
		Ongais, who turns 54 on Tuesday and will be the oldest driver in the field, must start the race at the rear of the field because he is a substitute.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E0DF1039F933A15756C0A960958260 (168 words)

	newStandard: 5/23/96
		A drag racing champion who was one of the hardest charging drivers from the late 1970s through the mid-80s, Ongais was picked as a substitute driver by car owner John Menard on Sunday, the final day of qualifications.
		Ongais, who turns 54 Tuesday and will be the oldest driver in the field, must start the race 33rd, at the rear, because he is a substitute.
		Ongais passed a 20-lap refresher test required by the U.S. Auto Club on Saturday in a 3-year-old car owned by Brickell Racing Group, but there never was a firm arrangement to make a qualification attempt.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/05-96/05-20-96/9drag.htm (813 words)

	Ongais Ruled Out Of 500 by Doctors - New York Times
		LEAD: Medical officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ruled today that Danny Ongais, who suffered a concussion in a crash last week during practice for the Indianapolis 500, will not be allowed to compete in the May 24 race.
		Medical officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ruled today that Danny Ongais, who suffered a concussion in a crash last week during practice for the Indianapolis 500, will not be allowed to compete in the May 24 race.
		Henry Bock, the speedway medical director, said Ongais, 44 years old, has not yet recovered from the head injury received in the crash last Thursday.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DB163AF930A25756C0A961948260 (154 words)

	Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - The Interscope project
		Of course driver 'Danny-on-the-gas' Ongais was no bad choice at that time, the Parnelli-chassis looks good, and 4 cars and 10 engines (as far as I know) made sure that Porsche was serious about their try.
		Ongais was under contract to Interscope, and in Porsche's view he was the right man for the j ob of making the initial assault on the Indy.
		Driving an Interscope Cosworth, Danny Ongais eventually came seventh in what was one of the slowest races in the history of the Indy.
	forums.atlasf1.com /showthread.php?postid=890932 (4728 words)

	IMSAblog: April 2006
		Danny Ongais was on the pole and the rainy weather did not permit him to break Jacky Ickx record.
		Danny Ongais, the sole driver able to defeat Peter Gregg, missed the first practice session and would start eleventh on the grid.
		Danny Ongais survived, only to find that Peter Gregg was clearly on the lead at the end of lap one.
	alex62.typepad.com /imsablog/2006/04 (15089 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: John Paul Jr. hopes history repeats itself 05/15/98
		His persistence paid off Thursday when he was hired by Team Pelfrey to replace Danny Ongais, who crashed the team's Dallara-Oldsmobile on Monday.
		Ongais sustained a concussion and was denied medical clearance after being released from a hospital Tuesday.
		In 1987, Ongais crashed hard in practice and came away with a severe concussion.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/051598/spo_124-2142.shtml (495 words)

	Grand American Road Racing Association
		Ongais will partner with drivers Dale Pelfrey and Patrice Roussel in the Sezio Florida Race Team #87 Ford-powered Norma in the three-hour race that will conclude the 2002 Rolex Sports Car Series season.
		Born in Hawaii, Ongais earned the nickname the "Flyin' Hawaiian" for his amazing speed behind the wheel of nearly any kind of race car.
		In the world of open-wheel racing, Ongais won at Michigan in 1977 and competed in 11 Indy 500s (1977-'86, '96), earning four top-10 finishes and a top-five finish ('79).
	www.grandamerican.com /News/Article.asp?ID=620 (217 words)

	Drivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Danny Ongais was an ex-drag racer who worked his way into oval track racing and road racing.
		Danny Ongais was involved in a wide program including Indycar racing, the IMSA Championship as well as Formula 5000.
		After Danny Ongais' accident at Indianapolis and a quick recovery, Ted Field decided to make the move up to the GTP category.
	www.historicracing.com /drivers.cfm?driverID=5205&AlphaIndex=F (558 words)

	How to honor Brayton leaves Indy officials, drivers torn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In this year of the blighted Indy, it appears the plan is to divert attention from the tragedy.
		Meanwhile, there was much murmuring about the choice of Ongais, 54, who hasn't raced in nine years and has a reputation for recklessness.
		Curry defended the selection, saying, "He was known as `Danny on the gas.' Danny was a fast guy.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/car/96/05/24/brayton.html (754 words)

	The Motor Sports Forum - INDY 500 A Look Back: May 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Johnny Rutherford goes 198.6 mph in practice while Clay Regazzoni passes rookie tests and Janet Guthrie hits the wall and badly damages her car after lapping at 191.083 the previous lap.
		It was "Happy Hour" at its best when Danny turned in the fastest lap of the day and month on the last lap before the track was closed at 6pm.
		Danny Ongais blows an engine during his qualifying run.
	motorsportsforum.com /contents/showthread.php?threadid=26448&postid=29733 (439 words)

	Trackside Report (05/14/98)
		Ongais crashed Monday, suffering a slight concussion, and was not cleared to drive in this race.
		Paul became available last week when he was replaced last week by Jack Hewitt as driver for PDM Racing.
		He was walking around without a ride and ended up winning the race." (About physical differences between himself and Ongais): "We are total opposites.
	www.indy500.com /news/1998/trackside-051498.html (2012 words)

	bet on Danny Ongais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.officialsportsbetting.com /motorsports/bet-on-Danny-Ongais.php (793 words)

	CHAMP CAR: When ChampCars came to Silverstone. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Man of the moment, Danny Ongais, lapped his Parnelli VPJ6B just shy of the fastest time that had ever been attained at the track.
		Ongais, who had qualified two seconds faster than anyone else, unsurprisingly shot off into the distance.
		Once Ford's finest had peeled off and the race was back underway, Ongais disappeared into the distance again; by lap four he'd bagged a new lap record.
	www.crash.net /Feature_View~cid~3~id~2478~pid~1.htm (610 words)

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	1996 in IRL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Indy 500 of the Indy Racing League era was held May 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
		Scott Brayton won the pole but was fatally injured in a practice crash and replaced by Danny Ongais.
		Tony Stewart started the race from the pole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_in_IRL (496 words)

	The Trans-Am Corner
		Danny Moore from Oklahoma City in his Boss at Ponca City Grand Prix races in 1977 or 1978
		This car raced in the TA class in both 1970 and 1971 (FIA) Daytona 24 Hours.
		In 1971 the drivers were Swede Savage, and Danny Ongais.
	www.boss302.com /trans-am.htm (91 words)

	Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events
		For the first time since 1933, there are 35 cars in the starting lineup, as Billy Vukovich and George Snider are shown making the field during a special additional qualifying period.
		Al Unser in the yellow #2 Penzoil Chaparral, starting outside on the front row, takes the lead from Mears on the first lap and pulls away during the early stages of the race.
		Pit action is covered and you'll see Ongais, Mears, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Schuppan, and Tom Sneva all making stops during the race.
	www.raresportsfilms.com /1979indi2.html (752 words)

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