Danny Ongais

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Danny Ongais (born May 21, 1942 in Kahului, Maui Island, Hawaii) is a retired American racing driver. 

Ongais is the only native Hawaiian to compete in the Indianapolis 500. A motorcycle, sports car, Formula One, and drag racing competitor, he won the American Hot Rod Association AA Gas Dragster Championship in 1963 and 1964, and in the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster championship title in 1965. 

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Danny Ongais (born May 21, 1942 in Kahului, Maui Island, Hawaii) is a retired American racing driver. 

Ongais is the only native Hawaiian to compete in the Indianapolis 500. A motorcycle, sports car, Formula One, and drag racing competitor, he won the American Hot Rod Association AA Gas Dragster Championship in 1963 and 1964, and in the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster championship title in 1965. 

A flamboyant figure on the racing circuit, Ongais was nicknamed "On-Gas" and "The Flyin' Hawaiian." 

In Formula One, Ongais in six Grands Prix, debuting on October 2, 1977, and recorded a best result of seventh. In 1996, at the age of 54, he served as the substitute driver for Scott Brayton in the Indianapolis 500, as Brayton had died in a crash while practicing shortly before the race. Starting last, Ongais finished 7th in what was his final 500. 

At the 1981 Indianapolis 500, Ongais was involved in a near-fatal wreck, which caused several arm and leg fractures as well as internal injuries. Four years later, at the Michigan 500, he spun on the exit of turn two and barrel-rolled down the back straight, during a race which had several crashes throughout its duration.

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Subject ID: 27645

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