Danny Ongais has passed.

[PimTac]

Some here will remember him from the 70’s and 80’s thereabouts.

Danny Ongais 1942 - 2022

Danny Ongais, the fast and versatile Hawaiian whose long career included time in Indy cars, Formula 1, sports cars and drag racing, died on Saturday of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. Ni…

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[billt460]

I remember seeing him at U.S. 30 Dragstrip the early 70's, when he drove Roland Leong's "Hawaiian" Dodge Charger Funny Car. Also remember his horrible wreck at Indy. He had quite a career in motor racing.

 

[Passport1]

I remember him well. Saw him race at Indy once and a couple of times at Road America and Mosport, Ontario in the CAN-AM group 7 series. Gritty, tough driver.

 

[PimTac]

I watched some video of that 81 crash at Indianapolis. That was brutal and he was very fortunate to survive that.

 

[ka9mnx]

Yep. Remember him mostly in the drag racing scene. RIP Danny. We loved you and you will be missed.

 

[doitmyself]

I remember seeing him at U.S. 30 Dragstrip the early 70's, when he drove Roland Leong's "Hawaiian" Dodge Charger Funny Car. Also remember his horrible wreck at Indy. He had quite a career in motor racing.

The one in Indiana??

 

[nomas]

I was big into the drag racing thing when I was a kid in the 60's and early 70's . I remember him well .

 

[billt460]

The one in Indiana??

Yes....... "SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!!" At 0:39 is John Force before anyone knew who he was.

 

[billt460]

I remember back then I was listening to Bob Sirott on WLS 89 AM radio. He did an interview with Jan Gabriel, (the SUNDAY! SUNDAY! guy). Sirott asked him how he warmed up for doing the commercials. Gabriel said he and his partner Walt Peters, yelled out a window for 10 minutes or so.