Drag racing, that's been my life, but for Danny, it was just part of where he wanted to go, and he sure got there.. I mean, listen I've done well in drag racing, and I've driven Top Fuel and Funny Car, but so had Danny, but he even went two or three steps further, driving an Indy car and hauling ass and in IMSA cars. Weve got all these new people, all this new equipment, Ward said. [9] Ongais finished 7th, having the best car early in the race. Whether its grabbing a badass mechanic out of World of Outlaws and introducing them to IndyCar. Back to Victory Lane, Every Indy 500 Winner from the Dawn of Time, Danny Ongais, 11-Time Indianapolis 500 Racer, Rolex 24 Winner Dies at 79, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Media Service. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. And its especially true during a season with the kind of expansion that Arrow McLaren has undertaken for the 2023 season. Ongais final attempt at Indianapolis came in 1998, when he failed to qualify in a Team Pelfrey car. But then the wild mustangs he was driving gave way to the thoroughbreds, the ground-effects cars. He moved up to the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster championship and defeated the legendary Don Prudhomme in the 1966 NHRA Nationals in the Top Fuel semifinals. Its been a time of tremendous growth for the team, and most of that growth has come since the end of last season, Ward told NBC Sports as many of the new team members scurried past him with fresh parts and data during a break from preseason testing at The Thermal Club in Southern California last month. He was a racer, and he loved what he was doing, so it was easier for him to get back in the car.. They are in relation from previous few years of a strong relationship. Wow, thats some high praise. After losing Saturdays AA/Dragster class final to Thompson, he beat Thompson in the final of the eliminator on Sunday, 8.39 to 8.53, to claim the big prize, then a few months later, he won the Hot Rod Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway. Right from the get-go for me, that was a high-priority item to try and spruce ourselves up. Any amount of anonymity that Ongais had changed on a worldwide basis after he reunited with Thompson in late 1968. F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: How to watch on TV in the USA on ESPN, How Liberty is "playing long game" to help F1 teams make money, How Liberty is "playing long game" to help F1 teams make money Cars during this period would smoke the tires from the starting line to the finish line, so getting crossed up was a moderately common occurrence. At the 1964 Winternationals, his dragster defeated a field that included heavyweights like Thompson, the Peters & Frank Freight Train, and Earl Poage. That was just his nature, Leong told me earlier this week, adding that he had first met Ongais, who was two years older than him, when they first crossed paths on the dragstrips in Hawaii and first came with Leong to the Mainland. He was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (196263), 24 Hours of Daytona (196671/ 1973/ 1975present), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 02:44. Gracie is a rock star and can do anything, Gundlach said. Ongais finished in 3rd place at the Detroit News Grand Prix at Michigan International Speedway. Though staffing up still was very difficult, Rossi credited attracting talent to McLarens high-performance reputation (the company also is known for its sleek street cars). New hires have come from Fortune 500 companies, major brands and other professional sports an eclectic roster of past employers that includes Disney, SalesForce, the Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Rays, Republic Airlines and Boeing Defense, Space & Security (to name a few). How much does an F1 car weigh in 2023 and what's included in the limit? He seldom lifted no matter how crossed up and sideways the car got. He finished runner-up in the Top Fuel class at the 1966 NHRA U.S. Nationals after beating legend Don Prudhomme in the semifinals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, and three years later he clinched the Funny Car class win in the same event. The success of Ongais and Field with the Interscope team also extended to sports car racing, with Field also driving. As the season progressed the Parnelli 6C (which was already a two-year-old car) started to struggle due to its age. Eventually progressing through regional series and Formula 5000, Ongais and Field moved to USAC and Indy cars in 1976 under the banner of Interscope Racing. We let him drive my car, and his first run was as good as any I ever made. In 1985, Ongais also survived a spectacular barrel-roll at Michigan International Speedway after hitting the back of the slower car of Phil Krueger on the backstretch. I think everyone in the team feels that we should perform and win instead of like, its a luxury to win. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. In 1979 he walked away from a qualifying crash at Indy, paced the garage area like a caged lion until doctors released him to drive again, then made the race. Usually, however, he spent words as if they were pearls. 1 mechanic out of F1. A head-on shunt in the 1981 Indy 500 left him recuperating for the remainder of the season while four years later at Michigan he went into a barrel-roll after launching off the back of another car. Shes a complete unicorn and super hard worker. The best season for Ongais and the Interscope team came in 1978, when he won five races and eight poles en route to an eighth-place finish in the USAC standings. I dont think theres a better IndyCar team to work for right now.. WebFormer Indy car, drag racing star Danny Ongais dies aged 79 Danny Ongais, a race-winner and ace qualifier in Indy car racing whose career spanned three decades died last Scott said Arrow McLaren has lost only three team members since last years Sept. 11 finale at Laguna Seca, an unheard-of number that she attributes to working hard on trying to give back to employees with extra cash and time off. There have been other athletes who have taken a vow of silence, most notably baseball`s Steve Carlton. The group of people that are in charge (of) who joins the team, I think they know exactly what we need, and I trust theyre going to make the right decisions. He competed He was my hero, to be honest with you. How much he loves IndyCar. He was transported by an ambulance to a nearby hospital in a critical condition. Just like the U.S. business world since the Great Resignation of 2020-21, one of the loudest narratives in racing has been the difficulty of hiring and keeping strong personnel since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the worlds workforce. His Girlfriend/boyfriends name is Not Available. Hes a great personality to the team. Though casting a wide recruitment net dovetails with McLarens progressive outlook, Ward said its also by necessity because for sure, the whole paddock has been in a fight to get the best people.. Ongais crashed in practice and suffered a concussion in 1987 at Indianapolis while driving for Team Penske, forcing him to miss the race. The cars were fragile on the half shafts, and he liked to drive them hard sometimes. I work really well in it, and Im excited to bring her in and experience that. I think people start to realize that IndyCar is a pretty fun place to be and not a bad way to go racing, Ward said. [Related Insider column: Whatever came of the famed Blue Mustang?]. At the age of 54, Ongais was an unlikely call-up to replace Team Menards Indy 500 polesitter Scott Brayton who had perished in a crash in a post-qualifying practice session. Born in 1942 in the wake of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Ongais grew up in Kahului on the island of Maui, and he raced BSA motorcycles as a teenager before he was introduced to the dragstrip by some friends. At the age of 18, he earned a Hawaiian state title in motorcycle racing, and he went on to become a drag racing ace. There are no visitors to Danny Ongais` world. So we just have to keep that, and well be all right.. All we can do is look across what corporations and companies are doing when people tell us we could do better in one space or another, she said. In 1998 he attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with Team Pelfrey but was unable to do so when he suffered a concussion after a crash. He was a motorcycle champion in Hawaii when he decided to come to the mainland United States and go racing. 2023 Ghanafuo.com & DM Network. 162.144.88.63 He crashed again in 1982, and then came Thursday`s wrenching collision with the wall. I thought towards the end of the run, if the fans didnt like this, they dont need to be here. He never left anything on the table, I can tell you that. For a few years Ongais had an uneasy truce with the press, but even that evaporated when Colleen Campbell left him. That 1978 season also included Ongais starting in the middle of the first all-200-mph front row at Indianapolis, between pole-sitter Sneva and rookie Rick Mears. Ongais died Feb. 26, 2022 from congestive heart failure in Anaheim Hills, California. So far as anyone knows, he has nothing to hide.''. A semi-serious look at the points battles heading to Pomona, T.V. We have no more information about his spouse. In 1977, his first full year on the championship car circuit, he won a race at Michigan and was named rookie of the year. [8] Later in the season, Interscope Racing set up a partnership between themselves and Patrick Racing giving Patrick March 83C-Cosworth DFXs. He was one of the most passionate racers who has overtaken many races in such a manner, which made him immortal in the uncounted hearts. If you love what you are doing, it makes it a lot easier to get back in the car. Getting Zak more plugged into the team has been a fantastic side effect of this change, Ward said. WebINDIANAPOLIS Danny Ongais, the first and highest-finishing Hawaiian starter at the Indy 500, also might have been one of the hardest chargers in the races storied history. View, Rosanne Ongais of Oceanside, California and Daisy (Melvin) Ongais-Kilaulani of Keaau; sons, Carl Moe, Jr. of Hilo, Richard (Julie) Moe of Bethel Island, California, David (Vanessa) Moe of Keaau, James Moe of Las Vegas, Nevada and Michael (Carrie) Moe of Brentwood, California; brothers, Jerome (Jean) Ongies of Oahu, Claudino (Bernadette) Ongais of Washington and Steven (Elena) Ongais of Hilo; sisters, Constance Wheeler of Arkansas and Carmen Dusza of Oahu; brother in-law, Alfred (Maile) Tavares of Hilo; sister in-law, Sharon Tavares of Keaau; 34 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews a. He also won the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster Championship in 1965. We started from a team that had always been competitive and hungry to find the very last bit, and that is still the backbone here that came from the small, really hungry team. I think that also helps to diversify the portfolio of talent that we have internally and the ability to learn from one another and grow as a team.. In 1969, Ongais won the NHRA Spring Nationals and NHRA U.S. Nationals in the Funny Car class driving a Mickey Thompson Ford Mustang. Usually its me calling him for comment on someone whos passed, but this time he called me (he was, in fact, the first person to tell me of Ongais passing). He ran his last Indy Car race the next year, in the Indy 200 at Walt Disney World, with Chitwood Motorsports, where he finished 13th. I messaged her on Instagram, Hey, I think youre super cool, youre really killing it, and if you ever want to work in IndyCar, let me know, Gundlach told NBC Sports. Ongais came into the pits on lap 63 as the leader of the race, but problems during the stop caused it to drag on for a disastrous 46 seconds. Getting out of the car, Ongais pushed it the length of the quarter-mile dragstrip to claim the championship. Ward said McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, who also oversees the F1 team, attended more IndyCar races last year and will continue to be a more constant presence this year as the team ramps up. There are some inherent advantages for a team in IndyCar, whose 17-race schedule is more manageable than NASCAR (36 races in 37 weeks) and Formula One (which has expanded to 24 races around the globe). From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. I think weve got a very good tribe of people here, and part of that includes just diversity of humans in general, Gundlach said. Under qualifying rules he had to start 33rd. Our paths didnt cross a lot away from the track, but when they did, he was a quiet, easygoing guy totally different and opposite outside of the car. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2000 and the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Ongais and Field teamed up with success in Formula 5000 and the Indy car Series in the late 1970s. If he was running at the end, you couldnt count him out. He also recorded the fastest lap of the race, 192.678 mph, as a rookie in 1977. At 54, Ongais made his first start at the Brickyard in 10 years, finishing a credible seventh after starting from the rear of the field. ''He has a good brain,'' says a friend, ''and in a social circumstance can be witty. I think weve done a great job of that. Even his closest friends know little of his personal life. The rides with major teams that could have been his went to less talented but more malleable men. The team overhauled its total rewards package (which includes benefits and incentivized bonus plans) to stay competitive with other IndyCar teams as well as the other high-tech and Fortune 500 companies in the Indianapolis, Indiana, region (home to roughly 2 million) where Arrow McLaren is based. Ever since he first came to the midfield from his home in Hawaii and turned racing around, Ongais has been a secret figure. Danny was a great guy. pic.twitter.com/wWOurQyhjT, nascarman (@nascarman_rr) April 4, 2022. That attitude often got him in trouble, though. Were not where we want to be right now, but thats normal. Service in the U.S. Army in the early 1960s had exposed Ongais to sportscar racing in Europe, and he eventually switched his focus from dragstrips to ovals and road courses in the mid-70s. Theres one person coming in every other day, and it just becomes normality, the Swede said. Ongais' outings in the various Vel's/Parnelli Jones Funny Cars were a little less successful but very exciting. Still, those five winsthree on the large superspeedways at Ontario, Texas, and Michigan, one at the short Milwaukee Mile oval, and one road race at Mosportdemonstrated Ongais' versatility as a driver. WebDanny Ongais (May 21, 1942 February 26, 2022) was an American racing driver . Born in Kahului, Hawaii on May 21, 1942, Ongais remains the first driver from the Aloha State to race in the Indianapolis 500, and hes an appropriate pioneer as May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. He finished the season in 20th place in points. While Ongais was known for his blazing speed at Indianapolis and elsewhere, he also attracted attention for surviving some of the most violent crashes of his era. But we are sure that it is not available and his spouses name is not available. His first Indy car race was the 1976 California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, where he finished 28th after a crash. For the 1985 season Ongais scored a best finish of 6th at the Beatrice Indy Challenge at Tamiami Park and finished in 24th place in points. Not sharp like Johnny Rutherford or deep like Bobby Rahal, but he`s certainly intelligent enough.''. Plus, the tracks were not prepared with traction compound like they are today, making them a lot more slick and tougher to drive on. In 1982, he ran on only one Indy car race, the Indianapolis 500 (which was still sanctioned by USAC). That is what you do in drag racing. Great guy. Two years later he qualified on the front row and led for four laps before crashing again. How much does an F1 car weigh in 2023 and what's included in the limit? INDIANAPOLIS Danny Ongais, the first and highest-finishing Hawaiian starter at the Indy 500, also might have been one of the hardest chargers in the races storied history. Its pretty amazing to me with how involved he is with every aspect of the IndyCar organization, the F1 organization. Ongais and Field teamed up with success in Formula 5000 and the IndyCar Series in the late 1970s. I think that it is very important to see that the company emphasizes bringing the right people in, and the right people are women.. In the early 1960s he started competing in drag racing. Ongais started, but his drive line broke immediately. 6 Chevy, is entering his third season at Arrow McLaren and said its been virtually seamless as the team doubled in size. Danny Ongais, the Hawaiian driver admired by fans and competitors for his speed and bravery in an Indianapolis 500 career spanning three decades, died Feb. 26 of congestive heart complications in Anaheim Hills, California. Fielding the #25 GM Goodwrench/Panavision March 86C-Buick V6, Ongais dropped out with a mechanical failure. In the unlikeliest alliance since Rocky joined forces with Apollo Creed, Ongais had contracted to drive a single race for Penske, the May 24 Indianapolis 500. Ongais raced and drove a number of Top Fuel cars in those years, including this cool-looking winged slingshot at the 1972 Winternationals. 2 at 11:30 a.m. Casual attire; flowers and lei are welcomed He is survived by wife, Patricia P. Ongais of Keaau; daughters, Deneen (Nathan) Ongais Louie of Hilo, Renee (Clarence) Ongais-Salvador of Mt. He was a racer. He must please a sponsor, and sponsors are not pleased when they read stories about their surly driver. Every so often, a guy comes along, somebody that really catches your attention, that impresses you, and, for me, he was that guy, Prudhomme said. They did score a memorable AHRA win at Lions Dragstrip on the fateful March 8 day that Don Garlits exploded the transmission in Swamp Rat 13, severing half of his right foot. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()), Skip Bayless Wife Ernestine Sclafani Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Net Worth, Fast Facts. He did not have any of that reputation, quite honestly. He makes an effort to keep everyone up to date from top to bottom as to where things are, what the current objectives are and whats the future look like. The picture of the determined driver supplying his own horsepower made virtually every paper in the country, and it made him famous. 32 seat vacated by the late Scott Brayton, Danny Ongais made his last start in the Indy 500 with Team Menard (IndyCar). They dominated the season, winning the Bakersfield March Meet, Orange Countys Manufacturer's Meet, and the NHRA Springnationals and U.S. Nationals. Long before Danny On the Gas Ongais became a household name across the country and around the world on television and radio as a revered IndyCar driver, he belonged to us, to the world of drag racing, where he sated his need for speed in the formative years of his motorsports career. Ongais calmly drove it around to the pits where the fire was extinguished. Before his championship run with Penske, Ward spent more than 12 years as an aerodynamicist and engineer with the Red Bull F1 team. The versatile Ongais made 11 Indianapolis 500 starts between 1977 and 1996, with four top-10 finishes. No information regarding his funeral ceremony has come out yet from the side of his family. Super positive. The versatile Ongais made 11 Indianapolis 500 starts between 1977 and 1996, with four top-10 finishes. Obviously, were very happy with what weve managed to pull together in recruiting talented people at a time where its a scrap for talent out there. Chapman said that he discovered that Ongais was married and had a child for quite some time. (The fact that we share the same birthday albeit 16 years apart has nothing to do with it.). A writer who had followed his career closely and thought he knew Ongais fairly well visited him in the track hospital. Over the past year, the team has received tens of thousands of resumes sometimes hundreds specifically for an open position while transforming its staff. Focusing on more diversity through a Path to the Pits internship program that identifies future talent, Scott has been struck by the interest from youth. Racing teams typically face double-digit turnover after the season. Ongais had virtually lived with the Thompson family, and Campbell considered him a brother. This is certainly an exciting company to work for because the brand is quite well known globally, and that certainly helps from a recruitment perspective. Danny Ongais, the Hawaiian driver admired by fans and competitors for his speed and bravery in an Indianapolis 500 career spanning three decades, died Feb. 26 of congestive heart complications in Anaheim Hills, California. WebDanny N Patsy Ongais is on Facebook. ), Danny Ongais stepped up when @INDYCAR & I needed him most. While deployed in Europe in the early 1960s, he also got his first taste of sports-car racing that would become one of his many fortes later in his career. And well-deserved. Ongais and Fields success with the Interscope team also extended to sports car racing, with Field also driving. Hills, California, from congestive cardiovascular collapse, but not because of any accident. Ongais is the only native of Hawaii to start in The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Fans included his heritage in his nickname The Flyin Hawaiian, and nicknames On-Gas and On the Gas were word plays on his last name. 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