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🇺🇸 Danny Ongais

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar, Chitwood Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Danny Ongais
Born
21 May 1942(b. 1942)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Chitwood Motorsports
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
6
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
5,741
Danny Ongais
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,741
Rank 423 of 39,300 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Danny Ongais is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for Chitwood Motorsports. Ongais has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,741 ranks Ongais 423th of 39,300 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1997 form
Last 6 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSACANARGBRAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1997-01-25Indy 200IndyCarP13−71
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+102Mosport 1977Formula 1P7
+7580th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 1996IndyCarP7
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1997▸IndyCarChitwood Motorsports100000P28−715,741
1996▸IndyCarTeam Menard100000—+755,812
1978▸Formula 1Ensign200200P17−1465,737
1977▸Formula 1Penske200100P17+4,5335,883
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Ongais finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann6,55241325%
🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter6,3914040%
🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson6,24241325%
🇬🇧 John Watson6,23841325%
🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni6,21241325%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,09941325%
🇩🇪 Jochen Mass6,0984040%
🇺🇸 Mario Andretti6,05341325%
🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler6,04041325%
🇺🇸 Brett Lunger5,95542250%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated6,49721150%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,41721150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
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Danny Ongais is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for Chitwood Motorsports. Ongais has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,741 ranks Ongais 423th of 39,300 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
“On the Gas”: The drag racing life and times of Danny Ongais[1]
NHRA
4 Mar 2022
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American racing great Danny Ongais dead at 79[2]
foxnews.com
1 Mar 2022
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Former Indy car, drag racing star Danny Ongais dies aged 79[3]
Motorsport.com
28 Feb 2022
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