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Majeske Collection Danny Ongais and the Interscope Racing Parnelli/Cosworth made a fast combination in 1978, and other years as well. |
30 Days in May: No. 25, Danny Ongais, 1978
Interscope Racing Parnelli/Cosworth. Some cars and drivers just sum up an
era at Indianapolis and are indelibly linked. While not a legend of the
Brickyard like, say, A.J. Foyt or Rick Mears, if you went to the track from the
late 1970s to the mid-1980s, you remember Danny Ongais and the black Interscope
No. 25.
Danny On-Gas was fast, fearless and spectacular. When Tom Carnegie or John Totten piped up on the PA system that Ongais was on the track, you paused from munching on your Sno-Cone and gave the 2 ½-mile oval your undivided attention.
In 1978, the Flying Hawaiian started second and led 71 laps before the engine blew. Ongais wound up 18th with 145 laps to his credit.
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