Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Magoo (Con tin ued from pa ge 19) . th e series , th en yo u got a differen t shoe o n , bu t wh en yo u' re behind i n a seri es and yo u 're tr yin g 10 catch u p , you go tta let it a ll go . " Wh en I cras h it ma kes m e m adder a nd I try even h ard er. Maybe th at 's good a nd ma ybe th a t's bad 'ca u se I get back on it a n d in stead of taking a lap a nd getting my stu ff back togeth er a nd then go ing, I go righ t ba ck at it. It 's hard to tak e a la p when th ere's on ly seven laps 10 go , 10 do it in. It wou ld be d ifferen t if th ere was 30 minutes. "The thing is, wh at' s fu n ny, is th en yo u ca n go read a ny th in g and lik e I run into so me bo dy, li ke th e ba ck o f so me body, a nd I'll say it 's m y fa ult, you know. Yo u can ta ke O 'M ara, Ba iley, H an nah , an ybody else, that g uy ra n in to h im a n d i t' s th e oth er g uy 's fa u lt , it wa sn 't h is fault, but yo u get ta ng led up Wit h a gu y it's just as much yo ur fau lt as his fau lt, a nd I'm a lways been th e o ne 10 bl ame m yself for runn in g int o peo p le, or in stead o f gett i ng mad a nd say ing 'If that g uy wo u ld n 't o f run me over , kn ock ed me do wn , I wou ld 've wo n .' I co me from beh ind th em a nd yo u kn ow it 's a lap per or wh oever it is." Since Dann y has a lway s been a hard chargi ng spectac u la r, showy rid er , hi s famil y is very ada m ant a bo u t peop le thinking he cra shes more o n ly beca u se there a re more eyes o n hi m. Th e leader co u ld crash five times bu t everyo ne wo u ld o n ly no tice Magoo as far as rhev' re co ncerned . T h eir ire ove r th e whol e situa tio n ex tends to race reports tha t regularly clai me d " Magoocras hed agai n" wh en in rea lity he'd o n ly broke. T h eir u ltimat e exam p le wa s a time in Oakland when Magoo was si tti ng a lo ngside th e track wi th a broken cha in a nd Sc h u ltz ca me over th e jump an d h it h im . T he accide nt was bla med on Magoo. Their wrath o n th e medi a notwithstanding, th e 1981 Hangtown National quickl y comes to mind wh en Magoo had to try for th e field via th e qual ifyin g race route. In front o f leg io n s o f lo yal hometown fans, he went down th ree times in th e four-l ap ra ce, th e thi rd time gettin g o rr o n the downside of a fa st jump so ha rd th ey wer e a lready ca ll in g h im dead in th e press trai ler o n th e opposite side of th e track. Spectators ri ght o n th e scene sa id he was doubled over cryin g he was hurting so bad, but 10 th e delight a nd chee rs o f th e Magoo faithfu l he got back up, go t back o n th e bent bike, a n d ca me back to finish an in cred ibl e seventh! When h e didn 't mak e the cu t, hal f th e p lace go t up an d left ! Wh ether or not he reall v cras hes m ore or less tha n a nyone else, there's o n ly o ne Da n n y " Magoo" Cha nd ler; h e rid es it 10 th e max li ke n o o ne el se. As he threw al eg ove r a new KTM , h e said tha t H onda " ha d " 10 sig n h im a fter h e clea ned u p th e 1981 TransUSA series. " So m ebody is going 10 ha ve 10 a ga in next year beca use I' m goi ng 10 beco me World Champion. And th at 's it, I feel good, I feel strong, I kn o w I ca n bea t th em . I th in k . th ev'r e m ore worri ed a bo u t me th a n I am ' a bo ut th em . Ov er th ere, they'r e a lrea dy say ing th ey' re worried a bo ut me. I h ear a lot o f th in gs o ver th ere fro m m y m anager. " As Ma goo wh eelies orr down th e o n ly street o f Mi chi ga n Bluff, yo u want 10 believe tha t h e's recapt u red h is o ld form . H is ent h us ia sm a n d co nf ide nce is in fecti ous an d if h is ride o ver there in February is any indica tion. Europea n race fans ma y be in for th e treat o f a seaso n. 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