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Magoo
(Continuedfrom pa{(f' 9)
When we got back to Danny's
house, we threw our muddy clothes
into the washer and sat down with
him to get on tape what we couldn't
record while bouncing around inside
his truck. Randy Wright, who had
been driving the other Toyota, Henry,
Martin and Tracy were all there with
us and Magoo talked away without
any reservation. His father and sister
Blackie dropped by later and Danny
Jr. just welcomed them in and kept
answering our questions.
The interview became almost a
family project at times as one or
another of the company would join
in. Magoo likes attention, but likes to
share it with his friends. He welcomed all their participation and was
real sincere in tying them into his
answers and his plans for the future.
"I want to get my dad a h,ouse. He's
supported my racil1g all the way and
I've taken a lot away from him, but I
feel I can replace a lot of that now.
When Tracy and I get married, I'd
like to buy some heavy equipment
with her parents (they own an excavating business) and help with their
business. I don't want to own the
company, I'd just like to have our
parents, Martin, Tracy and I set up
for life."
Magoo had made several references
to the USGP at Carlsbad during our
interview and discussion of racing, so
when we were through, someone suggested we watch the tape from the TV
airing. Danny Sr. was probably the
most enthusiastic about watching the
tape and made no secret of the fact
that he was proud of Magoo and
could watch the tape endlessly. During the showing, Danny Jr.'s experienced eye picked up many of the
fine details of professional racing
After the tape was over and we'd
seen in slow motion such details as
every rider's hand coming up simultaneously to remove a tearoff, Magoo
being roosted in the mud and missed
shifts by both Darrell Shulu and
Chandler, it was time for us to leave
the mountains and make our way
home. After a whole day running
around with Magoo and getting to
know him, leaving his comfortable
home in the forest was about as welcome as leaving for the office on a
Monday morning. We didn't want to
go.
We drove down out of the mountains and, as we made our gradual
change back to the city life, we were
again struck by the contrasts of the
professional racer from the mountains. Danny is creative, energetic,
fast and sincere. Despite his success,
he has no plans to channel his reputation toward high-dollar movie contracts, accessory companies or any
other big city business-type deals.
He's into his career for the joy of racing and left us with a clear dreampicture of how he'd like to live in the
future.
"[ want to stay here. I think what
I'd like to do more than anything, if I
ever have enough money, is to buy a
house where you'd have to have a
four-wheeler to get to it. In the winter, I would snowmobile to it and
leave the truck parked 10-15 miles
away where I'd have my garage. My
cabin in the woods. That is what I am
into. I like living off the land. Foresthill means everything to me; it's my
life."
"I just want to live happy. I like to
have my friends, I like to give them a
bad time and I like to enjoy life. I
don't like the city, I don't like the
madness and I just can't handle that
sort of speed. Life only comes around
once; I'm just going to enjoy it while
it's here."
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Let's all look forward to a
healthy and prosperous
New Year ... don't reduce
your chances by mixing
booze and bil