You will be Missed

Danny Chandler (Magoo) passed this week.
You will be missed. I will always remember the crazy kid who always went allot. The good old days.
For those of you who never met him or watched him you missed a great experience.

Chaos

RIP Magoo, I don't think I ever got to watch you race my home track at Hangtown but I remember your influence on young bike riders in high school.

griz901 wrote:

RIP Magoo, I don't think I ever got to watch you race my home track at Hangtown but I remember your influence on young bike riders in high school.

Hangtown?? as in california, i raced motocross on that track, an mammoth lake also, only as a much younger and slimmer fella. in the late 70's an early 80's we raced all over the western u.s. an canada. i remember Magoo quite well, never met or raced with him, but we raced on our circuit with some [ retired ] pro's ,like zollie berenie from canada an one of the nicest men an best riders of all time Dick Mann. hearing Magoos name really brings back some memories. RIP. Magoo

yep - I lived in Placerville (more accurately Lotus/Coloma), graduated Ponderosa High in '83. Hangtown MX ran in prairie city, now it's at the OHV park.

Chaos doesn't talk about it much but I believe he was into flat track stuff in Sacto? He may have known Danny being he's a couple years older than me .

I need to get Chaos around a campfire and pick his brain after a couple drinks the world is a lot smaller when you start talking with folks who've been around the block a few times. Magoo's passing made me think of a lot of idols from my youth and how safety has improved.

I new him and raced with him many times. He was 3 years my younger and the fastest guy I have ever ridden with.
All I can say is we were not on the same level, any of us. Danny was all-out all the time, if he crashed you had a chance, maybe but he was coming.
God Bless you Danny, I only hope I am half the man you were.

Chaos