My first trip to the salt with him was in 1973 we ran H/GT. He drove every year. Ben set the I/GT record at 120.872 in 1980, the record fell in 1992. In 1982 I drove the car Hydrogen powered as a time only entry. Martyn, Stainless and I crewed for him and helped him build car 1000 the Bockscar, which we still run today. Ben was a very interesting person and a great friend and mentor to us.