My Very Good Friend, Benji

I met Benji in Kingsville, TX when he was 16 years old (1977).  When I got my laydown Honda drag bike,  he became the rider for my Kawasaki 500 triple drag bike. He was really good and very consistant. Always cut a good light and never missed a shift. As I was in the Navy, I eventually left the area. He came out to San Diego when he was 18 and worked a while at San Diego Motorcycle Salvage and then eventually went back to Texas. Fast forward to a few years ago, he finds a mutual old friend at the Edinburgh drag strip and gets my email address and we have been in touch ever since. Today, he sent me these pictures and I asked if I could put it on this blog and he said okay.

And here he is a long time ago! Very cool (in more ways than one)!