Ben Quadrinaros

Ben Quadinaros was actually a very fearless creature; but like most Toongs, he buckled under when confronted with social interaction. This timidity around others quickly earned him an undeserved reputation as a coward. However, while he might not have been spineless, he didn't have the skill required to achieve success in the Boonta Eve Classic, having only raced before on the Pouffra Circuit (widely regarded as one of the safest -- and therefore, in the collective opinion of the Podracing elite, wimpiest -- courses in the galaxy). In fact Quadinaros wouldn't have entered the Boonta at all if not for the fact that Boles Roor, in his glimmik concert the night before the race, had drunkenly bet five million peggats that Quadinaros didn't have the guts to enter. The Toong accepted his bet, rented a Podracer, and soon found himself on the starting grid of the racetrack. He couldn't deny feeling great fear that he might meet his end on the unforgiving dunes of the Boonta. However, he was spared by the fact that his Podracer failed to take off at the part of the race -- it had been sabotaged by Ark "Bumpy" Roose earlier. Deprived of his dignity yet five million peggats richer as a result of his bet with Roor, Quadinaros happily stepped down from the expert courses, purchased a new Podracer, and returned to the Pouffra Circuit.