Mike Newman with Porsche 911 - Land Speed Record for Blind Driver
Mike Newman is a former bank manager, who set a new land speed record for a blind driver. Mike is 52 years old and currently lives in Manchester, UK. He was born with glaucoma and lost his sight aged 8, but that didn’t stop him at all.Mike Newman has reached the impressive speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire with a Porsche 911. Of course, he received radio assistance with the necessary directions that had to be followed in order to claim the record and