Who is Mike Newman?

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Mike Newman is a bank manager from Sale with a thirst for speed and a deep fascination with motorsports. Partially blind from birth and now completely blind he has not allowed his disability to stop him achieving his ambitions.

Mike Newman has held many land speed records over the years beginning in June of 2000 he broke the World Blind Land Speed Record by driving a motorcycle at an astonishing 89 mph. However mikes ambition to be the fastest blind man on the planet didn't end there another record was set in August 2003 this time in a Jaguar XJ-R in which he drove at an incredible 144.7mph firmly securing his world record. His next attempt was at Evington Aerodrome in a specially engineered BMW M5, during this attempt he reached a record breaking speed of 155mph.

Earlier this year a Turkish driver Senturk who broke mikes previous record by driving a Farrari F430 at 182mph. Now mike has a new car and a new target, on 1st of August 2010 mike plans to drive the Keating Supercar at 200mph and reclaim his record.