Turkish singer breaks speed record for driving blind

A Turkish man smashes record for fastest speed for a car driven blindfolded or blind, earning a place in the Guinness World Records.

Blind Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday in a 600 horsepower Ferrari F430, at Urfa airport in eastern Turkey and said he felt he had danced with death.

Guinness World Records officials said that his average speed of 292.89 km/h (181.99 mph) broke the previous record of 284 km/h (176.47 mph), held by a British bank manager.

The 44-year-old Senturk has been blind since the age of three.

During the record attempt, Senturk was given verbal instructions through radio by Volkan Isik, a former rally driver, who followed him in another car.

Senturk said the attempt was a project of the World's Handicapped Association, which he had founded.

Source: PressTV.
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