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What it's like to drive a racing car without being able to see

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It takes courage to drive a racing car. It takes gumption to drive one quickly. It takes audacity to drive one quickly without being able to see.

Face completely covered with a fire-proof balaclava, I stepped into a specially-adapted racer and had a helmet squeezed on to my enormous head.

Then, I was strapped in so tightly I was unable to move. Ralph, my instructor for my slimmed-down session of two laps blindfolded and two laps sighted, said that my restricted movement was for my own benefit.

And then the blindfold was put on me. READ MORE: Stockport Plaza is a great trip back in time - I just wish the food wasn't too Speaking to me through a microphone and speaker system installed in our helmets, Ralph says he will be an able guide for myself, and I wholeheartedly believe him.

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