Fastest blind driver in documentary
Wednesday July 3rd 2013
The fastest blind driver in the world is appearing in a documentary on guide dogs changing the lives of people with sight loss, and can be seen hurtling around a race track.
The programme, Me And My Guide Dog, sees 50-year-old Steve Cunningham partnered with Foster, a three-year-old German Shepherd.
Steve, from Warwickshire, says Foster is "the Ferrari of guide dogs", being fast and positive.
Steve became the world's fastest blind driver back in 1999, in a 650bhp, V10-engined Chrysler SRT-10. Teaching him was the sighted world record holder Justin Bell.
Steve's fastest speed on the day was 176.4mph. Even so, his average of 147.6mph was a world beater.
He said his main strength was "passion, belief and confidence". In addition, "I have a guide dog that supports that."
Copyright Press Association 2013
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