South African Hein Wagner has become the world's fastest blind driver. Driving a red Maserati V8 Gran Sport, he notched up 269km/h along an airstrip in northwest South Africa. It is an absolutely awesome feeling. It was over so fast", the 33-year-old said, after breaking the previous 233km/h record. Blind from birth, Mr. Wagner is a motivational speaker from Cape Town and was raising funds for the South African National Council for the Blind. "We've raised $9,500 so far and I'm aiming to get $15,500", he told the BBC News website on his arrival back in Cape Town. "The record was set on an airstrip because blind people are not allowed to drive on public roads", he said. "I had five hours training in the car before I made the attempt", he said. He also said he had to drive the sports car, owned by the car dealer Viglietti, without any insurance. This is not his only intrepid sporting success. In 1998 he was part of the South African blind cricket team, which won the first-ever blind World Cup. He has also completed two marathons; climbed 10 of the highest mountains in South Africa's Western Cape region and finished the Cape to Rio Yacht Race in 1993.
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