{"id":1183,"date":"2003-08-13T15:23:20","date_gmt":"2003-08-13T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/08\/13\/blind-man-in-jag-sets-world-speed-reco"},"modified":"2003-08-13T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2003-08-13T19:23:20","slug":"blind-man-in-jag-sets-world-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/13\/blind-man-in-jag-sets-world-speed-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Man in Jag Sets World Speed Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a612'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td height=\"185\" colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/\nbarcar.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"183\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"243\">\n<p>A blind man has set a world record by reaching a speed of<br \/>\n    144mph in a $93,000 Jaguar XRJ 4.2 <\/p>\n<p>Mike Newman was alone behind the wheel of the super-charged  car during<br \/>\n    the record bid at an old aerodrome at Elvington, York. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"409\">The 41-year-old, who has been blind for most of his life,<br \/>\n      now holds the land speed record for the blind after exceeding the previous<br \/>\n      record of 141mph. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Newman, a bank manager from Sale, Cheshire carried out the bid in aid of Guide<br \/>\nDogs For The Blind.&nbsp; In an emotional celebration, in which he hugged his<br \/>\nwife Kristen, 15-year-old daughter Becky, son Sam, 13, and guide dog Ross, Mr<br \/>\nNewman<br \/>\nsaid it felt fantastic<br \/>\nto have broken the record. He was in constant radio contact with his stepfather,<br \/>\nalso named Mike Newman, who followed at a distance and gave him directions.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_808848.html?menu=news.quirkies\"> from<br \/>\nAnanova<\/a><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/\nmnewman.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"183\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blind man has set a world record by reaching a speed of 144mph in a $93,000 Jaguar XRJ 4.2 Mike Newman was alone behind the wheel of the super-charged car during the record bid at an old aerodrome at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/13\/blind-man-in-jag-sets-world-speed-record\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}