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.
