Vision Sports Ireland has launched a first-ever ZERO LIMITS Track Day – giving blind and visually impaired people the opportunity of a lifetime to experience life in the fast lane driving around the Mondello Park circuit.
The event is supported by Motorsport Ireland and will take place during European Week of Sport in Mondello Park on Thursday, 23rd of September.
There are two stages to the event – The Drive to Feel Alive and Guide the Way. In the first, a select group of participants will have the opportunity to drive a road car for what may be their very first time or the first time in a very long time, getting behind the wheel of a brand new Mini Cooper.
Alongside a driving instructor, visually impaired drivers will drive the Mondello Park circuit, making lifelong ambitions become a reality.
If the actual driving isn’t of interest, participants can experience first-hand all the thrills and adrenaline that motorsport has to offer as they become co-drivers for the day and sit in full specification, highly competitive rally cars alongside some of Ireland’s finest rally drivers including Rosemary Smith, for passenger laps around the track.
“The idea for the Zero Limits Track Day was born out of NCBI’s Changing Perceptions 2021-2023 campaign, which is purposely focused on showcasing the ability as opposed to the disability,” said CEO of Vision Sports Ireland, Aaron Mullaniff.
“Our visually impaired and blind members have their own ambitions and dreams, and it is, therefore, the Vision Sports team’s mission to always question and assess how we can make those dreams a reality”.
“In association with our partner organisations Motorsport Ireland, Mondello Park and Sport Ireland, the team is working hard at making sport and leisure opportunities more accessible and inclusive to all, whilst bringing imagination to solutions to advance our why at Vision Sports.”
Sara Mc Fadden, Ireland’s first visually impaired rally co-driver is involved in the day.
“It is an honour to be involved in organizing an event that will allow other people who are blind or visually impaired to experience firsthand, the sport which I am so privileged to compete in and has given me so much,” she said.
“From my own experience, I know that getting to drive a car for the first time or getting to drive a car again for someone with a vision impairment will be a dream come true and something they may have never thought possible so being a part of the team that is making this happen is an amazing feeling.”
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