ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth
The incredible story of Australian drag racing and land speed legend Rosco McGlashan's life
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Rosco McGlashan's unbelievable true story is one of the best land speed, drag racing, and motorsports biographies you will ever read. This book's action-packed pages about Rosco's life, racing career, and near-death experiences will leave you speechless.
His early years were tough. He spent time in state-run facilities and eventually ran away at 12. He increases his age from 12 to 16, so he can work and fund his racing career. At 17, he ended up in prison and solitary confinement. Once released, his salvation comes through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focused his fighting spirit and energy on racing and becoming the fastest man on the planet.
- Features 180 photos and 395 jaw-dropping pages.
- His V8 drag bike and jet dragsters take him from Australia to the USA and New Zealand.
- These races lead to amazing, funny adventures and stories that will leave you laughing out loud.
- Rosco gets kidnapped by the Russian Mafia and fights his way out.
- He crashed a car at close to 600 mph (960 km/h) and clinically died on an operating table.
- He goes on to win many motor racing titles and break land speed records.
- He meets racing legends and encounters mass murderers and world leaders.
- At 35, he turns his attention to being the fastest man on the planet.
- Rosco has just finished Aussie Invader 5R, with 200 times the power of a Formula One car.
- If you like motivational and inspiring books, this book is for you. Quitting is not in this man's DNA.
Mark J Read
I have wanted to write this book for so long because I felt this story was just too incredible not to be told. My book, ROSCO: The Fastest Aussie on Earth, is about my friend Rosco McGlashan. He is an Australian drag racing champion, land speed record holder, and motor racing legend. I have always been fascinated with mechanical problems, and land speed records are about solving problems. I have been working with Rosco to build the world's fastest car (Aussie Invader 5R), in which Rosco and the Aussie Invader team hope to break the world land speed record and achieve a 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The land speed car build and the work I do to see this record broken are a labour of love. I have worked on the Aussie Invader project for 15 years with Rosco and some of the world's best mechanics, engineers, and rocket scientists, and we all give our time and expertise for free. The book's goal is to raise awareness of our land speed record project, with proceeds supporting it. Mark J Read - Author and proud member of the Aussie Invader team. P.S. Book reviews mean a lot, and I read every review personally.
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