The Amazing True Life Story of Rosco McGlashan
by Mark J Read
ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth, is full of incredible stories about Rosco's drag racing and land speed record career. It has 395 action-packed pages and 180 incredible photos of Rosco’s life, cars, and racing career. Rosco’s V8 drag bike and jet dragsters take him to drag racing tracks all over Australia, the USA and New Zealand. These races lead to amazing and funny adventures that will leave you speechless and wanting more. The story isn’t over yet. Rosco is building the most powerful car on the planet – Aussie Invader 5R!
Rosco McGlashan's unbelievable true story is one of the best drag racing and motorsports biographies you will ever read. This pictorial book has 395 action-packed pages about Rosco's life, cars, and racing career. His drag racing and land speed record exploits will leave you speechless.
Rosco is an Australian drag racer and land speed legend. His early years were very tough. He spent time in state-run facilities, eventually leaving his home and school at 12 after a confrontation with his family and the headmaster. He drives north in Western Australia to find work, increasing his age from twelve to sixteen, to fund his racing career.
He fought everyone and everything and, at seventeen, ended up in prison and solitary confinement. Once released, his salvation came through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focused his fighting spirit and energy on racing and going very fast. His V8 drag bike and jet dragsters take him to racing tracks all over Australia, the USA and New Zealand. These races lead to amazing, funny adventures and stories that will leave you wanting more.
Later, his motorsport career takes him to other countries. Rosco gets kidnapped by the Russian Mafia whilst trying to buy two MIG jet fighter engines, and he fights his way out. He crashed a car at close to 600 mph (960 km/h) and also clinically died on an operating table when another car he was racing went off a mountain track. He was revived and went on to win many motor racing titles and break land speed records.
On his journey, he meets racing legends and encounters mass murderers and world leaders. He then casually chats with the Dalai Lama, who sits in one of his cars, making motor racing noises and shaking the steering wheel.
Rosco's unstoppable ambition and refusal to give up see him turn his attention to breaking the world land speed record and wanting to be the fastest man on the planet. He wants the Australian and world records, a goal he set himself as a young man.
Rosco and the Aussie Invader team are putting the finishing touches to their latest record-breaker, the world's fastest and most powerful car, the Aussie Invader 5R. This land speed car has the power of 200 Formula One cars and can accelerate from zero to supersonic in just twenty seconds. If you like reading motivational books with inspiring books about chasing your dreams, this book is for you. Quitting is not in this man's motor racing DNA.
I love speed, cars and mechanical problems. All the proceeds from my books goes towards supporting the Aussie Invader 5R project.
I was born in the UK and emigrated to Perth, Australia, in 2004. I have always been fascinated by cars, mechanical problems, land speed record cars, and drag racing. I started building cars at 15, and have been working with Rosco McGlashan for 16 years on Aussie Invader 5R, which has been built to smash the world land speed record and reach 1,600 km/h (1,000 mph). Your support and feedback mean a lot. I read every review personally, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to connect with readers who share my passion for speed, engineering and innovation.
This 65-page full-colour book for children aged seven and up explores the science and engineering behind the world’s fastest car, the Aussie Invader 5R, built to break the world land-speed record. Packed with high-quality images and detailed drawings, this book allows young readers to explore topics like aerodynamics, drag, rocket science, jet engines, and breaking the sound barrier—all through fun, easy-to-follow “how-to” explanations.