About ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth
Rosco McGlashan is a legend of Australian drag racing and a land speed legend. His early years were tough. He spent time in state-run homes and remand centres, eventually leaving home and school at 12. He then drives up north in Western Australia to find work, increasing his age from 12 to 16, to fund his racing career.
He fought everyone and everything and, at 17, ended up in prison and even solitary confinement. Once released, his salvation comes through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focuses his fighting spirit and energy on racing and going very fast.
His V8 drag bike and jet dragsters take him from Perth and WA all over Australia, New Zealand and the USA. He meets some incredible people, leading to some amazing adventures and tales that will leave you speechless.
Later, his motorsport career and quest for speed took him to other countries. He gets kidnapped by the Russian Mafia when trying to buy two MIG jet fighter engines and fights his way out. He crashes a car at nearly 600 mph. He also clinically dies on an operating table when another car he was racing went off a mountain road in driving rain. He was revived and went on to break many motor racing and land speed records.
He meets mass murderers and world leaders, then casually chats with the Dalai Lama. Eventually, Rosco turned his attention to capturing the Australian and world land speed records, a goal he set himself at age 12. In 1994 he beat Donald Campbell’s Australian land speed record.
Rosco and the Aussie Invader team are putting the finishing touches to their latest record-breaker, the world’s fastest and most powerful car, Aussie Invader 5R. This car has 200,000 horsepower, the equivalent of 200 Formula One cars! It can accelerate from 0 – 1000 mph in just 22 seconds. You won’t be able to put “ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth” down. This book is an inspiring, moving and motivational story. Quitting is not in this man’s vocabulary.
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Author Bio:
My book is about Rosco McGlashan’s life, as told to me over many years. Usually, this involved beers, coffee, food, and generally good conversation. It’s an incredible story of a man obsessed with speed, thrills, and living on the edge.
When we met, he would often tell me bits of his life in a series of fantastic stories of things he had done or had happened to him in the past. Sometimes, we would talk about something on the land speed car we were building or what we were doing at the time. This would lead to a story and a fantastic tale that you thought, Wow, that’s just unbelievable! Most people would have a few of these stories in their lifetime. Rosco had hundreds.
I realised I had to write these stories down before they were lost forever. So, you’re about to read the true story of one man’s life, who has become a motor racing legend in many people’s eyes. It’s a story of highs and lows, good and bad, and triumph over adversity, but most of all, it’s a story of the human spirit and endeavour of someone who never gives up.
The subject solely dictates the style of this book, Rosco, who is straight-talking and a little bit rough around the edges. I have always felt I should write these great stories as they were told to me, as close to Rosco’s own words as I could. I had become the custodian of these great tales and events about one man’s journey, obsession with speed, and life’s goal to become the fastest man on Earth. So, sit down, grab a coffee and strap yourself in for a fast ride and one of the most incredible life adventures I believe you will ever read.
Mark J Read
Author and proud member of the Aussie Invader team