Rosco McGlashan is a legend of Australian drag racing and the current holder of the Australian land speed record. This book tells the incredible story of Rosco's life, cars, and racing career across 390 action-packed pages, featuring 160 remarkable photos. I guarantee you won't put this book down! His early years were tough. He spent time in state-run homes and remand centres, eventually leaving home and school at twelve. He then 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 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, WA, and all over Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. He meets some incredible people, leading to 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 numerous motor-racing and land-speed records. He meets mass murderers and world leaders and casually chats with the Dalai Lama. Eventually, Rosco turns his attention to capturing the Australian and world land speed records, a goal he set himself at age twelve. In 1994, he broke 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 zero to supersonic in just twenty seconds. You won't be able to put "ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth" down. This book is an inspiring, moving, motivational story of guts, grit, and determination. Quitting is not in this man's vocabulary. This is a raw, real story about a truly remarkable project that only exists because one man has steadfastly refused to give up on an incredible childhood dream. What an amazing journey! I want Aussie Invader to get that land speed record even more now . - David Banbury --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have read many "stories" about people's lives and what drives them, this is an excellent insight into the goals of a legend. Lots of us will stand on the sidelines of life and watch others go for the goals we wish we had the balls to do ourselves, then we go back to our safe lives and jobs with money in the bank. Boys and girls like Rosco give 110 % commitment, financially, mentally and often physically chasing their goals so we can all look on in awe. Keep up the dream for all of us mere mortals. - Pete Radcliffe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the moment I picked up this book and started reading I found it difficult to put it down. A compelling read and lots of amazing things I could empathise with. Also very well written and easy to keep things in context, Congratulations to everyone involved in this truly outstanding project. - Ian Winter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's hard to describe this book and, more importantly, this bloke's life. Putting things very simply, Rosco is a bloke who has taken so many hits, he probably should just lay down and give up. Instead, he stands back up, gives the knockers, the missed opportunities, and the failures the bird and keeps ploughing forward. This is no ordinary bloke. Well written, this book captures his amazing life on a blow-by-blow basis, the trials and tribulations of the fastest Aussie on Earth. You only hope that soon he also gets to have the title of the Fastest Man on Earth. With his determination, it can't be far away . - Simon 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 is a rocket-powered car 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. Mark J Read, author and proud member of the Aussie Invader team. Sir Peter