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Rosco: The Fastest Aussie on Earth
- The Amazing True Life Story of Rosco McGlashan
- Narrated by: Greg Newman
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
Rosco McGlashan is a legend of Australian drag racing. He is also the current Australian land speed record holder. This book tells his unbelievable story and has 378 pages with 160 incredible images throughout Rosco's life, cars and racing career.
This book is an inspiring, moving and motivational story of guts, grit, and determination. Quitting is not in this man's vocabulary.
His early years were tough. He spent time in state-run homes and remand centers, eventually leaving home and school at 12. He increased his age from 12 to 16 and works 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.
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 dreamed of capturing the world land speed record, a goal he set himself at age 12. 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. Strap yourself in for a fast ride!
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- andrew schooley
- 14-02-24
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Good well performed and very informative
Now more about land speed record now
A fun read
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