ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth: The amazing true life story of Rosco McGlashan
The story you are about to read is about Rosco McGlashan’s life. I’m very excited to tell you this story as it is so compelling and had to be told. So many people have said they would tell it, but no one has done it yet. So I had to write the incredible story of Rosco’s life, his obsession with speed, thrills, and living on the edge before this rollercoaster of a story was lost forever.
Rosco’s early life was challenging and not one of privilege like some in motorsport. He spent time in state-run homes and remand centres, eventually leaving his home and school at 12 after a run-in with his headmaster for parking his car in his shaded spot.
He fought everyone and everything, and at 17, he found himself on the wrong side of the law, in prison and even solitary confinement. When things could have spiralled down into a lifetime of crime and worse, he finds salvation through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focuses his fighting spirit and energy on his motor racing, trying to achieve his goal of breaking the world land speed record and becoming the fastest man on Earth.
His motor racing career takes him all over Australia and the USA, meeting some great people and some not-so-great ones. His passion for going fast has led to some incredible adventures and tales, and this book pulls no punches, its warts and all.
Some of these true stories will leave you speechless, from being kidnapped by the Russian Mafia when trying to buy two MIG jet fighter engines, crashing a car at close to 600 mph, and clinically dying on an operating table when another car he was racing went off a mountain road. He was revived and went on to break many records.
You may not have heard of Rosco McGlashan before. Still, you will honestly ask yourself why after hearing about his incredible life adventures. As Rosco says, “It’s hard to beat someone who never gives up.”
Mark J Read (Author), Greg Newman (Narrator)
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