ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth - Read, Mark J

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Résumé :
Rosco McGlashan is a legend of Australian drag racing and the current Australian land speed record holder. This book tells the incredible story of Rosco's life, cars, and racing career in 390 action-packed pages with 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 and WA 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 many 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 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, motivational story of guts, grit, and determination. Quitting is not in this man's vocabulary....

Biographie:
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....

Sommaire:
I have wanted to write this book for so long because I felt this story was just too incredible not to be told. My book, ROSCO: The Fastest Aussie on Earth, is about my friend Rosco McGlashan. He is an Australian drag racing champion, land speed record holder, and motor racing legend. Although I was new to writing memoirs, being 65 years of age has its advantages, and my writing seemed to flow once I started. From the book reviews, I feel proud to have succeeded in my task of telling this remarkable story in a way that resonates with the readers. I have always been fascinated with mechanical problems, and land speed records are about solving problems. I have been working with Rosco to build the world's fastest car (Aussie Invader 5R), in which Rosco and the Aussie Invader team hope to break the world land speed record and achieve a 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The land speed car build and the work I do to see this record broken are a labour of love. I have worked on the Aussie Invader project for 15 years with Rosco and some of the world's best mechanics, engineers, and rocket scientists, and we all give our time and expertise for free. The book's goal is to raise awareness of our land speed record project, with the proceeds going towards supporting it. Mark J ReadAuthor and proud member of the Aussie Invader team. P.S. Book reviews mean a lot, and I read every review personally....