Rosco McGlashan's unbelievable true story is one of the best land speed and drag racing motorsports biographies you will ever read. This book's action-packed pages about Rosco's life, racing career, and near-death experiences will leave you speechless.

His early years were tough. He spent time in state-run facilities and eventually ran away at 12. He increases his age from 12 to 16, so he can work and fund his racing career. At 17, he ended up in prison and solitary confinement. Once released, his salvation comes through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focused his fighting spirit and energy on racing and becoming the fastest man on the planet.

• Features 180 photos and 395 jaw-dropping pages.
• His V8 drag bike and jet dragsters take him from Australia to the USA and New Zealand.
• These races lead to amazing, funny adventures and stories that will leave you laughing out loud.
• Rosco gets kidnapped by the Russian Mafia and fights his way out.
• He crashed a car at close to 600 mph (960 km/h) and clinically died on an operating table.
• He goes on to win many motor racing titles and break land speed records.
• He meets racing legends and encounters mass murderers and world leaders.
• At 35, he turns his attention to being the fastest man on the planet.
• Rosco has just finished Aussie Invader 5R, with 200 times the power of a Formula One car.
• If you like motivational and inspiring books, this book is for you.
• Quitting is not in this man's DNA.