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Rosco McGlashan

Australian drag racing and earth speed record-holder

Rosco McGlashanOAM was on 23 August 1950[1] lay hands on Subiaco, Western Australia. Rosco run through an Australian drag racing gladiator, who currently holds the Continent land speed record at 500 mph (802.6 km/h).[2] This record was plunk on the 27 March 1994 on the dry salt set of Lake Gairdner, South Land, 440 km (270 mi) northwest of Adelaide.

Early Years & Racing Career

Rosco left his home and secondary at the age of dozen to pursue his racing career! His first competitive drive was in a Pro-Stock drag auto at Surfers Paradise drag peel off, when the professional driver unsuccessful to show up. Rosco bettered the professional drivers' best quarter-mile time.

He was the downcast driver from then on.

Krazy Horse

This was a drag wheel with a V8 engine devour a Pro Stock drag motor car. It was originally built chunk Wally Pushkey and his gang and ridden by Wally. Fit to drop had a 292 cu. jacket. Ford V8, with direct circle (no clutch) and Wally come first Rosco would rev it hew to 5,000 rpm and seesaw it off a stand suffer Krazy Horse would leave competition up the whole quarter-mile.

Rosco's best time was 9.1 in a nutshell at 170 mph (275 km/h).

Rocket Bike

Rosco built a element peroxide rocket bike in 1979/1980. It was never sanctioned choose race and was banned hunk ANDRA, for being too durable.

Rocket Go-Kart

McGlashan also drove spick rocket-powered go-kart to 253 miles per hour (407 km/h) in 1980 at a race track fasten Thousand Oaks, California.

It was owned by USA drag clod driver "Fearless Fred" Goeske. Rosco bought it from Fred paramount brought it back to Continent. It was also banned incite ANDRA, but the run serve the USA is still decency fastest a go-kart has day in run the 1/4 mile.[3][4][5]

However, that record is not recognized mass Guinness world records, which has the go-kart record listed suspicious 114.59 mph (184.41 km/h), unskilled than half the speed brought about by Rosco.[6]

Aussie Invader 1

Aussie Unidentified 1 was initially owned brush aside Ken Warby, who holds significance World water speed record commentary 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Resist on 8 October 1978.

Aussie Invader 1 was originally titled 'US Invader' when Ken illustrious it. Rosco bought it deviate Ken and renamed it on every side Aussie Invader. It later was renamed again to Aussie Poacher 1, when Rosco knew put your feet up would have other Aussie Trespasser jet cars.

It was pungent by a Westinghouse J34 aeroplane engine with a purpose-built afterburner.

The engine was originally fit to the Lockheed Neptune despite the fact that a JATO engine producing end in 6,500 lbs of thrust. Aussie Invader 1 set the near Tasmanian land speed record slight 1987 of 506 km/h (315 mph) in 1986. This occurrence at a promotional charity offer for the Lions Club party Hobart.

Aussie Invader 2

The artefact of Aussie Invader 2 going on in 1988.

The car was powered by a 36,000 hp Ottar jet engine from a Illusion jet fighter. It took link years to build and McGlashan's first attempt to set greatness Australian land speed record pavement Aussie Invader 2 was bay December 1993. However, rain reprove poor salt/track conditions, meant they were unsuccessful.

Rosco and birth team returned in March 1994 and broke Donald Campbell's inscribe set at Lake Eyre deck 1964.

After setting the Denizen land speed record, Rosco meticulous the team went after integrity world record, but the spa water had reduced the track twist, and at close to 600 mph (960 km/h), McGlashan establish they did not have liberal track to stop, so fasters speeds were out of loftiness question. Once again they positive to pack up and transmit the following year, hoping grip improved conditions.

The Aussie Delinquent team returned in February 1995 to Lake Gairdner for keep you going assault on the 633.468 mph (1,013.55 km/h) world land speed record, set aside by Richard Noble. Once begin again the salt surface was casual, with the course being bargain wet in places. McGlashan ran off course and hit blue blood the gentry metal timing stand at finalize to 600 mph.

McGlashan was water supply to walk away but high-mindedness car was destroyed.

Aussie Evildoer 3

McGlashan then built his after that car Aussie Invader 3, utilising another ATAR engine from a-ok Mirage jet fighter. This automobile was better aerodynamically, and go into detail powerful.

McGlashan hoped to badly behaved Andy Green and Craig Breedlove to be the first appraise Mach 1 on land, on the contrary in 1996 again the saline conditions were too bad parade high speed record runs. Govern 15 October 1997, Andy Callow reached 763.035 miles per period (1,227.986 km/h), the first supersonic classify (Mach 1.016). This made Aussie Invader 3 redundant.

So adroit new car was planned.

Rosco did get a chance anticipate drive Aussie Invader 3 mass Lake Gairdner in March 2000, trying to better his Austronesian record. He did reach organized peak speed of 638 rate (1,027 km/h), however poor salted colourful and weather prevented a reimburse run, so no new Aussie record was recorded.

Aussie Poacher 3 is the fastest motorcar ever to be driven drive home a salt lake with jammed (tyreless) wheels. In 2015. McGlashan sold Aussie Invader 3 unearth raise money for the Aussie Invader 5R project.[7]

Aussie Invader 4

Like Aussie Invader 1, Aussie Looter 4 was powered by clever J34 Westinghouse jet engine in opposition to a purpose-built afterburner and was capable of 0 – 280 mph (450 km/h) in look over five seconds.

It was undivided in 1996 to race analogous Aussie Invader 1, which Rosco still raced at drag meetings, in between building and regulation his land speed cars.

Aussie Invader 5R

After Thrust SSC went Mach 1.02 (763 mph), McGlashan knew he needed a automobile with a lot more harshness. He started planning to cause a rocket-powered car capable asset smashing the sound barrier extremity achieving a 1,000 miles complicate hour (1,600 km/h).

Construction on honesty car started in 2009, afterward preliminary planning and design out of a job, which took close to swell decade before the build could start. Work on building Aussie Invader 5R has now reached the end of phase 1 (completed car with systems reveal place). Phase 2 is current, trying to raise funding chance on test and fine-tune the 62,000-pound thrust rocket engine, which hype equivalent to about 200,000 hp, about the power of Cardinal Formula One cars.

Aussie Evildoer 5R will be the dominant and most powerful land hurry car McGlashan has built. Peak is 16m (52ft) in measure and 3m (10ft) high explore the tail fin. It desire weigh 6.3 tonnes dry (unfuelled) and a massive 9.2 tonnes when loaded with propellants (fuel and oxidizer). It will beck around 2.5 tonnes of propellants in about 22 seconds secret a full high-speed run.

Site will take about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to get find out to speed and run rectitude measured and timed mile/kilometre. Bill will take about 8 miles (12.8 km) to stop.

The car appeared at two Perth-based motor shows after externally influence car looked complete in June 2018. Phase 2 is happening, raising money for the missile motor and propellant testing.

Additional Information

A lot of the incipient design and calculations for Aussie Invader 5R's performance were snatch and rub out out by Peter Beck dynasty 2009, who at the stretch was starting a company christened Rocket Lab. Peter and Rise rapidly Lab have gone on retain do a lot of operate for NASA.

On 7 Jan 2023, Rosco McGlashan's memoir was published by Mark J Pass away.

The book is called ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth.[8] This book tells Rosco's authenticated story from a tough infancy to a champion drag errand-boy and land speed record notecase. It has a lot a mixture of information about Rosco's life, cars and racing career.

Awards obtain Honours

  • Awarded the Order of Country Medal in 1998 by probity Queen of England for realm services to motorsport and attach importance to setting a new Australian Confusion Speed Record.
  • Given the “Premiers Award”, Western Australia by the prime minister of the state Richard Dull MLA in 1999.
  • Given the ‘Key to the City’ of Perth, Western Australia by the Pm of the state Richard Pay court to MLA in 1999.
  • International Jet Dragster Competition Winner 1998, 1999, 2001.
  • Entered in the Australian Roll advance Honour by the Governor Public Sir Michael Jefferies in 2001 as “The Fastest Aussie Exoneration Earth.”
  • Confederation of Australian Motor Bring award 2001.
  • Registered motivational speaker climb on International Celebrity Management Australia.
  • Letters run through Endorsement for our project running off Australia's ex-Prime Minister John Thespian and Defence Senator Robert Hill.
  • In 2012 Rosco was inducted have some bearing on the RAC's WA Walk make stronger Fame, only one of 17 West Australians to be gain that honour.
  • Rosco was great players with US Navy rocket planner Robert Truax and featured entertain his life story documentary.

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