Early 6 am start in the dark. It took 6 hrs loading the ABC Containers with Aussie Invader 5R and the support equipment. Special thanks to Kristy and Daniel from TPM with their sidelifter again offloading / reloading and transferring the containers onto Heather Jones’s incredible Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls Group pinl trucks.

Heather and David Guy (Spider) are now on their way driving 3400 km (2100 miles) back to Perth WA. After 10 days at the Australian International Airshow with the car, the team and PHHGG are all exhausted from 12 hr days talking and promoting the project. Rosco signed many books and posters. Thank you AMDA for inviting and supporting us at your 2025 Avalon Airshow. ... See MoreSee Less

Just waiting for the gates to open on what we will hope will be the busiest day at the airshow. ... See MoreSee Less

Round up of photos from another great day at the Australian International Airshow . ... See MoreSee Less

Today was a student STEM and careers day. We had 8000 students through. Rosco and the other speakers presented to some of the students. Later the show was open to the public. Unfortunately the show ended early due to an incident with a stunt plane. ... See MoreSee Less

Every so often, Rosco tells another brilliant story I haven't heard. He did so recently, and I needed to write this one down as well. I thought you would enjoy it. I will add it to the book sometime soon. The book has grown to nearly 400 pages.

Regards Mark Read. In the very early 1970s, Keith Williams, the builder and owner of the Surfers Paradise International Raceway, had managed to entice some of the best and most exciting American drag racers to come out to Australia and experience the great atmosphere of Surfers Paradise in Queensland. These legends shipped their cars to Australia to race, and one even brought a legendary V8 motorcycle. I can still remember the excitement of seeing guys like “Wild Bill” Shrewsberry racing his wheel-standing Dodge the full length of the quarter-mile and running quicker on two wheels than most racers of the day could achieve on four. Don Hampton was there in his twin Chevy-engined funny car, Two Bad. There were heaps of Aussie legends, including Ash Marshall, Ron Wanless, and my favourite, Vic Wilson, to name but a few. Vic Wilson drove Bill Fredericks’ hydrogen peroxide powered rocket car, Courage of Australia. I was so inspired watching this car run that I was hooked on rocket power, knowing it would feature in my racing career at some point.The legendary E. J. Potter (The Michigan Madman) was also there with his Chevy V8 motorcycle, Widowmaker. E. J. was a great guy who definitely lived up to his “Madman” name. He would rev his bike up until the engine was screaming and launch it off a stand. His bike would snake up the quarter-mile with his backing tyre leaving rubber all the way up the track. He was only small in stature but had a massive presence on the drag strip. The Krazy Horse team of Wally Puskey, Bob Allsop, Earl Jordan, and I were excited to see E. J. Potter run his bike, but this was mixed with some frustration. The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA), the governing body of Australian drag racing, had recently banned us from racing our V8 motorcycle on any of their sanctioned drag racing tracks, much to our disappointment. Krazy Horse was built before anyone in Australia had ever heard of E.J. Potter and some of his other crazy machines. We watched him put on an amazing performance at this meeting and ran a high eight-second pass. Bloody incredible when you consider Australian top fuel dragsters of the day were not running much quicker times, some just cracking the seven-second barrier. We went straight back to ANDRA, asking why we couldn’t run our V8 bike and someone from the USA could. At the very next meeting, Krazy Horse fronted up at Surfers Paradise, where the officials were told we were allowed to race. The big difference between our V8 bike and Widowmaker was that we used two lanes with Krazy Horse sliding sideways, speedway style, lane to lane. We ended up covering a lot more track, but these were demonstration runs, and we were paid to entertain the crowd. I think we certainly did!I still feel bad about the way the Krazy Horse team welcomed E. J. when he first arrived. We threw him fully clothed into Keith William’s swimming pool as a welcome to Australia gesture. However, he took it in his stride with a big smile. He also put me in contact with a legendary US race car designer, Arvil Porter, who built and raced some very unique and incredible machines. Later, we did a lot of work on designing an air and gasoline rocket-powered motorcycle, which sadly was never completed due to Arvil’s passing. I have really fond memories of these times, especially E. J. Potter and the friendship we shared at Surfers Paradise. He sadly died in 2012 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in his home state of Michigan at the age of 71. Rest in Peace, mate.Unknown originator of the Puskey and Potter images. ... See MoreSee Less