Mark Read

Mark is from the UK, was born in London and emigrated to Perth, WA in 2004. Mark has recently returned from Houston, Texas, after living there for two years with his wife, Kaye.

Mark met Rosco in 2009 by chance and has been working with Rosco ever since on building Aussie Invader 5R into the record challenger it is today. Mark has various roles and has helped keep the project moving forward over many years in any way he could. He has seen the challenges of building a land-speed-record car firsthand in today’s climate.

Mark undertook writing Rosco’s memoir, having never written a book before. In five months, he had turned a few recordings and emails from Rosco into 80,000 words and – ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth. Mark had worked closely with Rosco for over 15 years, so he knew a lot about his life and Aussie invader 5R. Mark also recently wrote a book for kids about the incredible engineering and science that has gone into this project. The book is called How To Build The World's Fastest Car. This came about after Rosco and the team were invited to the Avalon Airshow and asked to present to 7,000 students about the car. Mark decided he wanted to take this further.

Mark also took a keen interest in the engineering side of the car, having a passion for building the unusual and a problem-solving mind. He is also responsible for bringing the project to a wider audience and works closely with Rosco, helping to build a Team of like-minded professionals and promoting the project through conventional and online media. “The structure is pretty flat on a project like this; we all do what needs to be done to keep this project moving forward to its end goal and the record,” says Mark.