At about 7:15 p.m., Rose was taking his Green Mamba jet car around the track, just after the national anthem, when something went wrong. There was, as usual, lots of smoke and fire, but what was ...

But he came back to driving with prosthetic legs that year, built the Green Mamba with a Navy jet fighter engine and started touring the country. Rose said the car could go 300 mph on a long ...

Doug Rose called the Green Mamba his life and livelihood. Rose built the jet engine-powered drag racer from scratch, and for decades, including years spent in Tampa, the fire-breathing machine ...

Drag racing showman Doug Rose, 80, died on Friday when he crashed his famous jet-powered Green Mamba car at Michigan’s Norway Speedway. Rose built the car using a surplus Navy fighter jet engine ...

HAMPTON, Ga. - You’ve seen plenty of souped-up cars round the track at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But this week’s Thursday Thunder event is set to feature a vehicle that literally blows away ...

The race car - which could reach speeds ... Practice is underway. And the Green Mamba Jet has arrived! Plus, 50 lap late model race on tap for tonight. Green flag flies at 7:00 sharp!!!

(AP) -- Authorities say a longtime drag racer died after crashing his jet engine-powered car at a track in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Iron Mountain Daily News and WLUC-TV report 80-year-old Doug ...

He built it in California, for $3,800, and had it painted by the legendary Korky’s Kustom Studios to look like a green mamba snake. Rose doesn’t know anything else but driving jet cars ...