March 26, 2007
Saturday night March 24 was a very special night for Doug Rose and a extra special night for motorsports fans in Southwest Florida.

The Green Mamba lit up Charlotte County Motorsports Park and the surrounding area as the most famous Jet Dragster in the world came back to life.

Doug wants his fans to know how much he appreciates all the wonderful help, and wonderful e-mails, and contributions to bringing the Green Mamba back to the motorsports stage.

March 14, 2007
Doug was a special guest on the nationwide race talk show, Real Racin' USA on Tuesday night. Doug went into detail about the progress of the Green Mamba rebuilding and told some great stories about his life in the seat of a rocket. The detials of the RETURN OF THE GREEN MAMBA are slowly starting to emerge.

The date for the Mamba to be back in the public is March 24 at Charlotte County Motorsports Park and the Punta Gorda Air Show.

March 13, 2007
Doug Rose sends his heartfelt appreciation to all the wonderful fans who e-mailed asking to assist in the rebuilding and especially to those who have donated money and time to the project. It could not have been done without your help.

March 12, 2007
A great article came off the presses of the St. Petersburg Times (FL) on Monday. The piece was written by Brady Dennis and titled "Rebuilding a legend".

Here is an excerpt:
" She's quiet now. Still in pieces. Still not herself. But when Doug Rose gazes wearily at the shell of his life's work, sitting there in a drab warehouse near the Tampa airport, he sees all she was and all she could be again. "She's a tough old hide," the tough old man says. "She's a real bear." She is the Green Mamba - his jet car, his legacy, his meal ticket."


Jan 4, 2007
A SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE DAUGHTER OF DOUG ROSE:
Hi, my name is Nickey Rose and I am Doug's daughter, and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you ALL for helping him through this time of need.

I love him very much and I live in Canada so I can't get there to be there for him and it's nice to know there are people out there to make up for the people who did this, good to know there are still good people out there.

Thank you.
Nickey

Dec 21, 2006
A GIANT THANK YOU! to Marty from Appleton, Wisconsin, Jeff from
Yorba Linda, California and Scott from Wesley Chapel, Florida for your recent cash contributions to the Mamba restoration project. Also thanks to Howard Bellemy and the Bellemy Brothers, along with Scott Fleenor of Ground Zero Studios for your wonderful cash donations to the cause.

We have added a photo gallery with some recent photos of the chaissis and the jet engine being assembled.

We are told the arrangements have been made for the first outing of the newly built Green Mamba. Details are still under wraps but will be announced soon.

We wish all you great fans of the Green Mamba and Doug Rose a very happy Holiday Season.

We all are looking forward to a very bright New Year and look forward to huge successes in 2007.

Thanks to all for your great support.

Dec 14, 2006
Doug Rose and chassis builder Teddy Kempgens spent Tuesday night on Real Racin' USA, an Internet motorsports show, detailing the history of the Green Mamba and discussing the future rebirth.

An excerpt of just the one hour with Doug Rose and the Green Mamba segment is here: Green Mamba.

The entire show can be heard here: Entire Show.

CBS affiliate Channel 10 out of Tampa was on hand and the show received great coverage on Tuesday night's news and again in the morning news spots.

Please listen to to the show to get the full background and what YOU can do to help.

Mark's Crystal Polishing Systems donated 20 hours of detailing and general assembly work.

Ed "E.J." Strzepek of jetwebb.com is helping get the word out and over 200 listeners tuned in just from the Illinois area where Ed is from.

We have received e-mails from Arizona to Wisconsin with people wanting to assist Doug.

One man from Tucson has volunteered to help research the aircraft boneyards for Doug.

Thank you all for the kind words and great response.

Dec 12, 2006
There has been an arrest in the Green Mamba Jet Car theft. A man is in jail on $100,000 according to Ted Kempgens. A source from the St Petersburg Times called Doug Rose, the owner of the Mamba, today with the news.

Doug and Ted will be special guests of Real Racin' USA on Tuesday evening.


Dec 8, 2006
Doug and his friend Ted Kempgens are hard at work trying to put back the pieces of the Green Mamba at a location in Florida.

Actually it is a also a major matter of finding the pieces. Though the "chop shop" where the Green Mamba was being cut up is known, there have been no arrests as of today, and the location of the rest of the "Mamba" are unknown.

There is a tremendous amount of work needed to be done over the coming months and there may be require a nationwide search for parts.

If you can help, please either send e-mail using the address on this page or call 352-588-9621.