Green Mamba Jet Car vs Station Wagon - Cloverleaf Speedway

Imagine a live, no-holds-barred spectacle at Cleveland’s Cloverleaf Speedway—uninterrupted, raw, and real. The Green Mamba Jet Car, a fire-breathing marvel, faces off against an unsuspecting family station wagon. The camera captures it all: the engine ignition, the searing roar of jet thrust, and the ultimate obliteration of the wagon.

What Makes the Green Mamba Legendary?
Built in 1968 and piloted for decades by Doug Rose—an indomitable figure in jet-car exhibitions

Fueled by a J-46 Westinghouse jet engine, formerly used in Navy fighter jets
Capable of 305 MPH top speeds, delivering blistering acceleration and incendiary flame displays
Known for “burner-pops” and chaining vehicles behind it—like school buses, tractors, and derelict cars—to incinerate them with afterburner fire

Specifications & Tech Insight-
Engine: J-46 Westinghouse jet turbine, repurposed from military aircraft.
Performance: Reaching speeds around 305 MPH, equipped for daylight pyrotechnics and extreme heat.
Afterburner Function: Injects fuel into already-hot exhaust, producing an intense flame jet. This amplifies both visible fire and raw thrust—a spectacle of engineering and danger.

The Showdown –
The camera pans as the Green Mamba rumbles to life. The turbine spool-up emits a high-pitched wail that reverberates through your chest. Flames flare from the rear as the afterburner snaps to life, igniting the night (or day) with blazing heat.

Chained to the Mamba’s rear— doomed—is the family station wagon. Its paint blistered, sheet metal melting under the inferno. Within seconds, the station wagon’s structure buckles, glass shatters, and parts disintegrate under the unmatched fury of jet propulsion. It’s annihilation without contact—a fiery obliteration that could only come from unmatched power meets helpless target.

Why It Works-
This showdown fuses brutal engineering with pure spectacle. It’s not just destruction—it’s a dramatic demonstration of force, where thousands of horsepower and a furnace of flame reduce the mundane to molten debris.