Anyone 91 years old is a marvel. But Captain Jack McClure is a blast from the past who’s rocketing toward his next goal. Hint: It involves a go-kart, VELCRO fasteners, hydrogen peroxide, and a lot of chutzpah.

Anyone 91 years old is a marvel. But Captain Jack McClure is a blast from the past who’s rocketing toward his next goal. Hint: It involves a go-kart, VELCRO fasteners, hydrogen peroxide, and a lot of chutzpah.
A pair of rocket-powered machines -- Kurt Anderson in the Sonic Stinger dragster and Captain Jack McClure's famous go kart -- are set to test later this month at the Brainerd Int'l Raceway.
To celebrate his 89th birthday, legendary entertainer Captain Jack McClure will make 1/4-mile runs in his famed rocket-powered kart for the first time in 40 years in Aruba next month.
Ride along with Captain Jack McClure as he takes his rocket-powered go kart down a dragstrip for the first time in over 40 years at the South Georgia Motorsports Park, clocking a four-second 1/8-mile hit!
For the first time in over 40 years, legend Captain Jack McClure, now 88 years young, saddled up on his famous rocket go kart at the Manufacturers Cup motorcycle drag race in South Georgia over the weekend.
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