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Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at the age of 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State Route 46 [SR 46]) and SR 41.
The Porsche factory sent Wütherich to the United States as a field engineer for Johnny von Neumann's Competition Motors in Los Angeles, where the new 550 Spyder racing cars were being distributed. He arrived in April 1955 and met actor James Dean, a Porsche Speedster racer, at the Bakersfield races. He befriended Dean and began to work on Dean ...
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. ... especially upon his future interests in bullfighting, car racing, ...
James Dean's last stop before he died in a car crash was at Blackwell's Corner, a gas station in rural Kern County. His memory isn't the draw it once was.
James Deane (born 14 October 1991) is an Irish professional drift driver. He is a 4-time Formula D , Drift Allstars and Oman IDC Champion. He has also won multiple National and European titles.
Dean died in a car accident in 1955 at 24, just as his star was beginning its ascent. Giant was released the following year, and Dean received his second posthumous best actor Oscar nomination for ...
James Dean died on Sept. 30, 1955, when his Porsche Spyder collided with a pickup truck on Highway 46 East. ... Cars drive past the intersection of Highway 46 and Highway 41 known as the Cholame ...
He was a team driver along with Chuck Daigh for the Scarab race cars built by his good friend Lance Reventlow in the late 1950s. Kessler entered one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix ( Monaco 1958 ) with a Connaught owned by Bernie Ecclestone , but failed to qualify, although he posted the 21st-fastest time of the 28 entrants.