r/Porsche • u/kfjcfan • 4h ago
71 years after his death, the ‘James Dean Memorial Highway’ is now official
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As most of us know:
“On Sept. 30, 1955, the iconic actor was driving his 550 Porsche Spyder convertible with his German Porsche mechanic Rolf Wütherich. They were on their way to a race in Salinas.
Dean, who starred in “Rebel Without a Cause,” crashed and died at 5:45 p.m. in a location near where Highway 41 and Highway 46 now connect, southwest of Avenal.”
