the time of the crash, Walker was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, the German automaker’s pre-vious range-topping hypercar before the new 918 Spyder. Walker’s friend, Roger Rodas, who owned Always Evolving Performance Motors, where Walker’s charity event was being held, was driving the Porsche. We are sad to report that Rodas also passed in the fiery crash, and officials say speed was a factor in the incident. 

 

 It is just the latest in a history of celebrity car crashes, and one of several to involve very specialized Porsches. The first and most notable one was that of James Dean in 1955. Dean was driving a race-prepped Porsche 550 Spyder, at speeds of 85 mph (in context, that would have been like driving at speeds close to 120 mph today). The “Little Bastard&rdq...

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