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Old 10-01-2015, 11:38 AM   #19
thstone
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Originally Posted by Chuck W. View Post
While en route to Rennsport IV in 2011 I took a slight detour and went by the site of the traffic accident that claimed Dean's life.
Several years ago, I was driving with fellow Spec Boxster driver Alex Bermudez and he motioned for me to pull over at that exact location. We got out and he explained that this was the location where James Dean died on his way to Laguna Seca to race his 550 Spyder - and we were on our way to Laguna Seca to race our Spec Boxsters (descendents of the 550).

It was creepy.
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