Wütherich suffered a broken jaw and nearly lost his leg, while Turnupseed walked away with only minor injuries. Dean was essentially dead on impact, while Wütherich was ejected from the Spyder into a nearby field. Believing he could drive around the Ford, Dean accelerated, but collided with Turnupseed regardless. Dean left Hollywood the day before the race with Wütherich in the passenger seat and friends following in their tow vehicle, but the commute was one he wouldn’t complete.ĭean and Wütherich were a little over half way to Salinas approaching the split of Highway 41 and Route 466 when a Ford Tudor driven by 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed crossed into Dean’s lane to proceed on 41. Despite hot-rodding around Hollywood from sun up till sun down, the car still only had 800 miles on it, so Dean decided he would drive the car to his next planned outing, which was Salinas in early October. Along with the cars, came a young Porsche mechanic by the name of Rolf Wütherich, who Dean quickly befriended.ĭean soon had the 550 customized his race number 130, and the signature “Little Bastard” across the tail, but Wütherich advised him that the car was not ready to be raced yet, and that he should log at least 1,500 miles on the car to break the engine in before race day. He took the engine to Competition Motors in Hollywood to be rebuilt, but instead opted to trade the car and $3,000 cash for a new 550 Spyder (silver with dark blue tail stripes), one of several that had just arrived at the dealership. Next, Dean was running fourth place at Santa Barbara when his Speedster lost a piston, forcing him to settle for a DNF. He did quite well at his first outing at Palm Springs, and again a month later at Bakersfield. He purchased a Triumph Tiger, and then a Porsche 356 Speedster and started road racing in novice classes. Young and flush with cash from his recent acting roles, Dean had picked up road racing in his spare time. Unfortunately, Giant would prove to be Dean’s last film, and he wouldn’t live to see his last two films in their final versions. But Dean wanted to avoid pigeonholing himself to this sort of role, and next sought a much different role as Jett Rink, a ranch hand who strikes it rich by discovering crude oil in the film Giant. teenager Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause. More doors opened for Dean after East of Eden, and he next gave the defining performance of his life as the rebellious L.A. After a short stint of minor roles, Dean’s first big break had came in the film East of Eden, where he played a bean grower named Cal Trask. Dean was then 24 years old and had gained notoriety as a good-looking actor who embodied the themes of youth disillusionment, the rebel spirit and social estrangement. James Dean’s acting career was really hitting its stride by 1955. The recent appearance of a Porsche 550 transaxle stamped 10 046 on reminds us that the accident on Route 466 all those years ago didn’t mark the end for the Little Bastard, and tangible artifacts from that fateful day are still out there. It’s been nearly 66 years since Dean’s last ride in his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, and still the circumstances of his death and the fate of the “Little Bastard” Porsche are captivating. ![]() Send us feedback.One of the most iconic actors of Hollywood’s golden age, James Dean both lived and died in a spectacular fashion. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'samba.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 10 who was for so long the third-best player in the game behind Messi and Ronaldo, expects that this will be his last samba at the World Cup. 2022 Vinny Guadagnino and Trevor Donovan performed a samba, judged by Carrie Ann Inaba, who gave the five points to Donovan. 2023 The program features jazz fusion with a bit of flamenco, Celtic, samba, Latin and Indian influences. 2023 DuVal taught samba and tango at the studio Thursday. ![]() ![]() 2022 Expect an over-the-top extravaganza, as the samba schools of Rio don their most colorful costumes to wear aboard their floats. 2023 Heidi D’Amelio and Brady went head to head with a samba for Bruno Tonioli, who ultimately chose Brady. 2022 Bündchen really went for it in 2004, though, even jumping into the parade to celebrate with the Estacao Primeira de Mangueira samba school band. Recent Examples on the Web Members of Vila Isabel samba school perform during the last night of Rio's Carnival parade at the Sambadrome Marques de Sapucai in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 24, 2020.
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