From left to right: Jeff Westphal, Paul Walker, Roger Rodas and Carl Rydquist. (Always Evolving Facebook)
Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker was killed in a car crash on Saturday and, according to reports, the driver of the car was Roger Rodas, who has driven in the Pirelli World Challenge.
Rodas and Walker were Porsche enthusiasts and owned a race team together. The Porsche Carrera GT they were in crashed after they drove the car from a charity event. Authorities said that when they arrived, the car was engulfed in flames.
“Him and his buddy, his brother in arms at heart, just decided to joyride, take a spin," Antonio Holmes, a friend of Walker's who was at the event, told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. "Something we all do. We're all car enthusiasts. ... We’re all here driving, enjoying each other, and God must’ve needed help."
The PWC is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America, and Rodas drove in the GTS Series this season. He finished second in the Porsche Drivers Cup Series last year with two wins for Always Evolving, the team that he and Walker started. Per his bio on the PWC site, Rodas was a wealth adviser for Merrill Lynch.
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