21-12-2013

19-12-2013

hollywoodlife.com

Paul Walker & Roger Rodas’ Car Company Closing After Deaths (video)

After Paul and Roger tragically died on Nov. 30, the race car shop they co-owned, Always Evolving, will be closing for good. The shop just can’t survive without the two men who lost their lives doing what they loved most.

Paul Walker and Roger Rodas created many fond memories at their high-performance car shop, Always Evolving, located in Valencia, Calif. — very close to the spot where both men were killed in fiery car crash. Sadly, now their shop, which hosted many of Paul’s charity events, will shutting its doors forever.

Paul Walker’s Car Shop Closed — His & Roger Rodas’ Shop Closes After Crash

Always Evolving is closing its doors indefinitely sometime in the next few weeks, sources tell TMZ. The shop’s employees have already left to look for other jobs, and the store itself has been cleared out. The in-house cars will be auctioned off soon, according to TMZ.

Although many people want the shop to remain open, it would be almost impossible without the guidance and financial support of Paul and Roger.

‘All I Feel Is You’ Music Video Dedicated To Paul

As HollywoodLife.com previously reported, Natalia Safran made a music video for the song “All I Feel Is You,” the theme song for Paul’s final film, Hours. The video, which includes footage from the movie, is a tribute to the late actor.

The music video’s official YouTube page reads: “All profits from the single benefit Paul’s first responder organization Reach Out WorldWide https://www.roww.org. Please donate, support it and keep Paul’s vision alive!”

What a wonderful way to honor Paul’s memory!

Our prayers and thoughts continue to go out to Paul and Roger’s family and friends.

hotrod.com

Paul Walker and Roger Rodas’ Shop Closing

As most of you are aware, Paul Walker of Fast and Furious fame died in a one-car accident, along with his business partner and professional driver, Roger Rodas. Now we learn from TMZ – yes, HOT ROD has gone Hollywood – that their shop Always Evolving will be closing its doors.

Located in the just-north-of-LA hamlet of Valencia (home of Six Flags Magic Mountain), Always Evolving “started out as a performance shop with a passion for racing.” Through their experience they realized certain products in the market were lacking and, hence, began to design parts themselves. As they grew, so did their list of products and services to the point where they had a neat roster of performance vehicles. Open houses every first Saturday of the month gave LA-area enthusiasts an opportunity to touch the animals and mingle with those living the dream.

But now that both of the main forces behind the business are gone, Always Evolving will be selling its inventory of cars and parts.

In related news, it had been suggested that Walker and Rodas’ Porsche may have “hydroplaned” after hitting the road bumps that are characteristic of California roads. These plastic bumps, known as Botts’ Dots, give feedback to a driver when a car has left the safety of its respective lane. Could contact with one of those bumps at a high rate of speed cause a car to adjust its trajectory and the driver lose control?

Well, a week later there’s an update: TMZ (yes, those guys again) is reporting that Porsche engineers are flying from Germany to investigate the wreckage. But yesterday, as reported by People magazine, investigators concluded that mechanical problems did not cause the accident. Ditto for road or cosmic debris. “We’re looking at speed and speed alone,” a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. ”They were well out of the curve when they lost control,” he added, indicating that the Porsche appeared to have negotiated a curve in the road successfully before crashing.

tmz.com

The car shop owned by Paul Walker and Roger Rodas is shutting its doors for good ... after both men were killed in a violent car crash last month, TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Rodas tell TMZ, Always Evolving -- the performance and racing shop in Valencia, CA --  is expected to close for business in the next few weeks.

We're told the people who helped run the shop have already left and are looking for new jobs.

The shop itself is being cleaned out, and we're told the cars in-house will be auctioned off.

We're also told there's a core group of people who want to keep the shop open, but without Rodas and Walker's leadership and financial support ... it's impossible.