Patrick Dempsey - Patrick and Racing thread #2: B/C He's driving us wild - Page 3

**shinystar** · 06-10-2008, 10:54 AM

Can't wait to see the scan!

**shinystar** · 06-21-2008, 05:29 AM

Sorry for DP

Nice article about Patrick and him talking about racing

Hot actor racing at Mid-Ohio | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Mansfield News Journal

StuffofLegendsMD80 · 06-21-2008, 10:08 PM

You know when you've made it big when the title of an article is not started with your actual name but with "Hot Actor". LOL!

When there's "hot actor" and "race cars" in the same sentence everyone knows it's referring to Patrick.

Thanks for the article Karen!

Gio Gio · 07-21-2008, 08:40 AM

Patrick Dempsey on Flickr
Patrick Dempsey brings out a Black/Yellow Flag on Flickr
Patrick Dempsey gets towed on Flickr
Patrick Dempsey has issues on Flickr
Watching Patrick Dempsey go on Flickr
Patrick Dempsey on Flickr

Source: Porsche 250 - Barber Motorsports Park & Museum

**shinystar** · 07-21-2008, 11:54 AM

thnx for those Gio!

Very nice

Irrema · 08-01-2008, 01:22 PM

So he is in Montreal right now.

All I say: "Two &%(@$& weeks to late!!"

(or my planning sucks)

**shinystar** · 08-01-2008, 03:53 PM

I'm sorry you missed him at the tracks!

Irrema · 08-02-2008, 05:17 AM

Thanks.

I shouldn't really complain, I already have a great time here even without going there.

**shinystar** · 08-02-2008, 05:29 AM

but seeing Patrick would be an extra bonus

Irrema · 08-02-2008, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shinystar (View Post)

but seeing Patrick would be an extra bonus

I know!!!

But then when people ask me how my trip was when I get home. All I can speak of is seeing him.

**shinystar** · 08-02-2008, 05:42 AM

You'll be like 'What trip? I only saw Patrick Dempsey'

Irrema · 08-07-2008, 06:24 PM

Just a repeat of my previous post only the place is different:

So he is going to race in New Jersey.

All I say: "Two &%(@$& weeks to late!!"

(or my planning sucks)

any chance he is going to toronto right after that?

**shinystar** · 08-09-2008, 10:09 AM

I hope for you that he will

**tonka17** · 08-09-2008, 10:06 PM

He's really doing a lot of racing lately, he must love it

**shinystar** · 08-18-2008, 04:49 AM

New race coming up..

Quote:

TV's Dempsey may race at Millville track

The most widely recognized star coming to the New Jersey Motorsports Park this year doesn't make his living behind the wheel of a racecar.

Patrick Dempsey, star of the hit ABC drama "Grey's Anatomy," and his Hyper Sport team are scheduled to race in the Supercar Life 250, part of the Grand-Am weekend, Aug. 29-31.

"This is one more example toward the level of competition and the types of sanctioning bodies that are participating here," said Don Fauerbach, a motorsports park official.

Dempsey drives the No. 40 Hyper Sport Mazda RX-8 GT in the Rolex GT series along with Joe Foster.

The actor, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd -- nicknamed "McDreamy" -- is a lifelong racing fan and became involved with the Grand-Am series in 2005. He is the principal owner of Hyper Sport, a team bringing seven cars to race that weekend.

"He's been doing it for three or four years now, and he's improved quite a bit considering how much he gets to practice because his day job takes up a lot of his time," said Foster, who has been racing for 24 years and coaching for 15.

The team is coming off its best finish of the year, a ninth-place spot at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal where Foster turned the fastest lap of any GT. Dempsey did his part by remaining on the lead lap before the driver change, when Foster took over.

"He proves he deserves to be there," Foster said.

Dempsey wasn't available for comment, because he is currently filming in Los Angeles, a commitment that takes first billing and routinely jeopardizes his attendance for race weekends.

ABC "can keep him from racing if they need him to film," Foster said. "To be honest, we won't know that he's coming until he's on the plane."

Dempsey's star power has its perks though.

"It brings a lot of media attention to our sponsors," Foster said. "But at the same time, it does create a large crowd scene at the different events, and we have to be ready for that."

The park said they are prepared.

"Our security staff is already advised and aware of the need to give them their space," Fauerbach said. "And it's our hope that he will be willing, during the appropriate times, to sign our inaugural posters."

Foster said he and Dempsey will participate in whatever autograph sessions Grand-Am arranges, the times of which have not yet been made available.

Fans looking for more than just an autograph might be interested in the Philadelphia ABC affiliate's sweepstakes in which a fan can win a chance to be a part of Hyper Sport's pit crew for the day. More information on the sweepstakes is available on the 6 ABC Web site, 6abc.com: Action News: Philadelphia News, Weather, and Traffic for the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys

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