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Patrick Dempsey Balancing Grey’s Anatomy With Wold Endurance Championship Races

By David Hurth April 11, 2015

Patrick Dempsey Getting Ready to Race a Porsche

TV, Movie and Racing Star, Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey is a pretty big TV and movie star. He has also become a very good racing driver, currently racing the Dempsey Racing #58 Porsche 911 GT America in United Sportscar Racing and the #77 Porsche 911 RSR in the Worlde Endurance Championship (WEC). In fact his competing has become more of his passion as of late.

But how hard is it to balance such busy schedules and make sure to do both? On a given weekend he can be shooting an episode of Grey’s Anatomy in the states and then need to fly to Europe for a race, then potentially start the cycle all over again.

Click past the jump (or scroll down if you came directly to the full article) to see just how busy Mr. Dempsey is balancing his racing and film life.

Plenty Happening For Porsche Fans At Sebring

By David Hurth March 19, 2015

Porsche 911 RSR at Sebring

This coming weekend is the 12 Hours of Sebring. For Porsche facing fans there will be plenty going on both during and before the event.

Events include the 4th annual running of Patrick Long’s Pro-Am Kart Race at Andersen Racepark in Palmetto, Florida. The race is always fun to watch and beyond this there will be an air-cooled Porsche car show and a silent auction.

Hit the jump to read more about the happenings for racing fans at Sebring.
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Porsche Prepares For The 12 Hours Of Sebring

By David Hurth March 14, 2015

Porsche 911 RSR

On March 21st is this year’s running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. The longest running endurance race in the United States is one that Porsche has had a long history of winning.

They have won the overall race 18 times and have had 67 class victories. This makes the German performance car maker the most successful manufacture in Sebring history.

Hit the jump to read more about how Porsche is preparing for the legendary race.

Rolex 24 At Daytona Was Good For American Cars

By David Hurth January 28, 2015

Rolex 24 at Daytona

This past weekend was the running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The 24 hour endurance race was a hard fought one with plenty of action.

The race include strange happenings such as the two factory backed Porsche 911 RSRs hitting each other. For fans of the German marquee it wasn’t quite the success as has happened in the past few Rolex 24s in the GT Le Mans class. However, Porsche fans enjoyed watching the Alex Job and Dempsey racing 911s manage a podium finish in the GT-America class.

The overall victory saw the number 2 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype take home the victory beating out No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype by just 1.33 seconds. All this was decided in a drama filled final 30 minutes that saw action that affected half the racing classes.

The very competitive GT Le Mans class went to the number 3 Corvette and the number 93 Dodge Viper took the GT Daytona class. With American cars winning all but the GT-America and Protoype Challenge classes it was a fitting result for the American 24 hour endurance race.

It was a good start to the racing season and we look forward to much more action in the months to come.

Patrick Dempsey To Race A Porsche In WEC

By David Hurth November 21, 2014

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey has become a pretty good race car driver. The past few years he has been competing in endurance racing driving in a Porsche and two now seem to go together perfectly.

For 2015 Mr. Dempsey will compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). He’ll be competing in a Porsche 911 RSR. This past season he raced in United Sportscar Racing as well as in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

This year he will also race at Le Mans and the race will count as part of the WEC series. For the season one of his team mates will be Patrick Long.

How do you think Patrick Dempsey will do in the 2015 season? Let us know in the comments.

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