The Miami Herald caught up to Patrick Dempsey this past weekend before the Grand-Am Koni Challenge sports car race and asked him a few questions.
Q: Is it true that your wife told you to stop watching racing on TV and get to a driving school to learn?
A: She got me out. We have a good relationship. She⿿s extremely supportive and encouraging. She said, ⿿why don⿿t you start to act on what you like (doing).⿿
Q: What do you like about the racing culture and atmosphere?
A: The climate of Hollywood is a lot different than coming to a race. The people are either professional drivers or people who are extremely successful in other fields who come here as a hobby. It⿿s a nice melting pot with a lot less ego. There is certainly ego among some of the drivers - not all of them - but I would say across the board most people are accessible and friendly, (have) a great sense of humor, there⿿s a playfulness to it and also a professional side.
I feel more comfortable with this group than I do anywhere else outside of my family.
Q: Is it hard with your contract to be able to race?
A: With Grey⿿s Anatomy it⿿s now in my contract that I⿿m allowed to race. They were actually surprisingly supportive. I⿿ll do this race and I⿿ll do next week and then I⿿m off for a number of weeks doing the movie (filming Made of Honor). I⿿m not allowed to race during that period. I⿿ll start back in July and do probably five more races.
More of the interview at
The Miami Herald.
