“Before he drove his first race with Porsche the world knew him primarily as an actor,” said Bernhard Maier, Porsche AG Board Member.
Patrick Dempsey will drive a Porsche 911 RSR in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship., aka, WEC, including the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2015. The actor and race driver known for his role as “McDreamy” in Grey’s Anatomy, has been driving for Porsche since 2013.
“I’m already looking forward to 2015 and I’m proud to be able to contest the entire WEC as well as Le Mans with a Porsche,” said Patrick Dempsey on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Motor Show. No financial details were disclosed.
Dempsey will run the races with the Porsche customer team Dempsey Proton Racing in the GTE-Am class. One of his teammates will be the experienced Porsche works driver Patrick Long (USA), with whom he also trains away from the racetracks. In addition to the WEC races, guest appearances in Porsche’s trophy series such as the Mobil 1 Supercup as support to the Formula One races are also planned.
During his first season with Porsche, Patrick Dempsey scored fourth place in the GTE-Am class at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2013 with the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. He also took two podium finishes in the American Le Mans Series, a second at Laguna Seca and third at Austin. The 2014 season included a fifth place at Le Mans in a Porsche 911 RSR as well as a podium spot at the new Tudor United SportsCar Championship at the Virginia International Raceway, where he finished third driving a Porsche 911 GT America.
“Before he drove his first race with Porsche the world knew him primarily as an actor,” said Bernhard Maier, Porsche AG Board Member for Sales and Marketing.” Over the last two years we’ve come to know him as a passionate race driver.”
