Editing Patrick Dempsey (section)

==Auto racing==
[[Image:PatrickDempsey2008Rolex24OfDaytona.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dempsey at the 2008 [[Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona]]]]
In 2014, Dempsey told Reuters in the [[Hockenheimring]] support paddock at the [[German Grand Prix]] that motor racing was not just a hobby, and had become as much a part of who he is as acting. He said, "It's all-consuming in many ways. I couldn't imagine not racing right now. It really keeps me motivated. It's all I think about on a daily basis."<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Dempsey: Dr McDreamy the racer|url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/hollywood/patrick-dempsey-dr-mcdreamy-the-racer-1.1361425|website=gulfnews.com|date=July 19, 2014 |publisher=Al Nisr Publishing LLC|access-date=July 19, 2014}}</ref>

Dempsey, who maintains an extensive sports and vintage car collection, has enjoyed [[auto racing]] in his spare time for several years. Before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, he said that he would like to compete full-time, telling [[Eurosport]]:
<blockquote>I would like to make that [motorsports] a complete priority and just focus on this full-time. If I could just walk away from acting, I think I could do that very easily, and just focus on the driving, I would love that more than anything else.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Dempsey |url=https://bellracing.com/athletes/athlete/patrick.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=bellracing.com}}</ref></blockquote>
[[File:Patrick Dempsey - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Stierch.jpg|thumbnail|300px|Dempsey waves to the crowd at the [[2015 Indianapolis 500]], where he served as the Honorary Starter.]]

He has competed in prestigious events such as the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[Rolex 24 at Daytona]] [[sports car racing|sports car races]], and the Tecate SCORE [[Baja 1000]] [[off-road racing|off-road race]]. He was a co-owner of the [[Vision Racing]] [[IndyCar Series]] team and current owner of Dempsey Racing, which is presently racing two Porsche 911 GT America's in the Tudor United Sports Car Series. He participated in this series as often as his schedule allowed, although insurance restrictions kept him from driving competitively while also filming a motion picture. In 2009, he raced a [[Team Seattle]] [[Advanced Engineering]] [[Ferrari F430]] GT in the [[2009 24 Hours of Le Mans]]'s GT2 class and finished ninth in class.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74133|first=Adam|last=Leveridge|title=Gigawave replaced by SAE at Le Mans|publisher=Autosport.com|date=April 1, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref>

Dempsey announced he would race the 2011 [[Rolex 24 at Daytona]] along with other races throughout the season in a Mazda RX-8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2010/12/patrick-dempsey-returns-to-track|title=Patrick Dempsey Returns to Track|publisher=The Checkered Flag|first=Vince|last=Pettit|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref> Dempsey finished in third place in the GT Class of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In 2012, Dempsey competed in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge behind the wheel of an [[Aston Martin Racing]]-[[Multimatic Motorsports]] [[Aston Martin Vantage GT4]], which, after five successful racing seasons in Europe, was to make its debut on American tracks. He formed the Dempsey Racing team to compete in the [[American Le Mans Series]]. The team fielded a full-time [[Oreca FLM09]] in the Prototype Challenge class as well as a Lola B12/80 coupe in the Prototype 2 class from Laguna Seca onward. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

After debuting at the [[2009 24 Hours of Le Mans]], Dempsey returned to France four years later and competed in a [[Porsche 911 GT3|Porsche 997 GT3 RSR]] at the [[2013 24 Hours of Le Mans]] endurance race. Dempsey and his co-drivers finished 29th overall and fourth in-class. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}} In 2015, Dempsey focused on participating in the [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] with his own Dempsey Racing-Proton team in the GTE-Am class in a [[Porsche 911 GT3|Porsche 997 GT3 RSR]], teamed with [[Patrick Long]]<ref name=":0" /> and Marco Seefried. He told Porsche Newsroom: "Not much changes in my TV work, but everything changes constantly in motor racing – every lap, every bend and every moment."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=The team of the Hollywood star|url=http://newsroom.porsche.com/en/motorsports/porsche-motorsports-actor-hollywood-star-patrick-dempsey-wec-2015-911-rsr-11060.html|website=newsroom.porsche.com|publisher=Porsche Newsroom|access-date=August 3, 2015}}</ref>