Patrick Dempsey: Success in Hollywood, what is that? - CNN
In a 2008 interview with Bicycling Magazine, Dempsey said he rides more than 100 miles a week. He also set up the Dempsey Challenge -- a bike ride with distances of 10, 25, 50, 70 and 100 miles, as well as 5 and 10 kilometer running races -- to raise funds for The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at the Central Maine Medical... In June, he finished second in his class at the 2015 edition of the grueling Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, and he now plans to produce a television series about the dramas of the racetrack. "I like this world very much," Dempsey tells CNN inside the relaxed confines of his motorhome at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit where he had competed as a celebrity driver in the Porsche Supercup at the Belgium Grand Prix. "My desire and passion for racing has always been there and now I'm getting the opportunity to commit to it and to have a strategy to develop as a driver. Does it mean making money. Does it mean box office success. "There are plenty of films that don't do well that I would consider successful but weren't considered successful in a business sense. Born and raised in Maine, the American actor first experienced the thrill of speed through a childhood love of skiing, but it wasn't until the Continental Tire Sportscar Series in 2007 that he had his first major motorsport run. Now he's raced at Le Mans four times and partnered. Source: edition.cnn.com
