A lovely surprise photo op came from the Monterey Historics 2009 at the Laguna Seca. I can’t believe I didn’t even know this was going on, but I didn’t.  (this is another reason I would like this site to be official, so I can know these kinds of things are going on and before they happen!)

Not until someone posted this picture of Patrick Dempsey with Jay Leno (and my friend Jim Jordan) on twitter(via @karlbrauer)

In talking with our friend Jim, he stated that this was not a race, but a parade. Because Patrick isn’t allowed to race right now because of his Valentine’s contract.  (which makes sense- can’t get hurt while finishing a major production like that)

So here he was, in a “parade” that was not a race, but got to put on his racing suit which had to thrill him, but definitely thrilled his fans. You can just tell when someone is doing something they love; it is a fire in their eyes. And this is a true statement when it comes to racing (oops not racing, parading in a race car?) for Patrick.

Patrick got to ride this very cool car....Called a Mazda RX-792P. From what I have read the car was/is loud, fast and impressive! According to Wikipedia:

The Mazda RX-792P was a racing car built for the IMSA GT Championship‘s GTP category for Mazda. Its career was short lived, with only two cars running in 1992 before the project was abandoned.

The car’s name would be a combination of Mazda’s RX-7 road car, the year the car raced, and the fact that it was a prototype.

A few fun photos came from the gathering.   I love this one; Patrick looks like he is not really smiling but forcing it. I guess you would call it a grimace. LOL Most of the images are from McDreamy-online.fr, the Mazda picture is from http://www.grandtouringprototype.com/features/mazdas-wailing-wankel-the-1992-rx-792p-451/

Here is one of him in his racing suit. I don’t really know what they are called. LOL I keep wanting to say flight suit? Anyway, he looks good and we appreciate him looking good!

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