Sports fan from all around will surely be seen at the 2008 Rolex Series’ GT. In fact, it was said that Joe Foster, Charles Espenlaub and Patrick Dempsey will be at the launching on September 15 at Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park.

SoBe Beverage will be sponsoring Hyper Sport’s Mazda RX-8 GT, which is a considerable departure from their usual Ford Mustang GT effort in the Koni Challenge series. The Mazda RX-8 GT will be equipped with Mazda shocks for better performance.

Koni cars which are street-based, got Koni shocks to handle the race track. Meanwhile most of the 2008 GT-class cars aren’t. For the most part the GT-class cars are full-on tube frame chassis hung with street-car-like body panels.

The Hyper Sport organization, which also includes team driver Rick Skelton among its principals, is determined on making a lasting mark in motorsports.

Though Dempsey more or less is the odd man out - insofar as a deep, active motorsports background is concerned — don’t discount the man’s focus on motorsports.

Much to the wide-eyed disbelief of my college-aged daughters, beyond almost an inescapable number of TV teasers I’ve yet to watch my first minute of “Grey’s Anatomy,” in which Dempsey co-stars (among other acting efforts) when he isn’t racing or being a family man.

Just like a lot of people in the racing business, Dempsey’s professional success has allowed him to put some “seed money” into what he and his associates see as a business enterprise.

As a businessman, Dempsey is intent on making that enterprise work while, as a driver, he tests himself on the track - just like the rest of us likely would if given enough success in our own profession.