Quote Originally Posted by mbuskuhl View Post
Renting rides for $10k a weekend yes, decent outings would be 25th/30 at his '07 appearance and that was with the winning team. Dempsey took 10th in that race.

http://www.mx-5cup.com/event/points.php?ID=125
Correct. He rented a ride from the championship winning team, and surprise surprise, had a pretty decent car, having the 3rd fastest lap in the race. However, being inexperienced, he finished a lap down, after a big off.

Two points. 1. You need a fast car to be fast. 2. You need to be good to stay fast.

Who knows, maybe the guy is serious about this, and will spend the time to become truely fast. I think that would be cool. However, it would be great if he could get a better perspective on the sport before his next interview on the subject.