Dempsey dismissed it as a “dog movie,” and said he didn’t want to do a dog movie. You will learn the details of that “battle of the scribes” later and, as racers, will appreciate the reasons given for who won or lost.Ĭase tried to get another Mazda racer, a little-known driver named Patrick Dempsey, to read “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” adding that it might make for a good movie adaptation. After reading it - and appreciating the accuracy of the racing details in the book - he thought, “This guy’s either a racer or did a tremendous amount of research.” So he got in touch with Stein, who told him, “Everything I learned about racing I learned in a Miata.”Ī few weeks later, Case put Stein and automotive journalist Sam Moses, author of a nonfiction book, “Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots” and had them face off in a Playboy MX-5 Cup race. Mazdaspeed Communications Officer Dean Case was one of those colleagues. Upon landing, Doonan phoned back to headquarters to tell his colleagues about the fantastic book he had just read, and recommended everyone read it. Garth Stein raced against automotive journalist Sam Moses during a Playboy MX-5 Cup race to promote his book, “The Art of Racing in the Rain” and Moses’ tome, “Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots.”īefore a trans-Atlantic flight, John Doonan, Mazda North American Operations’ Motorsports Director, picked up Garth Stein’s best-selling novel “The Art of Racing in the Rain” in the airport and finished it before the plane touched down in Europe.
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