Keanu Reeves makes professional car racing debut
FILE - Keanu Reeves attends the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at Sachsenring Circuit on July 7, 2024 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany. (Photo by Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Actor Keanu Reeves spun out in his professional car racing debut Saturday at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"The Matrix" star was a little more than halfway through the race when he spun into the grass without hitting any other cars. He wasn’t hurt and re-entered the race.
Reeves, 60, placed 25th in the 35-car race. He was in 21st place at one point during the race and managed to avoid a crash in Turn 14.
Reeves spun into the grass without a collision on the exit of Turn 9 a little more than halfway through the 45-minute race. He re-entered and continued driving, signaling he was uninjured.
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Reeves is competing at Indianapolis in Toyota GR Cup, a Toyota spec-racing series and a support series for this weekend’s Indy 8 Hour sports car event. He has a second race Sunday.
Reeves is driving the No. 92 BRZRKR car, which is promoting his graphic novel "The Book of Elsewhere." He is teammates with Cody Jones from "Dude Perfect."
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In 2009, Reeves won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in the celebrity race.
On Tuesday, Reeves and Sandra Bullock are scheduled to attend a 30th anniversary screening of the hit 1994 film "Speed."