Keanu Reeves made his professional racing debut on Saturday in an event which saw the Hollywood actor spin out at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Reeves, 60, 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.
The Matrix star, who qualified 31st out of the 35 cars, ran as high as 21st and successfully avoided a first lap crash in Turn 14. He finished 25th.
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.
He 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’.
Hollywood legend Keanu Reeves made his professional racing debut in Indianapolis Saturday
Reeves, 60, spun out halfway through a race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Matrix star, who qualified 31st out of 35, ran as high as 21st and avoided a first lap crash
Reeves has previous racing experience as a former participant in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in the celebrity race. Reeves won the event in 2009.
He will attend a 30th anniversary screening of Speed on Tuesday in Los Angeles alongside his co-star Sandra Bullock.
The Canadian and girlfriend Alexandra Grant were also seen at the MotoGP Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland in Germany over the summer, with Keanu said to be a big racing fan.
He also attended a Formula One British Grand Prix qualifying event in 2022 before saying about his trip to Silverstone: ‘It was wet, but it was thrilling.
‘It was absolutely amazing to be that close. Silverstone and rain, perfect. I think being that close to it, just seeing the speed and the way that they’re going at the turns and exiting the turns is something unbelievable.’
Reeves also hosted and produced ‘Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story’ last year -a four-part documentary about the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship.
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