INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Hollywood star made his professional auto racing debut on Saturday in an event in which spun out at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Reeves spun into the grass without a collision on the exit of Turn 9 a little more than halfway through . He re-entered and continued driving, signaling he was uninjured.
Reeves, who qualified 31st out of the 35 cars, ran as high as 21st and successfully avoided a first lap crash in Turn 14. Reeves finished 25th.
Reeves, who grew up in Toronto, is competing at Indianapolis in Toyota GR Cup, a Toyota spec-racing series and a support series for this weekend鈥檚 Indy 8 Hour sports car event. He has a second race Sunday.
Reeves, 60, is driving the No. 92 BRZRKR car, which is promoting his graphic novel 鈥淭he Book of Elsewhere.鈥� He is teammates with Cody Jones from ."
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 is scheduled to attend a 30th anniversary screening of 鈥淪peed鈥� on Tuesday in Los Angeles alongside his co-star Sandra Bullock.
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