r/KeanuBeingAwesome • u/dannysleep • Oct 06 '24

Keanu doing side quests

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Keanu Reeves made his professional auto racing debut on Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Toyota GR Cup, part of the Indy 8 Hour sports car event. 🏁😮

The 60-year-old Hollywood star spun out into the grass at Turn 9 midway through the 45-minute race but continued driving without injury.

Despite qualifying 31st out of 35 cars, Reeves briefly ran as high as 21st and finished 25th, successfully avoiding a crash on the first lap.

Driving the No. 92 BRZRKR car, which promotes his graphic novel ‘The Book of Elsewhere,’ Reeves has another race on Sunday.

📸: X/IMS

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u/Luci-Noir Oct 06 '24

Being awesome by being a really shitty racer?

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u/stfnotguilty Oct 06 '24

25th place out of 35 might seem like a poor performance, but consider that he beat 10 professional racecar drivers despite not being one himself and just racing as a promotional stunt...that's an incredible performance.

99.9999% of people with minimal training and experience hopping into a professional sport to compete with pros would come in dead last.