Indy 500-Honorary Starter

FILE - Actor Adam Driver attends the premiere of "White Noise" at Alice Tully Hall during the 60th New York Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in New York. Driver, who will soon be starring as Enzo Ferrari in a biopic of the Italian automobile magnate, will server as the honorary starter for the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time Academy Award nominee Adam Driver, who will soon be starring as Enzo Ferrari in a biopic of the Italian automobile magnate, will serve as the honorary starter for the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

Driver perhaps most famously played Kylo Ren in the three most recent “Star Wars” films, and he was nominated for Academy Awards for his work in “BlacKkKlansman" and “ Marriage Story.” Driver also has received four Primetime Emmy nominations for the comedy-drama “Girls” and his guest appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in 2020.

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