Frankie Muniz is able to get again behind the wheel for NASCAR‘s subsequent season after limping away from a crash in his newest race.
After making his NASCAR Xfinity Collection debut earlier this yr, the 2x Golden Globe nominee took what reporter Noah Lewis known as a “exhausting hit” throughout Friday’s Craftsman Truck Collection Championship, sharing a video of Muniz limping away from the wreckage.
“I’m okay, yeah. Unlucky,” he informed reporters after the race. “I felt like received an excellent alternative to run with some guys, I made some passes. Misplaced just a few spots on restarts, then went again out and handed them once more. So it was good for me to determine easy methods to get by folks, you realize I haven’t actually gotten to do this a lot this yr in order that was actually constructive.”
Muniz continued, “After which we simply needed to maintain going, I needed to maintain working. However there was nowhere for me to go and I received hit from behind. I received hit from behind into the 42 after which the 42 received moved and the 18 was proper there stopped and I went proper into him. However I don’t really feel like there was something I might have accomplished there. That was a luck state of affairs of getting by means of it, but it surely’s unlucky.”
Following his promotion to full-time for the Reaume Brothers Racing crew’s 2025 season, Muniz mentioned he’s trying ahead to driving the No. 33 Ford F-150 in February.
“That mentioned, I’m so grateful for my crew,” added Muniz. “And I’m so excited for subsequent season. This yr wasn’t what we had hoped, however this proved that I can race with guys, I can move right here. We’re gonna be higher subsequent yr, and I’ve received the entire low season to arrange. We’re gonna go get it.”
Muniz introduced his NASCAR debut final January. “Ever since childhood, it’s been my dream to pursue racing in NASCAR,” he mentioned in a press release.
The Malcolm within the Center star added, “I stay up for not solely demonstrating my capacity on the observe and simply how severe I’m in progressing in my racing profession but in addition displaying my son and household what it’s to chase your desires and reinvent your self.”