Frankie Muniz is staying optimistic after limping away from a multi-vehicle crash throughout a NASCAR race on Friday.
The 38-year-old actor turned skilled race automotive driver was concerned in a wreck on the Phoenix Raceway whereas competing within the Craftsman Truck Collection Championship in Avondale, Arizona.
Within the aftermath of the crash, sports activities reporter Noah Lewis shared a video of Muniz through which the “Malcom within the Center” alum was seen limping and bending over whereas being assisted into an ambulance on the monitor. In his submit on X, previously Twitter, Lewis wrote that Muniz had taken a “arduous hit.”
After the race, Muniz informed reporters that he was “OK,” including that the crash was “unlucky.”
“I felt like I acquired alternative to run with some guys,” Muniz stated in a clip that was shared on X.
Frankie Muniz limped away from a multi-truck throughout a NASCAR race on Friday. (Getty)
He continued, “I made some passes. Misplaced a number of spots on restarts, then went again out and handed them once more. So it was good for me to determine the right way to get by individuals. You recognize, I haven’t actually gotten to do this a lot this yr in order that was actually optimistic.”
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“After which we simply needed to maintain going, I needed to maintain working. However there was nowhere for me to go and I acquired hit from behind,” Muniz defined. “I acquired hit from behind into the 42 after which the 42 acquired 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 carried out there. That was a luck state of affairs of getting by means of it, nevertheless it’s unlucky.”
Nevertheless, Muniz stated he was already waiting for the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season, through which he’ll compete because the full-time driver of the No. 33 Ford F-150 with the Reaume Brothers Racing group.
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This season, he joined Reaume Brothers for a number of races as the driving force of the No. 27 F-150.
“I’m so grateful for my group,” Muniz stated. “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 acquired the entire low season to organize. We’re gonna go get it.”
Throughout an look “Fox & Buddies” final month, Muniz shared his pleasure over being promoted to a full-time driver for subsequent yr’s season.
Muniz later shared that he was “OK” after the “unlucky” wreck. (Â Meg Oliphant/Getty Photographs)
“I can not consider it, it is a dream come true,” he stated. “It is one thing that I’ve at all times needed to do, and the truth that I really get to announce that I am doing it full-time subsequent yr, I am thrilled. I can not wait.”
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He additionally shared, “If I am going to do that, I wish to dedicate myself to it 100% … doing all the things I can to be ready for the races and to be the perfect race automotive driver I will be.”
When Muniz was requested about placing performing on maintain to deal with racing, he admitted, “I would not say it was a tough resolution.”
The “Malcolm within the Center” alum will compete as a full-time driver within the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season, (Getty Photographs)
“That is one thing that I have been working towards for actually 20 years since I began racing, after I did my first race,” he stated, explaining that “the sensation of crossing the end line first” for the primary time has been a sense he is been “chasing” ever since.
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“If you wish to be actually, actually good at something, you have to dedicate your self to it, and that is what I am doing. I hope my efficiency proves that on the race monitor, and we will go and hopefully get High 10s and High 5s and hopefully win races subsequent yr.”
Fox Information Digital’s Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.
