Malcolm within the Center star Frankie Muniz was injured in a NASCAR crash on Friday, November 8, however fortunately, he was in a position to stroll away from the accident.
Driving as No. 27 for Reaume Brothers Racing, Muniz collided with different racers throughout Friday’s Craftsman Truck Collection Championship on the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.
In footage shared on X, Muniz limped into an ambulance after the crash, however he instructed reporters that he was “OK” following the “unlucky” incident.
Onerous hit for @frankiemuniz. He limps from his truck to the ambulance. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/7rngEwzMzE
— Noah Lewis (@Noah_Lewis1) November 9, 2024
“There was nowhere for me to go. I obtained hit from behind,” he defined. “I obtained hit from behind into the 42, after which the 42 obtained moved, and the 18 was proper there, stopped, you already know, and I went proper into him.”
.@frankiemuniz after crashing out of the @NASCAR_Trucks Championship race.
“Nowhere I may go however I used to be studying loads, excited for subsequent season”#NASCAR #NASCARPlayoffs #Championship4 pic.twitter.com/s99wOhkgWE
— Peter Stratta (@peterstratta) November 9, 2024
Regardless of the pile-up, Muniz had an upbeat perspective on his efficiency.
“I felt like I obtained an excellent alternative to run with some guys, I made some passes, misplaced a couple of spots on restarts, went again out, handed them once more. So it was good for me to determine learn how to get by folks — you already know, I haven’t actually gotten to do this a lot this 12 months — in order that was actually optimistic.”
And Muniz is already wanting ahead to future races. “We’re going to be higher subsequent 12 months, and I obtained the entire low season to organize, and we’re going to go get it,” he stated.
Muniz, who’s been racing since 2004, introduced final month that he was becoming a member of Reaume Brothers Racing as a full-time driver of the No. 33 F-150 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection’s 2024 season.
“I don’t wish to say it’s a very long time coming, however this has been a dream of mine for perpetually,” he instructed Folks on the time. “I began with doing the open wheel route. I assumed I used to be going to go IndyCar, form of the Formulation 1 route, however I all the time had at the back of my thoughts that I needed to strive NASCAR. I needed to do it. I grew up watching NASCAR. I used to be an enormous fan, but it surely’s not one thing I essentially thought that I’d ever get the chance to do.”
That 2025 season is slated to start out with the Recent From Florida 250 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway in Daytona Seaside, Florida, on Friday, February 14, 2025.