Frankie Muniz Limps to Ambulance Following 'Hard Hit' from Behind in NASCAR Crash

Mar. 15, 2025

Frankie Muniz in Avondale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2024.Photo:James Gilbert/Getty

Frankie Muniz

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Frankie Munizwas left limping after his car crashed in a recent NASCAR race.

On Friday, Nov. 8, theprofessional driver, 38, lost control of his car after getting hit from behind during the Craftsman Truck Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., according to various reports.

Frankie Muniz in Nashville in June 2024.James Gilbert/Getty

Frankie Muniz, driver of the #22 Ford Performance Ford, walks the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 28, 2024 in Lebanon, Tennessee

“We just wanted to keep going, I wanted to keep running. But there was nowhere for me to go, and I got hit from behind,” he continued, adding, “But I don’t feel like there was anything I could have done there. That was a luck situation of getting through it, but it’s unfortunate.”

Despite the crash, Muniz remains optimistic and said he’s “so excited” for next season. “This year wasn’t what we had hoped, but this proved that I can race with guys, I can pass here. We’re gonna be better next year, and I’ve got the whole off-season to prepare. We’re gonna go get it,” he said.

Frankie Muniz’s race car gets towed away in Avondale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2024.James Gilbert/Getty

More Core Diamond Drilling Ford, driven by Frankie Muniz is towed after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 08, 2024

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In October, it was announced that Muniz would join the Reaume Brothers Racing team for the 2025 season. “I don’t want to say it’s a long time coming, but this has been a dream of mine for forever,” theMy Dog Skipstar latertold PEOPLE.

“I started with doing the open wheel route. I thought I was going to go IndyCar, kind of the Formula 1 route, but I always had in the back of my mind that I wanted to try NASCAR,” he continued, explaining, “I wanted to do it. I grew up watching NASCAR. I was a huge fan, but it’s not something I necessarily thought that I’d ever get the opportunity to do.”

Frankie Muniz in Avondale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2024.James Gilbert/Getty

Frankie Muniz, More Core Diamond Drilling Ford, looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 08, 2024 in Avondale, Arizona

TheMalcolm in the Middlealumpreviously told PEOPLEthat he first “caught the bug of wanting to be a driver” in 2004 after he won a racing tournament in Long Beach, Calif.

“I have a lot to learn and I know that,” Muniz added at the time. “But I’m going in, I’m putting in a hundred percent because I don’t wanna look back at this opportunity and go, man, I wish I tried harder.”

source: people.com