Frankie Muniz was left with a limp after his car crashed at a recent NASCAR race.
On Friday, Nov. 8, the professional driver, 38, lost control of his car after being rear-ended during the Craftsman Truck Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., according to various reports.
A video shared by sports reporter Noah Lewis on X (formerly Twitter) showed Muniz in obvious pain after a “heavy hit.”
“I’m fine,” the former actor told reporters after the race, according to footage shared on X. “I felt like I got a good chance to run with some guys, I made a few passes. I lost a few places on the restarts and then came back I passed them again. It was good for me to figure out how to pass people.
Frankie Muniz in Nashville in June 2024.
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“We just wanted to keep going, I wanted to keep running. But I had nowhere to go and I got hit from behind,” he continued, adding: “But I don’t feel like there was anything I could have. It was a lucky situation to go through but is unhappy.”
Despite the accident, Muniz remains optimistic and said he is “so excited” for next season. “This year wasn’t what we hoped for, but this proved that I can race with the guys, I can pass here. We’ll be better next year, and I’ve got the whole offseason to prepare. I’m going for it,” he said .
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Frankie Muniz’s race car is towed in Avondale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 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 will be long, but this has always been my dream,” My dog Skip star later told PEOPLE.
“I started out with open-wheel racing. I thought I was going to go to IndyCar, a sort of Formula 1 circuit, but I always had in mind that I wanted to try NASCAR,” he continued, explaining, “I wanted to do it. I grew up watching NASCAR , but it’s not something I necessarily thought I’d ever get the chance to do.”
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Frankie Muniz in Avondale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2024.
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The Malcolm in the middle alum previously told PEOPLE that he first “caught the bug of wanting to be a driver” in 2004 after winning a race event in Long Beach, California.
I have a lot to learn and I know that, added Muniz at the time. “But I’m going in, I’m putting in one hundred percent because I don’t want to look back on this opportunity and go, man, I wish I’d tried harder.”
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