Frankie Muniz He’s telling fans he’s “fine” after he limped off the track to an ambulance following a horrific multi-vehicle crash at the last NASCAR race.

accident, “hard hit” by sports reporter Noah Lewis It took place at the X at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race in Phoenix on Friday, November 8th. In the video, Muniz is seen in pain and limping away from the wreckage, before being put into an ambulance.

But, talking to journalists After the race, Muniz reassured him that he was fine. “I’m fine, yes,” he said, describing the incident on the track as “unfortunate.”

“I felt like I had a good opportunity to run with some guys, made some passes. I lost a few points on the restarts, then came back and passed them again,” he said of his race technique. “So it was good for me to learn how to get along with people. You know, not a lot this year.” “I couldn’t do much, so that was a real positive.”

hard hit for @frankiemuniz. He limps from his truck to the ambulance. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/7rngEwzMzE

— Noah Lewis (@Noah_Lewis1) 9 November 2024

Muniz, 38. Best known for his starring role in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle He has been acting since childhood and made his car racing debut in 2004 during a celebrity event. He made his professional racing debut two years later. He has one top-five and 11 top-ten finishes in the ARCA Menards Series in 2023. Muniz, who collected all his points throughout the year, ranked fourth.

Last month, the actor announced that he planned to make racing cars his main business. “I am thrilled to announce that I will be racing full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next season,” Muniz, 38, said on the Oct. 22 Fox & Friends broadcast.

Muniz stated at the time that focusing on racing instead of acting was “not a difficult decision.”

“This is something I had been working on for literally 20 years when I ran my first race,” Muniz said of the race. “The feeling of crossing the finish line first in a celebrity race was an incredible, incredible feeling, and that’s what I was after.”

He noted: “If I’m going to do this, I want to dedicate myself 100 percent to it. “I’m doing everything I can to prepare for races and be the best race car driver I can be.”

In addition to acting and racing, Muniz is a devoted husband and father. he got married Paige Price In October 2019, the couple welcomed their son. MauzIn March 2021.

Muniz’s role as a father further increased his desire to compete in acting. “A big reason why I came back to racing was because I wanted him to grow up, to see me working hard and striving for a goal, and not just be like, ‘Oh, I was an actor too.’ ‘” HE specifically said Us Weekly earlier this month.