DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Frankie Muniz was released from a hospital Wednesday, hours after a crash during practice at Daytona International Speedway kept him out of a Ford Racing charity exhibition that night.
Muniz, 40, went off course on the infield road course portion of the track and hit a tire barrier, his team said the wreck came as he was finishing a practice lap. Safety crews removed the roof of his Ford Mustang to get him out, and he was taken to a nearby hospital awake and alert for evaluation.
In a statement shared by Ford Racing, Muniz said he was a little sore, credited the car with protecting him and said he was disappointed to miss the event. He had been second-fastest in practice before the crash.
He had been scheduled to race in the Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic, pairing with NASCAR driver Austin Cindric for Team Air Force. The exhibition split a dozen Ford drivers into six teams, one for each branch of the military, in Mustang Dark Horse cars, with proceeds going to six nonprofits that serve service members and veterans. Ford development driver Jenson Altzman took his place in the field, and Cindric went on to win the race.
Best known for his title role on Malcolm in the Middle, Muniz stepped away from acting in 2006 to race. He won the GT4 America Am class championship this year and also drives a Team Reaume Ford in NASCAR’s truck division.
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