Frankie Muniz hospitalized, but "awake and alert" after race car crash

The sitcom star/race car driver reportedly crashed during a Daytona Veteran's Day event.

By William Hughes | November 11, 2026 | 6:30pm

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The thing about actor Frankie Muniz is that he’s pretty much the only sitcom star where crashing a race car is in the general wheelhouse of what you might expect him to do. (You never see the Young Sheldon having these kinds of problems, to pick an example at random.) But Muniz has, after all, been in way more automotive races than TV episodes in recent years—give or take this year’s Malcolm In The Middle revival—and so these things just sort of happen as a matter of course: Variety reports that Muniz was hospitalized on Wednesday, after crashing his car at Daytona during practice laps at a Veteran’s Day event.

A statement from Muniz’s bosses at Ford Racing confirmed that the actor/driver was “awake and alert,” while also stating that he’d been taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation after the crash. Muniz will no longer participate in the rest of Ford’s Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic, where he was expected to race as part of Team Air Force.

Muniz has been driving professionally since 2004, most recently as part of NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series. Per Variety, his old buddy Bryan Cranston, who’s maintained a long-time relationship with his former sitcom son, was set to appear at the event to support him. Per Entertainment Tonight, this wasn’t Muniz’s first on-track incident in recent months; he was also involved in wrecks in April and October of this year.

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