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BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 17: Frankie Muniz, driver of the #33 Morgan & Morgan Ford, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series UNOH 250 Presented by Ohio Logistics at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17, 2026 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Fans of TV star turned NASCAR driver Frankie Muniz are certainly wondering why the 40-year-old is missing from Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ecosave 200 at Charlotte. Where is he today, and all this weekend?
The answer is pretty simple. Muniz is racing this weekend, just not at Charlotte Motor Speedway, or in any NASCAR event. Instead, the “Malcolm in the Middle” star will be chasing a GT4 America championship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The schedule conflict, not an injury or a release, hands the No. 33 Ford to team owner Josh Reaume while Muniz enters a title weekend with a one-point lead.
The Ecosave 200 is the 21st of 25 races on the Truck Series calendar and the third of the Chase. It starts at 5 p.m. EDT on Fox, according to Charlotte Motor Speedway’s event listing. Reaume is making his second consecutive start in the truck, according to NASCAR reporter Steven Taranto.
“Cannot explain how it feels heading to Indianapolis leading the points by one for the final race weekend of the GT4 America Championship,” Muniz wrote on X Tuesday. “Hate missing another NASCAR Truck race, but we’re fighting for the championship in GT4 America.”
ECOSAVE 200 — STARTING LINEUP
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series • Charlotte Motor Speedway • Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
Row
Pos
Car
Driver
Team
Time
Speed
1
1
7
Connor Mosack (C)
PurePEX Chevrolet
29.961
180.234
2
15
Tanner Gray
Black’s Tire/Down East Heating & Air Toyota
30.023
179.862
2
3
11
Kaden Honeycutt (C)
Safelite Toyota
30.053
179.683
4
77
Rajah Caruth (i) (C)
Chevrolet Chevrolet
30.071
179.575
3
5
45
Landen Lewis (C)
J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet
30.128
179.235
6
5
Bayley Currey
Monster Truck Wars Toyota
30.135
179.194
4
7
9
Grant Enfinger (C)
Grant County Mulch Chevrolet
30.185
178.897
8
91
Christian Eckes (C)
NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet
30.226
178.654
5
9
44
Andres Perez De Lara
Telcel Chevrolet
30.268
178.406
10
38
Chandler Smith (C)
Mystik Lubricants Ford
30.280
178.336
6
11
42
Conner Jones
Comprehensive Logistics Chevrolet
30.283
178.318
12
99
Ben Rhodes (C)
TSPORT Ford
30.288
178.288
7
13
34
Layne Riggs (C)
BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing Ford
30.292
178.265
14
16
Justin Haley
RAM RAM
30.298
178.230
8
15
1
Brent Crews (i) (C)
Mobil 1 Toyota
30.324
178.077
16
19
Daniel Hemric (C)
Delphi Chevrolet
30.331
178.036
9
17
88
Ty Majeski (C)
MasterForce/Menards Ford
30.367
177.825
18
98
Jake Garcia
Quanta/Curb Records Ford
30.399
177.637
10
19
4
Matt Mills
Utilitra/J.F. Electric Chevrolet
30.414
177.550
20
26
Dawson Sutton
Rackley Roofing Chevrolet
30.419
177.521
11
21
20
Daniel Dye
Champion Container Chevrolet
30.468
177.235
22
10
Corey LaJoie
Mopar RAM
30.560
176.702
12
23
13
Cole Butcher #
Atlantic Tilt Load Ford
30.599
176.476
24
81
Kris Wright
F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet
30.676
176.033
13
25
18
Tyler Ankrum (C)
LIUNA Chevrolet
30.678
176.022
26
52
Stewart Friesen
Halmar International Toyota
30.690
175.953
14
27
12
Brenden Queen #
Cummins RAM
30.733
175.707
28
62
Leland Honeyman Jr
Halmar International Toyota
30.766
175.518
15
29
14
Mini Tyrrell #
RAM RAM
30.807
175.285
30
25
Regan Smith
RAM RAM
31.049
173.919
16
31
56
Timmy Hill
UNITS Toyota
31.711
170.288
32
2
Luke Baldwin
More Core Diamond Drilling Ford
Owner Points
17
33
76
Spencer Boyd
Desnuda Organic Tequila Chevrolet
Owner Points
34
33
Josh Reaume
Aerial Titans Ford
Owner Points
18
35
22
Clayton Green
Firman Power Equipment Ford
Owner Points
36
17
Giovanni Ruggiero (C)
JBL Toyota
Owner Points
Pole: Connor Mosack, 29.961 seconds (180.234 mph) • Time = qualifying lap in seconds, Speed = mph • Owner Points = starting spot set by owner points • (i) = ineligible for series points • (C) and # as designated on NASCAR’s official lineup • Did not qualify: none • Track race record: Matt Crafton, 1:25:01 (141.855 mph), May 21, 2016
Source: NASCAR Statistics, as of Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 2:50 p.m. ET
Frankie Muniz’s GT4 America Weekend at Indianapolis
Muniz and co-driver Tyler Stone share the No. 30 Ford Mustang GT4 for TechSport Racing in the Pirelli GT4 America finale, which runs on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis road course alongside the Indianapolis 8 Hour, according to GT4 America’s event schedule.
Friday brings practice and qualifying only. The No. 30 has qualifying sessions at 2:45 and 3:05 p.m. EDT, the schedule shows. Race 1 starts Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. EDT. Race 2, which decides the title, follows Sunday at 10:25 a.m. EDT.
Muniz and Stone lead the AM standings with 168 points, one ahead of James Clay and James Walker Jr. in the No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW M4 GT4, according to FanBuzz reporter John Newby. TechSport swept Road America and won Race 2 at Barber Motorsports Park, according to Motorsport.com.
GT4 is a production-based class for customer teams, one step below GT3. Its cars begin as road-legal sports cars and receive limited race modifications, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing. Each car carries two drivers, and Muniz and Stone run in the amateur-only AM class, according to GT4 America’s series explainer.
No national network carries the sessions live. SRO streams every qualifying session and race on the GTWorld YouTube channel, according to GT4 America’s how-to-watch guide.
Frankie Muniz’s Truck Series Record and Racing Origins
Muniz has 17 Truck Series starts in 2026, all in the No. 33 Ford for Team Reaume. His best finish is 16th at Daytona, according to The Third Turn results log. He has 42 career starts since 2024 with no wins or poles, one top-10 and one lap led, according to DriverAverages’ Truck Series statistics.
Francisco James Muniz IV was born Dec. 5, 1985. He grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, about two and a half hours from Charlotte Motor Speedway, where his family took him to races, according to NASCAR.com.
Fame came as the title character of Fox’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” which ran from 2000 to 2006. He also starred in “My Dog Skip,” “Big Fat Liar” and “Agent Cody Banks” during that stretch. He returned for the four-episode revival “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” this year, according to NASCAR.com.
“My heart had never pounded so much,” Muniz said of his first race, the 2004 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at Long Beach, where he finished seventh, NASCAR.com reported. After the show ended, he told his agents he was done with acting offers and was going racing, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He moved through Formula BMW USA and the Champ Car Atlantic Championship from 2007 to 2009. A crash at Mid-Ohio in 2009, with two races left and Muniz fourth in the standings, broke his back and nearly tore off his left thumb, NASCAR.com reported. An IndyCar deal for 2010 was pulled, and he stayed away from racing for about 12 years.
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