Frankie Muniz Is ‘Awake and Alert’ After a Daytona Practice Incident — Now He’s Out of Ford’s Veterans Day Exhibition Race With Austin Cindric

Frankie Muniz, the actor who drives the No. 33 Ford for Team Reaume in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, was taken to a local medical facility on Wednesday after an incident during practice at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was scheduled to partner with Cup Series driver Austin Cindric on the U.S. Air Force team in Ford's Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic that night.

What Team Reaume has said so far

Team Reaume announced the transport on X, and NASCAR.com published the statement. It says Muniz "was involved in an incident while practicing for today's Proud to Honor event at Daytona International Speedway" and was "taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation and is awake and alert." The team added that it would share updates as they become available.

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Nothing the team, NASCAR.com or the local stations that followed it have published says what happened on track, when it happened, which hospital he was taken to, or whether he was hurt beyond that description. WESH reported that NASCAR Track Communications said Muniz will not take part in Wednesday's race, which was set for 8 p.m. ET on USA Network. The sources I reviewed do not name a replacement for the Air Force team.

The Veterans Day Classic format

Ford's 12-driver lineup sorted the field into six two-driver teams, each running a Mustang Dark Horse R in a livery for one of the six military branches. Muniz and Cindric had the Air Force. Brad Keselowski and Joey Hand were listed for the Army, Ryan Preece and Logan Sargeant for the Navy, Noah Gragson and Layne Riggs for the Space Force, Joey Logano and Ty Majeski for the Coast Guard, and Robert Noaker and Ben Hobson for the Marine Corps.

The race itself is short: a 15-minute qualifying session, then 30 minutes on the 12-turn, 3.6-mile road course used for IMSA's Rolex 24 at Daytona. NASCAR ran points races on that layout in 2020 and 2021, according to NASCAR.com. Ford said the event benefits six nonprofits through the Proud to Honor Fund, and half of ticket proceeds go to Blue Star Families. A 30-minute race leaves little room to rebuild a pairing, and the Air Force team lost one of its two drivers on race day.

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Muniz's 2026 Truck Series results

NASCAR.com's driver page lists 21 races for Muniz in 2026: no top 10s, a best finish of 12th at Talladega Superspeedway, and 28th at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the last race on the list. His best career finish is still 10th, at the 2025 Daytona opener, NASCAR.com noted in its report. He is one of the celebrities who race, and he has lost track time to injury before: Backfire News reported in August 2025 that a yard-work injury kept him out of several races.

What is still unknown

The team's statement leaves out the cause of the incident, any diagnosis, and a timeline for his return to the No. 33 truck. Team Reaume has said it will post updates, and those will settle whether this costs Muniz anything beyond one night's race.

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Does a charity race that mixes stock-car, sports-car and other drivers on one road course belong on the calendar, or should those drivers stay in their own series?

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