Frankie Muniz was left limping after his car crashed during a recent NASCAR race.

On Friday, November 8, the professional driver38, lost control of his car after being hit from behind during the Craftsman Truck Series championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, according to various reports.

A video shared by sports journalist Noah Lewis on X (formerly Twitter) showed Muniz in apparent pain after the “hard blow”.

“I’m fine”, the former actor told reporters after the race, according to a clip shared on X. “I felt like I had a good opportunity to race with some guys, I made a few passes. I lost a few places on the restarts and then came back and passed them again. So it was good for me to understand how to deal with people. You know, I haven’t really been able to do much this year, so that was really positive.”

“We just wanted to keep going, I wanted to keep running. But I had nowhere to go and I got hit from behind,” he continued, adding: “But I don’t feel that I could do anything there. It was a chance to get out, but it’s unfortunate.

Despite the accident, Muniz remains optimistic and said he is “so excited” for next season. “This year wasn’t what we had hoped for, but it proved that I can run with guys, that I can get through here. We’ll be better next year and I have the whole offseason to prepare .We’ll go get it,” he said.

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In October, it was announced that Muniz would join the Reaume Brothers Racing team for the 2025 season. “I don’t want to say it will take a long time, but it’s a dream of mine forever,” said the My dog ​​jump star later told people.

“I started out going the open wheel route. I thought I was going to go to IndyCar, sort of the Formula 1 route, but I always had in the back of my mind that I wanted to try NASCAR,” he said. – he continued, explaining: “I wanted to do it. I grew up watching NASCAR, I was a big fan, but it’s not necessarily something I thought I would ever have the opportunity to do.”

THE Malcolm in the Middle alum previously told PEOPLE that he first “caught the bug of wanting to be a pilot” in 2004 after winning a racing tournament in Long Beach, California.

“I have a lot to learn and I know it,” Muniz added. “But I’m going for it, I’m putting in a hundred percent because I don’t want to come back from this opportunity and go, man, I wish I tried harder.”