
Frankie Muniz, driver of # 33 The Electric State Ford and also Malcolm de Malcolm in the middle.
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When you ask the average child what they want to be when they grow, some could land somewhere between the professional athlete or the movie star.
For Frankie Muniz, balance a career as a professional Nascar driver and television actor is not a fantasy; It will be his very busy reality this year to come.
The actor, better known for his full role in Malcolm in the middle, Recently made professional progress: he has a career in flower nascar and a restart of the beloved sitcom In preparation.
Three things to know:
- Muniz has long been interested in car races, participating in the sport for the past 20 years, and have drives cars professionally in a variety of leagues and shopping.
- Last week, the 39 -year -old man made his full -time professional debut as a truck driver for Reaume Brothers at the Nascar truck series in Daytona Beach.
- And he did pretty well! Muniz finished in 11th place in his race and was hit in the 10th time after another disqualified competitor. So far, this is the best result of his racing career.
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Racing and a restart
Muniz will continue to run professionally full time and will also resume his full role of favorite child genius of pop culture, in a restart of the winning series of an Emmy Emmy Malcolm in the middle. The program would bring back the original distribution, notably Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek and the creator of the Linwood Boomer program.
Fox Sports reports that to balance the two, Muniz has received a production calendar that will divide its week between shooting and the race.
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