Frankie Muniz channeled his inner Rodney Dangerfield this week, saying his fellow on-track drives in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series don’t respect the former “Malcolm in the Middle” star-turned-racer on track.
Muniz had a promising start to his NASCAR trucks career with a Top 10 finish last week in Daytona. But after a multi-car wreck this weekend in Atlanta, the former child TV star bemoaned that his Hollywood credentials aren’t exactly helping his on-track reputation.
After a trackside reporter asked about his disappointing day, he said: “I definitely don’t get respect out there, 100 percent, nobody goes [races in tandem] with me. I think someone put me three wide and pushed me to the outside.”
Muniz said he had another Top-10 finish in his second race after running well Saturday before he was collected in the pile-up.
“I don’t think anyone expects us to run up there, so the fact that we were there on merit, no lucky breaks, we raced our way up there, I felt like we were just cruisin’,” he said. “I’m hoping to earn respect out there and I hope with how tight I was racing peole and I was fairly clean the entire time … until I keep doing it, it’s gonna be tough.
Muniz is two races deep in his first full-time season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He drives the No. 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing, marking a significant step in his racing career.
Watch the entire interview in the clip above.
