Frankie Muniz landed fairly a bit larger than simply the center in his huge race automobile driver debut … almost cracking the highest 10 at a semi-pro collection that was all fuel, no brakes.

The actor-turned-driver raced within the ARCA Menards Sequence Saturday on the Daytona Worldwide Speedway down in Florida — marking his first time revving up amongst different professionals. It was an 80-lap journey, with round 40 drivers going spherical and round.

Muniz positioned eleventh general when it was all mentioned and executed … and the ultimate lap proved to be fairly dramatic, with Frankie climbing again from twelfth place. Even earlier than that, although, he was doing extremely effectively … cracking the highest 10 a number of occasions all through the course.

Frankie himself detailed the experience, saying he was ecstatic and happy with himself for having the ability to rank as excessive as he did … stating that at one level, he was twenty fourth place.

He writes, “Holy moly!!! That was probably the most insane factor I’ve ever executed. Acquired up into the highest  3 earlier than getting turned and inflicting harm. Went to the again and went from twenty fourth to eleventh within the last 2 laps. I am so grateful to my staff and @hairclub and sponsors for making my dream a actuality!”

In the course of the race, Frankie was getting props from the broadcasters for avoiding what might’ve been a significant accident … so, yeah, he was hanging robust with the very best of them on the market.

FM has been racing for years now, nevertheless it wasn’t till lately that he determined to pursue it full-time … forgoing his performing profession, for now, and choosing the scent of burned rubber as an alternative.

We really talked to him final month about his foray into an entire new trade, and he made it clear to us that he was over the moon in regards to the alternative, and deliberate to take it critically. Contemplating how effectively he is executed for his first official outing, in all probability much more so.