Muniz, who picked up a second career as a racing driver in 2006, was scheduled to race as part of Team Air Force for Ford’s “Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic” event on Wednesday. But during a practice lap while the track was closed to the public, according to Entertainment Tonight, Muniz crashed his car. He was later taken to a local hospital and will no longer participate in the event, according to ET.

Representatives for Muniz and Ford Racing did not respond to an immediate request for comment. A Ford Racing spokesperson told People that Muniz was “taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation and is awake and alert,” but they did not provide an update on his condition.

“Malcolm in the Middle” co-star Bryan Cranston, who joined Muniz in the show’s four-episode revival earlier this year on Disney+, was also set to appear at the event to support him, according to ET.

Muniz has maintained his racing career even as he made small returns to acting throughout the 2020s. He participated in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series for the last three consecutive seasons, filming the “Malcolm in the MIddle” revival last year around his racing schedule. He finished 25th in this year’s Craftsman series.

“I was the first person that they ever had to work around cause normally like an actor is committed to the acting,” Muniz told Fox Sports’ Bob Pockrass last year. “But obviously I was a race car driver before they greenlit this show.”

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[–] 57 points 1 day ago

Life IS unfair

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  • [–] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    This time he will actually forget about being in Malcolm in the Middle

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    [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    In a practice lap? That’s interesting.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

    "was scheduled to race as part of Team Air Force"

    Great use of taxpayer dollars.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    The Air Force sponsoring an entirely land-based sport seems somewhat hilarious. Why not sponsor air shows or redbull competitions?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    it's not hard to imagine that an interest in motorsports can translate to interest in aeronautics, and that it's a more effective use of their advertising dollars to diversify

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    I suppose it's also a NASCAR style race and the typical NASCAR viewer is the type to sign up to throw their life away protecting some corporation's profit margin in the middle east or elsewhere. Upon further reflection, it makes perfect sense.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    I'm sure Joe Arpaio will visit him in the hospital.

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