Frankie Muniz insisted he was "OK" after crashing his car in a NASCAR race

The 38-year-old star told reporters after the race: "I'm OK.

"I felt like got a good opportunity to run with some guys, I made some passes. Lost a few spots on restarts, then went back out and passed them again.

"So it was good for me to figure out how to get by people. You know, I haven't really gotten to do that much this year so that was really positive.

"We just wanted to keep going, I wanted to keep running. But there was nowhere for me to go, and I got hit from behind.

"But I don't feel like there was anything I could have done there. That was a luck situation of getting through it, but it's unfortunate."

Despite the crash, the former actor is feeling optimistic about his new career and "so excited" for next season.

He added: "This year wasn't what we had hoped, but this proved that I can race with guys, I can pass here. We're gonna be better next year, and I've got the whole off-season to prepare. We're gonna go get it."

It was announced last month that Frankie was joining the Reaume Brothers Racing team for the 2025 season.

He told People magazine: "I don't want to say it's a long time coming, but this has been a dream of mine for forever.

"I started with doing the open wheel route. I thought I was going to go IndyCar, kind of the Formula 1 route, but I always had in the back of my mind that I wanted to try NASCAR.

"I wanted to do it. I grew up watching NASCAR. I was a huge fan, but it's not something I necessarily thought that I'd ever get the opportunity to do."