Frankie Muniz responds after claims he ruined | Sports News

After taking out leaders Ty Majeski and Brandon Jones in Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Frankie Muniz has admitted that the backlash affected him.

Muniz was yelled at by Majeski following the encounter and the ‘Malcom within the Middle’ star additionally obtained some destructive feedback online, one thing he’s not used to within the motoring world. Muniz spun with simply 13 laps remaining within the Weather Guard Truck Race, and he collected Majeski, Jones, and Stewart Friesen within the course of.

Muniz was criticized for making an attempt to maneuver into a decrease lane when heading into the nook, however known as out Majeski for shunting him and being at fault for the wreck. Many NASCAR followers sided with Majeski within the aftermath, whereas Jones remained neutral as he felt sorry for Muniz but additionally understood the place the negativity was coming from.

When reflecting on the ordeal, Muniz admitted that it was a uncommon expertise however is used to studying negativity from his appearing days. “It’s one of the first times I’ve gotten a ton of s—, excuse my French, online from the fans,” Muniz stated on the ‘Beating and Banging‘ podcast. “I’ve been very lucky that, for the most part, in my NASCAR journey I’ve exceeded expectations.

“I’ve achieved more than people anticipate at occasions to the place like, it is more of a constructive story than, oh, he simply wrecked the leaders or no matter. So my complete life I’ve additionally had people discuss c— about me online – warranted or not or no matter.

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“I’m used to letting it go. But it does affect you. I’m telling you, it affects me because we haven’t had things go our way.”

Muniz additionally went into more element concerning the livid encounter with Majeski, claiming that it was the toughest he’d ever been shunted since beginning his NASCAR profession. “I go into the corner, hit my brakes and I just get literally destroyed from the back,” Muniz added.

“I haven’t been hit that hard ever going into a corner. So either his brake zone is so much later than mine or he literally didn’t hit the brakes at all. I’m not sure, but you know, he hit me.

“He rips his helmet off and he is like, ‘You’ve gotta pick a lane. You’ve gotta be predictable. And my response was kind of like, ‘Wait, what?’ Like, I did not assume of something different than doing precisely what I did. I believed I used to be predictable by doing what I did.”

There was a similar response from Muniz immediately after the race, highlighting that after reflecting on the incident days later, he still denies any wrongdoing. “You know, it is arduous right here proper. It is so fast, I’m attempting to get out of the best way, I wasn’t attempting to race them… I wished them to go round me,” Muniz said.

“He yelled at me, I informed me I’ve to select a lane. I imply, I did not come off the underside in any lap on this whole race, so I do not totally know what I might have achieved totally different. I must watch it.”

Amid the hate and accusations that he’d ruined the race for Majeski and Jones, the latter did offer Muniz some support. “Half of me type of feels for him, as a result of who’s there to help him?” Jones said. “Nobody. It’s him attempting to determine it out on his own.

“I’ve got plenty of people in my corner helping me prepare for these races, and it’s him vs. him. But on the flip side, you’re at the top level, man, so … you need people helping you to make those decisions. I’m sure no one on the spotter’s stand helped him. I’m sure no one in the pit box helped him.”