NASCAR Truck Series star Frankie Muniz launches | Sports News

Malcolm within the Middle star turned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Frankie Muniz, who’s within the center of a robust debut season, has teamed up with NASCAR legend Kyle Petty’s charitable basis, Victory Junction, to provide 10 children a well-deserved summer season break.

Having first opened in 2004 in reminiscence of Kyle’s son, Adam, who tragically died during a apply session for an Xfinity Series race in 2000, Victory Junction offers kids aged between 6 and 16, who’re affected by severe medical circumstances or sicknesses, with a medically protected summer season camp expertise all yr spherical and all without cost.

After lately visiting the camp in North Carolina, Muniz, who at present drives the No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing Ford, revealed in a video that he was beginning a fundraiser, with the objective of raising $25,000, which might permit 10 children to attend the muse’s camp.

In the video, the 39-year-old defined how he was left “inspired” to help the muse following a latest go to to their Camp’s NASCARnival.

A celebration held on a weekly foundation all through summer season camp, it consists of a NASCAR-style pit stop, pushed on this event by Muniz, which permits the kids to attempt their palms at turning into a pit crew and altering the car’s tires. The occasion additionally permits the children to play video games, trip sizzling air balloons, and luxuriate in some tasty treats, as per Catchfence.

“With your support, let’s send 10 kids to camp,” Muniz mentioned. “You can help children discover their own incredible potential as they soar down a zipline, catch a fish, ride a horse, hit a bullseye, perform on a stage, or even climb an adventure tower, all in a medically safe and accessible environment.

“This is your chance to help kids have fun, find community, and build confidence they’ll carry long after their time at camp.”

As of Thursday, Muniz’s fundraiser was nearing the $5,000 mark, with donations capable of be made online by way of Victory Junction’s web site.

This announcement got here simply previous to Muniz’s Twenty seventh-place end at Watkins Glen – his first time racing the historic highway course within the Truck Series. In what’s his first full-time Truck season, Muniz has managed one prime 10, within the season opener at Daytona, and a additional two prime 20 finishes within the No. 33.

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Just one regular-season race stays, with the Truck Series heading to Richmond Raceway on August 15, earlier than the playoffs kick off at Darlington on August 30. Both tracks might be new to the previous Agent Cody Banks star, though he’ll quickly return to more acquainted environment after they journey to Bristol on September 11.

Currently sits twenty second and final within the playoff image, whereas he’s twenty third within the total factors standing, Muniz’s ambitions within the sport are sky high, as he lately defined in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “If I wanted to go racing for fun,” he famous.

“I would not be racing in the Truck Series. I’d be racing at my local track or I’d be racing some SCCA club events. I want to be one of the top drivers there are. I want to make it as high up in NASCAR as I can. And I’m doing everything I can to do that.”