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Frankie Muniz Explains Heated Confrontation After NASCAR Truck Series Wreck at Bristol

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jonathan Howard | Last updated Apr 10, 2026 9:23 PM ET

Tonight, driving his "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" Ford F-150, Frankie Muniz had his night end early. He got into it on the track with Tyler Reif and afterward, the young driver had a few words for Muniz.

Frankie Muniz was fighting for the Lucky Dog position, trying to get back on the lead lap. As Tyler Reif was going to lap him, the two collided and both ended up junked.

Muniz was interviewed in the infield care center and revealed that Reif yelled at him. There were a few words thrown around.

Tyler Reif on the track after wrecking at Bristol with Frankie Muniz. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

"I felt really racey, we literally talked about if we get in the position where if we're, the leaders catch us, the fast guys catch us, to show bottom, so they know that I'm always going to go on the bottom to make them pass me on the top and that's what I did every single lap," Muniz said, via Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports.

"And everybody I guess from first to thirteenth I guess got by me figuring it out on the top, but I the 42 I think, Tyler Reif, just maybe got impatient, I don't know. Know what I mean? He's yelling at me in there saying I'm a lapper, like I shouldn't be racing, I'm in the lucky dog position, I'm fighting. I belong on that race track just as much as he does, just as much as the leaders do, and I'm not going to back down on that."

Frankie Muniz is going to finish P35, just one spot ahead of last place, his teammate Clayton Green. Tyler Reif will finish P34 ahead of Muniz, with Timmy Hill ahead of Reif for P33. Hill was also involved in the incident as a third-party.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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