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Frankie Muniz's Daytona practice incident and medical evaluation

  1. Update 2 of 2LatestDay 12 hours later

    Frankie Muniz out of hospital hours after Daytona crash, but nobody has explained why his Mustang went off

    Safety workers cut the roof off his car to get him out from under an infield tire barrier. By early evening he was out of the hospital and called himself "a little sore." His Air Force teammate won the Veterans Day exhibition he missed.

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    • What the incident was: a single-car crash, contact with another car, or something else, and at what speed.It was a single-car crash: Muniz nosed into an infield tire barrier and the car ended up lodged beneath it. No speed has been published.
    • Which facility he was taken to, and whether he was kept or released.He was released within hours, on Wednesday evening, and was not kept overnight. The facility is still unnamed.
    • Whether the exhibition entry ran, with Cindric alone or a replacement, or was withdrawn.The car ran. Cindric was never sharing it. Jenson Altzman drove Muniz's No. 30 and started fourth, while Cindric won in his own No. 2.
    • Team Reaume's promised update, most likely either an injury report or word that Muniz has been released.The update came through Ford Racing, which announced his release and carried Muniz's own statement. No separate follow-up from Team Reaume has been found.
    • Any results or entry lists from the Proud to Honor exhibition showing how the No. Team Reaume entry was handled.The No. 30 was a Team Air Force entry, not a Team Reaume one. Heavy's post-race result lists Altzman twelfth of twelve in it.
    • Muniz, second-fastest in practice, crashes nose-first into an infield tire barrier. Crews cut the roof away to free him.
    • Ford Racing announces his release. Muniz issues his own statement.
    • The cause of the crash, the speed and the corner. Also any named injury and the name of the hospital.
    • How much the event raised for the Proud to Honor Fund.
    • Whether Muniz is injured, and how seriously.
    • Whether Ford Racing or Team Reaume publishes anything on the cause, and whether the crash changes Muniz's racing plans.
  2. Update 1 of 2Day 1

    Frankie Muniz taken for evaluation after Daytona practice incident; team says he is awake and alert

    Team Reaume's short statement is all anyone has said. It doesn't describe the incident, name the facility or say whether Muniz is hurt, and it leaves open whether his Veterans Day exhibition entry ran.

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    • Muniz is involved in an incident during practice for the Proud to Honor event at Daytona International Speedway.
    • What the incident was: a single-car crash, contact with another car, or something else, and at what speed.
    • Whether Muniz is injured, and how seriously.
    • Which facility he was taken to, and whether he was kept or released.
    • Whether the exhibition entry ran, with Cindric alone or a replacement, or was withdrawn.
    • Team Reaume's promised update, most likely either an injury report or word that Muniz has been released.
    • Any results or entry lists from the Proud to Honor exhibition showing how the No. Team Reaume entry was handled.

Who reported

Who reported

20 outlets · 24 sources

11 of 20 had reported by this moment

Timeline

Timeline

Day 1 · 2 reports

  1. 5 developments

    1. Ford Racing announces his release. Muniz issues his own statement.

    2. Jenson Altzman starts fourth in the No. 30. Cindric wins from pole in the No. 2.

    3. Keselowski says Ford's data review found nothing happened to the car before the crash.

  2. First to report

  3. The statement from Ford Racing and Team Reaume is published: he was taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation and is awake and alert.

  4. Jayski publishes the team's statement, reporting Muniz was transported to hospital.

Who's involved

Who's involved

People

  • Austin CindricAmerican auto racing driver
  • Frankie MuñizAmerican actor (born 1985)
  • Jenson AltzmanAmerican racing driver

Organizations

  • Ford Performancedeudschmotorsports division of Ford Motor Company

Places

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Daytona Beach
Frankie Muniz taken for evaluation after Daytona practice incident; team says he is awake and alert