Frankie Muniz Secures Second GT4 America Victory at Barber Motorsports Park

Actor and racing driver Frankie Muniz, 40, captured his second career GT4 America victory this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, teaming with co-driver Tyler Stone to win the Am class in Race 2. The pair pilots the No. 30 Ford Mustang for TechSport Racing, a program Muniz contests full-time alongside the majority of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. He will forgo the Truck Series round at Kansas due to a scheduling conflict.

Starting 26th overall, Muniz and Stone advanced to a 12th-place overall finish while securing their second class win of the season. Their first came at Road America in late August.

Redemption for Muniz

Frankie Muniz, No. 33 Team Reaume Ford

Photo by: Meg Oliphant / Getty Images

Muniz was behind the wheel for the closing stint, executing the decisive pass for the lead with six minutes remaining. He held a 1.2-second margin at the finish, a result that felt like redemption after a penalty in Race 1 on Friday. Contact while battling for the lead in that event cost the team a potential victory.

“It’s so hard to pass here, and I was just trying to set it up,” Muniz said. “Yesterday, I tried to make a move and it didn’t go to plan. I was passing for the lead, took out the leader, got a penalty and took away a potential win yesterday. I learned from that. You gotta be aggressive. It’s hard because you don’t want to stuff it in too much and cause a wreck, but you gotta go. I shoved it in there and it somehow worked, and held on for the win. Tyler did such an amazing job to start the race. This team, TechSport — to come back from a last-place finish to a first-place finish. We’re in the hunt for the championship. This is awesome.”

For Stone, the victory carried extra significance as his home race. “This is very special. I can’t really put it into words,” Stone said. “Being at home, sleeping in my own bed, and then coming out to win a GT4 race in SRO is just unbelievable. I can’t be more proud of Frankie. He drove incredible today and yesterday as well, but like he said, yesterday was a little bit unfortunate as well. But we’re so blessed and thankful to be here.”

Before transitioning to motorsports full-time, Muniz earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his acting career. He began his professional racing journey with a three-year stint in the Champ Car Atlantic Series in the mid-2000s, achieving a best championship finish of fourth. In recent years, he has committed to stock car competition, running a full ARCA season with a best finish of fifth, making over 40 starts in the NASCAR Truck Series with a best result of 10th, and logging two starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a best finish of 30th.

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