Frankie Muniz could have chased a race win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Instead, he settled for second, secured the championship and walked away with something he has never done in racing before. After a season of juggling two very different racing programs, Muniz and Tyler Stone clinched the GT4 America Am-class title on October 11. But even as he celebrated his first championship, Muniz made it clear that one part of his racing career still weighs on him: NASCAR.
“I’ve been in NASCAR and I love it, and I have still a lot of unfinished business there,” Frankie Muniz said. He was not announcing a new team or a move to the Cup Series. He was talking about a goal that’s still out of reach, even after the biggest feat of his racing career.
The championship fight came down to the final weekend. Muniz and Stone arrived at Indianapolis leading James Walker Jr. and James Clay in the No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW M4 GT4 EVO by just one point. Alex and Michael Garcia, driving the No. 21 ACI Motorsports entry, were also in contention. A second-place finish on Saturday gave the TechSport Racing pair some breathing room, but Sunday still demanded a clean race…