Celebrity Grand Marshal

Celebrity Grand Marshal
Frankie Muniz

The Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival Board is excited to welcome this year’s Celebrity Grand Marshal, Actor / Nascar Driver Frankie Muniz to our 4-day event! Frankie will be with us throughout the weekend, and will be available for meet and greets at various events!

Frankie was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, to Denise, a nurse, and Francisco Muniz III, a restaurateur. His father is of Puerto Rican heritage and his mother is of Irish and Italian descent. Frankie was home-schooled since Grade Six. He started his acting career performing the role of Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol” for three years. Nominations for his performances include “The Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award”, as well as “The Young Artist of Hollywood Award”.

Frankie is quite a good golfer and has been playing since his grandfather taught him at the age of ﬁve. Frankie was raised in Knightdale, North Carolina. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. He played the title character in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations. At the height of his fame, he was considered one of the most popular child actors and “one of Hollywood’s most bankable teens” in 2003

His ﬁlm roles include:

Deuces Wild (2002)

Big Fat Liar (2002)

Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Racing Stripes (2005)

In 2006, Frankie took a hiatus from the entertainment world to pursue professional race car driving. He competed in the Formula BMW USA Championship in 2006 before moving up to race in the ChampCar Atlantic Championship from 2007-2009. In 2009, Frankie was Fourth in the Championship standings with two races to go before a season-ending injury resulting in many surgeries.

Now, 14 years later, Muniz is ready to embark on his racing career again, but this time in NASCAR! You could say “Older and Wiser”, he is ready to take the stock car world by storm as he competes in the 2024 ARCA Menards National Championship in the #30 Rette Jones Racing Ford Mustang!

Fast Lane Meet & Greet

Celebrity Grand Marshal Frankie Muniz

Celebrity Grand Marshal
Frankie Muniz