Pacific Coast Motorsports adds Frankie Muniz

Pacific Coast Motorsports, an Oxnard-based race team, will add Frankie Muniz and Carl Skerlong to its newly formed Champ Car Atlantic Series team.
Muniz, best known for his role on "Malcolm in the Middlle," is in his third year of racing in the Atlantic Series and his first with Pacific Coast Motorsports.
“Joining PCM is a huge step forward for me in my racing career,” said the 22-year-old Muniz, who will be driving the team's No. 29 entry. “In the three tests I have already completed, I have learned so much and really developed my skills as a racing driver."
Pacific Coast Motorsports has a two-car entry in the Champ Car World Series with Alex Figge and David Martinez as drivers. The team won the 2004 Atlantic Series championship, but redirected its focus on the Champ Car World Series the following year.
"Tim Lewis, my race engineer has a championship winning record behind him and we have gelled really well," Muniz said. "I just can’t wait for the season to start in April at the Long Beach Grand Prix and I am thrilled to represent a professional racing team like Pacific Coast Motorsports.”
The Atlantic Series begins at the Long Beach Grand Prix April 18-20.
Skerlong, a 19-year-old from Mukiteo, Wash., will be in the No. 28 entry for Pacific Motorsports in the Atlantic Series. He had two podium finishes and finished in the top 10 in the Atlantic Series standings last year.
“I am so excited about this opportunity," Skerlong siad. "I have one goal this year, and that is to win the Atlantic series title and the $2 million prize in the No. 28 King Taco car.”