Michael Annett

Michael W. Annett[1] (born June 23, 1986)[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports.

Michael Annett
Annett in 2018
BornMichael W. Annett
(1986-06-23) June 23, 1986
Des Moines, Iowa
NASCAR Cup Series career
106 races run over 3 years
2016 position36th
Best finish33rd (2014)
First race2014 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
295 races run over 10 years
Car no., teamNo. 1 (JR Motorsports)
2020 position9th
Best finish5th (2012)
First race2008 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Last race2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
First win2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 85 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
9 races run over 2 years
2014 position87th
Best finish30th (2008)
First race2008 Camping World RV Sales 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race2014 Mudsummer Classic (Eldora)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of November 7, 2020.

Racing career

Early career

Save for a few mini-cup races during elementary school,[3] Annett started racing after high school, starting at Hawkeye Downs in Iowa.[4] He then advanced to the American Speed Association series. Annett has two career victories in the ARCA Racing Series. His first win came in the ARCA RE/MAX 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 5, 2007, and his second win came in the Daytona ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway on February 9, 2008.

Camping World Truck Series

Along with a part-time ARCA schedule, Annett competed in a handful of Camping World Truck Series events in 2008. He made his NASCAR debut on June 20 at The Milwaukee Mile, and scored a best finish of 2nd at Kentucky Speedway.

Xfinity Series
Annett's 2009 Nationwide car at the Milwaukee Mile
Annett's 2012 Nationwide car at Road America
Annett celebrating after winning the 2019 Daytona 300

Towards the end of 2008, Annett signed with Germain Racing to drive for the team in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. Annett made his debut in the final race of the 2008 season at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he crashed out and finished 36th.

For 2009, Annett ran for Rookie of the Year honors in the No. 15 Toyota Camry, with sponsorships from Pilot Travel Centers and HYPE Energy. He scored four top-tens en route to a 10th-place finish in points, but finished second to Justin Allgaier. Annett returned to Germain in 2010, but found less success than in 2009. He accumulated just two Top 10’s (at Nashville and Iowa) and only led seven laps, finishing 13th in the overall points standings.

Annett left Germain for Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011, driving the team's No. 62 Toyota Camry with Pilot Travel Centers (now Pilot Flying J) sponsoring. He achieved seven Top 10 finishes, placing him ninth overall in the final points standings. After the shutdown of RWR, Annett moved to Richard Petty Motorsports in 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.[5] He earned six Top 5’s and 17 Top 10’s, finishing fifth in points.

The following season, Annett missed eight races due in a hard crash he suffered in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, suffering what was initially reported as a bruised sternum.[6] Further evaluation showed that Annett had dislocated and fractured his sternum, requiring surgery; Aric Almirola replaced Annett in the No. 43 for the Dollar General 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, with Reed Sorenson subbing after that.[7] Annett backs in Charlotte in May, and recorded one Top 5 and four Top 10s, finishing 15th in the points standings.

On November 4, 2016, Annett announced he would be returning to the Nationwide Series – now known as the Xfinity Series – in 2017, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports on a full-time basis.[8]

In his first full-time season with JRM, Annett scored one Top 5 and seven Top 10’s. His best finish was second at Road America. He finished the season ninth in points. Then in 2018, Annett had a dismal season, scoring only three Top 10 finishes with the best result being a seventh-place scoring at Bristol. This led to a 14th-place finish in points. On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Annett would be driving the No. 1 Chevrolet with the points from the No. 5 car going over to the No. 1 car.[9]

On February 16, 2019, Annett scored his first career victory at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Racing Experience 300.[10] After a beginning to 2019 that was markedly better than 2018, Annett credited crew chief Travis Mack, who joined the team in late summer-2018, as a catalyst for the success.[4]

Annett returned to JRM in 2020 and qualified for the playoffs. He was eliminated after the first round.[11]

Sprint Cup Series
Annett 2014 Cup Series car at Sonoma Raceway

In November 2013, it was announced that Annett would be moving up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the 2014 season, driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 7 Chevrolet.[12] It was a rough rookie season however and he had only four top 20 finishes en route to a 33rd-place points finish that year. Annett was replaced after the season by Alex Bowman.

Annett's 2016 Cup Series car at Talladega Superspeedway

Annett announced on January 27 that he was switching teams and would be driving for HScott Motorsports, thus bringing HScott to a two-car team. He began the year by racing his way into the Daytona 500, finishing a career-best 13th. Annett failed to qualify the race at Atlanta thanks to controversy during qualifying, but Richard Childress Racing development driver Brian Scott gave Annett his spot in the race because Scott was running for Xfinity Series points while Annett was running for Cup Series points. The No. 33 was the same RCR car that Scott was supposed to drive, but used all HScott Motorsports personnel and ran under the Hillman-Circle Sport LLC banner.

Annett later failed to qualify again at Talladega in October. This time no one gave up their seat for Annett and he did not race. At the end of the 2015 season, Annett's average finish was worse with HScott Motorsports than it was with Baldwin despite running in a stabled team.

Annett returned to the team in 2016, joined by new teammate Clint Bowyer. Prior to the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Annett was replaced by former teammate Justin Allgaier in the No. 46 as he had been suffering from flu-like symptoms.[13] On November 1, Annett announced that he would not return to HScott Motorsports in 2017.

Personal life

Annett was born in Des Moines, Iowa. His father Harrold is the CEO of TMC Transportation, which has sponsored Michael's racing efforts.[14][15][16] Annett played as defenseman for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League prior to starting his racing career.[17] In 2004, he was a member of the team that won Clark Cup, and he was named "Most Improved Player" on a team that included future hockey player Joe Pavelski.[18] His father used to own a dirt track team which fielded drivers including Sammy Swindell, before selling up prior to him starting his hockey career.[14][15] At 5'10", and 180 lbs, he was considered too small to play at a higher level.

On February 6, 2011, Annett had rear-ended a car Sunday morning in Mooresville, North Carolina that was stopped at a red light. According to police reports Annett was seen eating mints when examined and had a registered BAC of 0.32, four times the legal limit in North Carolina. Annett subsequently resisted arrest as he did not want to be handcuffed. He also claimed that he had been texting, and thus could not stop in time to avoid an accident; a similar incident involving Annett had occurred in 2010. RWR said that they did not condone the incident and that Annett would be facing internal sanctions. NASCAR had also kept in contact with the local authorities as well as Rusty Wallace Racing. Annett issued a formal apology, and did not miss any races.[19]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2014 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Chevy DAY
37		 PHO
34		 LVS
29		 BRI
26		 CAL
19		 MAR
31		 TEX
29		 DAR
42		 RCH
33		 TAL
16		 KAN
25		 CLT
28		 DOV
35		 POC
20		 MCH
21		 SON
30		 KEN
18		 DAY
21		 NHA
32		 IND
31		 POC
22		 GLN
31		 MCH
40		 BRI
38		 ATL
21		 RCH
37		 CHI
40		 NHA
29		 DOV
41		 KAN
24		 CLT
33		 TAL
37		 MAR
24		 TEX
22		 PHO
26		 HOM
36		 33rd 531 [20]
2015 HScott Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY
13		 ATL
DNQ		 LVS
39		 PHO
42		 CAL
38		 MAR
39		 TEX
40		 BRI
23		 RCH
33		 TAL
29		 KAN
23		 CLT
32		 DOV
41		 POC
34		 MCH
30		 SON
33		 DAY
37		 KEN
30		 NHA
36		 IND
30		 POC
26		 GLN
31		 MCH
35		 BRI
43		 DAR
39		 RCH
43		 CHI
34		 NHA
29		 DOV
37		 CLT
25		 KAN
34		 TAL
DNQ		 MAR
23		 TEX
31		 PHO
32		 HOM
30		 36th 398 [21]
Hillman-Circle Sport LLC 33 Chevy ATL
29
2016 HScott Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY
27		 ATL
30		 LVS
30		 PHO
33		 CAL
29		 MAR
35		 TEX
32		 BRI
31		 RCH
36		 TAL
38		 KAN
32		 DOV
37		 CLT
36		 POC
38		 MCH
28		 SON
36		 DAY
20		 KEN
26		 NHA
38		 IND
28		 POC
29		 GLN
37		 BRI
QL†		 MCH
33		 DAR
28		 RCH
31		 CHI
33		 NHA
40		 DOV
33		 CLT
24		 KAN
32		 TAL
33		 MAR
35		 TEX
32		 PHO
26		 HOM
28		 36th 328 [22]
† – Qualified but replaced by Justin Allgaier
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2014 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 36 37
2015 HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 27 13
2016 21 27

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2008 Germain Racing 03 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
36		 138th 55 [23]
2009 15 DAY
35		 CAL
16		 LVS
32		 BRI
20		 TEX
11		 NSH
19		 PHO
16		 TAL
21		 RCH
34		 DAR
29		 CLT
39		 DOV
19		 NSH
27		 KEN
7		 MLW
28		 NHA
19		 DAY
35		 CHI
17		 GTY
7		 IRP
35		 IOW
11		 GLN
20		 MCH
13		 BRI
8		 CGV
18		 ATL
14		 RCH
25		 DOV
13		 KAN
30		 CAL
6		 CLT
13		 MEM
16		 TEX
22		 PHO
20		 HOM
21		 10th 3598 [24]
2010 DAY
12		 CAL
17		 LVS
33		 BRI
20		 NSH
9		 PHO
33		 TEX
16		 TAL
43		 RCH
26		 DAR
11		 DOV
15		 CLT
14		 NSH
14		 KEN
34		 ROA
24		 NHA
19		 DAY
12		 CHI
14		 GTY
11		 IRP
19		 IOW
7		 GLN
19		 MCH
16		 BRI
18		 CGV
25		 ATL
21		 RCH
20		 DOV
15		 KAN
16		 CAL
20		 CLT
36		 GTY
21		 TEX
18		 PHO
18		 HOM
24		 13th 3651 [25]
2011 Rusty Wallace Racing 62 Toyota DAY
39		 PHO
19		 LVS
13		 BRI
24		 CAL
18		 TEX
18		 TAL
19		 NSH
19		 RCH
16		 DAR
31		 DOV
20		 IOW
13		 CLT
14		 CHI
9		 MCH
19		 ROA
7		 DAY
6		 KEN
7		 NHA
7		 NSH
14		 IRP
29		 IOW
12		 GLN
19		 CGV
18		 BRI
6		 ATL
20		 RCH
11		 CHI
16		 DOV
12		 KAN
16		 CLT
17		 TEX
20		 PHO
10		 HOM
19		 9th 944 [26]
2012 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY
27		 PHO
10		 LVS
13		 BRI
11		 CAL
11		 TEX
9		 RCH
8		 TAL
23		 DAR
14		 IOW
14		 CLT
14		 DOV
11		 MCH
12		 ROA
26		 KEN
4		 DAY
3		 NHA
11		 CHI
5		 IND
6		 IOW
4		 GLN
11		 CGV
28		 BRI
8		 ATL
10		 RCH
5		 CHI
7		 KEN
7		 DOV
3		 CLT
10		 KAN
8		 TEX
17		 PHO
7		 HOM
12		 5th 1082 [27]
2013 DAY
26		 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT
17		 DOV
13		 IOW
30		 MCH
19		 ROA
35		 KEN
18		 DAY
15		 NHA
5		 CHI
16		 IND
9		 IOW
12		 GLN
22		 MOH
22		 BRI
11		 ATL
14		 RCH
13		 CHI
18		 KEN
10		 DOV
14		 KAN
12		 CLT
10		 TEX
14		 PHO
14		 HOM
17		 15th 696 [28]
2017 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY
14		 ATL
15		 LVS
21		 PHO
9		 CAL
13		 TEX
20		 BRI
10		 RCH
8		 TAL
7		 CLT
36		 DOV
14		 POC
13		 MCH
37		 IOW
6		 DAY
33		 KEN
16		 NHA
16		 IND
25		 IOW
33		 GLN
16		 MOH
19		 BRI
12		 ROA
2		 DAR
17		 RCH
15		 CHI
15		 KEN
16		 DOV
11		 CLT
27		 KAN
14		 TEX
12		 PHO
16		 HOM
9		 9th 2155 [29]
2018 DAY
37		 ATL
20		 LVS
13		 PHO
17		 CAL
18		 TEX
15		 BRI
21		 RCH
20		 TAL
14		 DOV
15		 CLT
12		 POC
35		 MCH
17		 IOW
13		 CHI
30		 DAY
11		 KEN
15		 NHA
16		 IOW
14		 GLN
17		 MOH
18		 BRI
7		 ROA
12		 DAR
10		 IND
31		 LVS
40		 RCH
14		 CLT
20		 DOV
12		 KAN
40		 TEX
16		 PHO
16		 HOM
9		 14th 632 [30]
2019 1 DAY
1*		 ATL
12		 LVS
5		 PHO
8		 CAL
13		 TEX
6		 BRI
8		 RCH
13		 TAL
31		 DOV
10		 CLT
6		 POC
8		 MCH
3		 IOW
9		 CHI
3		 DAY
25		 KEN
4		 NHA
11		 IOW
10		 GLN
8		 MOH
13		 BRI
9		 ROA
12		 DAR
13		 IND
12		 LVS
13		 RCH
9		 CLT
15		 DOV
6		 KAN
4		 TEX
11		 PHO
9		 HOM
11		 9th 2239 [31]
2020 DAY
11		 LVS
7		 CAL
17		 PHO
17		 DAR
25		 CLT
7		 BRI
37		 ATL
11		 HOM
6		 HOM
18		 TAL
12		 POC
5		 IND
9		 KEN
5		 KEN
8		 TEX
5		 KAN
8		 ROA
10		 DAY
15		 DOV
9		 DOV
8		 DAY
7		 DAR
8		 RCH
7		 RCH
7		 BRI
31		 LVS
7		 TAL
37		 CLT
9		 KAN
8		 TEX
6		 MAR
8		 PHO
4		 9th 2202 [32]
2021 DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2008 Bill Davis Racing 22 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX
QL†		 MCH MLW
6		 MEM
11		 KEN
2		 IRP
21		 NSH
33		 BRI GTW
24		 NHA
24		 LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX 30th 910 [33]
Germain Racing 9 Toyota PHO
18		 HOM
2014 NTS Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD
25		 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 [34]
† – Qualified for Scott Speed

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2014 Portenga Motorsports 31 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON
6		 SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO 54th 38 [35]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2007 Win-Tron Racing 32 Dodge DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW
3		 POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH
8		 ISF MIL GTW
6		 DSF CHI SLM 38th 880 [36]
Bill Davis Racing 28 Toyota TAL
1*		 TOL
2008 DAY
1*		 SLM IOW
28		 KEN
4		 CAR
5		 KEN
9		 TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 35th 925 [37]
2009 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota DAY
41		 SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 155th 30 [38]

See also

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