Michael Annett

Michael Wayne Annett (June 23, 1986 – December 2, 2025) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports.

Racing career

Early career Save for a few mini-cup races during elementary school, Annett started racing after high school, starting at Hawkeye Downs in Iowa. However, he was replaced by Chris Windom at the latter after practice due to a leg injury. He earned six top-fives and seventeen top-tens, finishing fifth in points.

The following season, Annett missed eight races due to a hard crash he suffered in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, suffering what was initially reported as a bruised sternum. 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. Annett returned in Charlotte in May, and recorded one top-five and four top-tens, finishing fifteenth in the points standings.

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

In his first full-time season with JRM, Annett scored one top-five and seven top-tens. 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 finish at Bristol. This led to a fourteenth-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.

On February 16, 2019, Annett scored his first and only career victory at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Racing Experience 300. 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.

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

In July 2021, Annett missed the races at Atlanta and New Hampshire due to a stress fracture in his right femur. Austin Dillon served as his replacement in the No. 1 for Atlanta, while Josh Berry did so for New Hampshire. Later on in the season, after the race at Watkins Glen, Chase Elliott would be the replacement for him at the Indianapolis Road Course. Josh Berry would also serve as his replacement at Michigan. After running three more races after Michigan, Annett would end up reinjuring his right femur. Annett would miss three more races, which were at Bristol, Las Vegas, and Talladega. Berry would end up replacing him in those three races. On October 6 of that year, Annett announced he would retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2021 season.

Sprint Cup Series

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. It was a rough rookie season however and he had only four top-twenty finishes en route to a 33rd-place points finish that year. Annett was replaced after the season by Alex Bowman.

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 thirteenth. Annett failed to qualify for 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 stable 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. On November 1, Annett announced that he would not return to HScott Motorsports in 2017.

Personal life and death Annett was born in Des Moines, Iowa on June 23, 1986. His late father, Harrold, was the CEO of TMC Transportation, which sponsored Michael's racing efforts. Annett played as defenseman for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League prior to starting his racing career. 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 NHL player Joe Pavelski. 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.

Death Annett died on December 2, 2025 and his death was announced by JR Motorsports and NASCAR on December 5. The cause of his death was not made public. He was 39 years old.

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Win-Tron Racing 3 0 1 3 880 38th Bill Davis Racing 1 1 1 1 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Bill Davis Racing 5 1 3 4 925 35th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 7 0 1 2 910 30th Germain Racing 1 0 0 0 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1 0 0 0 55 138th 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 0 0 0 30 155th NASCAR Nationwide Series Germain Racing 35 0 0 4 3598 10th 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Germain Racing 35 0 0 2 3651 13th 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rusty Wallace Racing 34 0 0 7 944 9th 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Richard Petty Motorsports 33 0 6 17 1082 5th 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Richard Petty Motorsports 25 0 1 4 696 15th 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NTS Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 NC NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Portenga Motorsports 1 0 0 1 38 54th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Tommy Baldwin Racing 36 0 0 0 531 33rd 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series HScott Motorsports 34 0 0 0 398 36th Hillman-Circle Sport LLC 1 0 0 0 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series HScott Motorsports 35 0 0 0 328 36th 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 33 0 1 7 2155 9th 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 33 0 0 3 632 14th 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 33 1 6 19 2239 9th 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 33 0 4 22 2202 9th 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series JR Motorsports 26 0 1 10 638 15th

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

Cup Series NASCAR 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 Pts Ref 2014 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Chevy DAY37 PHO34 LVS29 BRI26 CAL19 MAR31 TEX29 DAR42 RCH33 TAL16 KAN25 CLT28 DOV35 POC20 MCH21 SON30 KEN18 DAY21 NHA32 IND31 POC22 GLN31 MCH40 BRI38 ATL21 RCH37 CHI40 NHA29 DOV41 KAN24 CLT33 TAL37 MAR24 TEX22 PHO26 HOM36 33rd 531 2015 HScott Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY13 ATLDNQ LVS39 PHO42 CAL38 MAR39 TEX40 BRI23 RCH33 TAL29 KAN23 CLT32 DOV41 POC34 MCH30 SON33 DAY37 KEN30 NHA36 IND30 POC26 GLN31 MCH35 BRI43 DAR39 RCH43 CHI34 NHA29 DOV37 CLT25 KAN34 TALDNQ MAR23 TEX31 PHO32 HOM30 36th 398 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC 33 Chevy ATL29 2016 HScott Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY27 ATL30 LVS30 PHO33 CAL29 MAR35 TEX32 BRI31 RCH36 TAL38 KAN32 DOV37 CLT36 POC38 MCH28 SON36 DAY20 KEN26 NHA38 IND28 POC29 GLN37 BRIQL† MCH33 DAR28 RCH31 CHI33 NHA40 DOV33 CLT24 KAN32 TAL33 MAR35 TEX32 PHO26 HOM28 36th 328 † – 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 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 HOM36 138th 55 2009 15 DAY35 CAL16 LVS32 BRI20 TEX11 NSH19 PHO16 TAL21 RCH34 DAR29 CLT39 DOV19 NSH27 KEN7 MLW28 NHA19 DAY35 CHI17 GTY7 IRP35 IOW11 GLN20 MCH13 BRI8 CGV18 ATL14 RCH25 DOV13 KAN30 CAL6 CLT13 MEM16 TEX22 PHO20 HOM21 10th 3598 2010 DAY12 CAL17 LVS33 BRI20 NSH9 PHO33 TEX16 TAL43 RCH26 DAR11 DOV15 CLT14 NSH14 KEN34 ROA24 NHA19 DAY12 CHI14 GTY11 IRP19 IOW7 GLN19 MCH16 BRI18 CGV25 ATL21 RCH20 DOV15 KAN16 CAL20 CLT36 GTY21 TEX18 PHO18 HOM24 13th 3651 2011 Rusty Wallace Racing 62 Toyota DAY39 PHO19 LVS13 BRI24 CAL18 TEX18 TAL19 NSH19 RCH16 DAR31 DOV20 IOW13 CLT14 CHI9 MCH19 ROA7 DAY6 KEN7 NHA7 NSH14 IRP29 IOW12 GLN19 CGV18 BRI6 ATL20 RCH11 CHI16 DOV12 KAN16 CLT17 TEX20 PHO10 HOM19 9th 944 2012 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY27 PHO10 LVS13 BRI11 CAL11 TEX9 RCH8 TAL23 DAR14 IOW14 CLT14 DOV11 MCH12 ROA26 KEN4 DAY3 NHA11 CHI5 IND6 IOW4 GLN11 CGV28 BRI8 ATL10 RCH5 CHI7 KEN7 DOV3 CLT10 KAN8 TEX17 PHO7 HOM12 5th 1082 2013 DAY26 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT17 DOV13 IOW30 MCH19 ROA35 KEN18 DAY15 NHA5 CHI16 IND9 IOW12 GLN22 MOH22 BRI11 ATL14 RCH13 CHI18 KEN10 DOV14 KAN12 CLT10 TEX14 PHO14 HOM17 15th 696 2017 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY14 ATL15 LVS21 PHO9 CAL13 TEX20 BRI10 RCH8 TAL7 CLT36 DOV14 POC13 MCH37 IOW6 DAY33 KEN16 NHA16 IND25 IOW33 GLN16 MOH19 BRI12 ROA2 DAR17 RCH15 CHI15 KEN16 DOV11 CLT27 KAN14 TEX12 PHO16 HOM9 9th 2155 2018 DAY37 ATL20 LVS13 PHO17 CAL18 TEX15 BRI21 RCH20 TAL14 DOV15 CLT12 POC35 MCH17 IOW13 CHI30 DAY11 KEN15 NHA16 IOW14 GLN17 MOH18 BRI7 ROA12 DAR10 IND31 LVS40 RCH14 ROV20 DOV12 KAN40 TEX16 PHO16 HOM9 14th 632 2019 1 DAY1* ATL12 LVS5 PHO8 CAL13 TEX6 BRI8 RCH13 TAL31 DOV10 CLT6 POC8 MCH3 IOW9 CHI3 DAY25 KEN4 NHA11 IOW10 GLN8 MOH13 BRI9 ROA12 DAR13 IND12 LVS13 RCH9 ROV15 DOV6 KAN4 TEX11 PHO9 HOM11 9th 2239 2020 DAY11 LVS7 CAL17 PHO17 DAR25 CLT7 BRI37 ATL11 HOM6 HOM18 TAL12 POC5 IRC9 KEN5 KEN8 TEX5 KAN8 ROA10 DRC15 DOV9 DOV8 DAY7 DAR8 RCH7 RCH7 BRI31 LVS7 TAL37 ROV9 KAN8 TEX6 MAR8 PHO4 9th 2202 2021 DAY36 DRC15 HOM13 LVS6 PHO38 ATL7 MAR10 TAL32 DAR7 DOV7 COA11 CLT24 MOH7 TEX10 NSH12 POC12 ROA3 ATL NHA GLN11 IRCQL† MCH DAY30 DAR14 RCH22 BRI LVS TAL ROV27 TEX9 KAN7 MAR38 PHO11 15th 638 † – Qualified but replaced by Chase Elliott ·

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 Pts Ref 2008 Bill Davis Racing 22 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEXQL† MCH MLW6 MEM11 KEN2 IRP21 NSH33 BRI GTW24 NHA24 LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX 30th 910 Germain Racing 9 Toyota PHO18 HOM 2014 NTS Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD25 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 2021 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNXQL‡ GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO N/A 01 † – Qualified for Scott Speed · ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Chris Windom

Season still in progress 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 Pts Ref 2007 Win-Tron Racing 32 Dodge DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW3 POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH8 ISF MIL GTW6 DSF CHI SLM 38th 880 Bill Davis Racing 28 Toyota TAL1* TOL 2008 DAY1* SLM IOW28 KEN4 CAR5 KEN9 TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 35th 925 2009 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota DAY41 SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 155th 30

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 Pts Ref 2014 Portenga Motorsports 31 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON6 SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO 54th 38