Michael Annett
NASCAR Driver Lifeless at 39
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Former NASCAR driver Michael Annett has reportedly died.
Annett’s loss of life was introduced by his former group, JR Motorsports, on Friday. He drove for them between 2017 and 2021, when he retired. NASCAR.com additionally confirmed the unhappy information.
I keep in mind today vividly. Michael was an up and comer on the identical time I used to be and he was trying actually good. In the long run, Life took us totally different paths and all of us who knew him and the expertise he had are unhappy to see him go, however glad he’s now not struggling. #RipMichael https://t.co/2imAJrMFM9
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 6, 2025
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It’s not clear how he died, however his fellow former NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski mentioned on X he is “glad he’s now not struggling.”
Annett made his Xfinity Collection debut in 2008 and went full-time in 2009, making a complete of 321 begins throughout his celebrated profession. His expertise awarded him 3 years within the sport’s prime racing stage — the NASCAR Cup Collection, the place he drove for Turner Scott Motorsports between 2014 and 2016.
He joined JRM in 2017 and made 158 Xfinity Collection begins with them, taking dwelling the W on the sequence’ season-opening race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway in 2019.
He was sidelined for a part of the 2021 season because of a stress fracture, which might find yourself being his final season.
Earlier than turning into a professional stock-car racer, Annett performed protection for the Tier I junior ice hockey group Waterloo Black Hawks.
Michael was 39.
RIP
