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where they [teammates] ended Chevy CAMARO SS
CREW CHIEF:
up. We’re still playing catch up. TRAVIS MACK FEATURED DRIVERS
We have our work to do, but
OWNER:
JR Motorsports has a big

and that’s what we’ve been JR MOTORSPORTS
doing more and more of, and
we’re definitely starting to see
improvements.” Annett didn’t start racing until he was 21. He started
in the American Speed Association and eventually
made 10 starts in a three-year stretch in the ARCA
“It’s not hard for our team to
keep their heads up. They enjoy Racing Series. He won the pole position at Iowa
being here and want this car to go in 2007 at his very first ARCA race and he won
fast. Every time they put a hand on that at Talladega in his fourth, and final, start of that
car their goal is to make our team better, year. In 2008, he opened the year by winning the
so that’s pretty cool to be a part of.” ARCA season-opener at the Daytona International
Speedway.

Four crashes and a pair of mechanical
failures were part of him finishing outside the
top 20 in seven of 33 races. That prompted him FOLLOW ONLINE
to admit: “We’ve just got to start knocking off top-
10’s. I’m very frustrated with 12th and 14th, when @MichaelAnnett @mannett46
we know we have the equipment capable of
getting ourselves in the top 10. We look forward @MichaelAnnettRacing
to each weekend to right the ship.”

michaelannett.com
With six top-five and 17 top-10 finishes,
Annett’s high-water mark in the Xfinity Series
was in 2012 with Richard Petty Motorsports.

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