43 Michael Annett

YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2011: Finished ninth in series points. … Raised Loop Data Driver Rating five points from 2010 in first season driving for Rusty Wallace. … Standings finish was career best. … Best start, eighth at Talladega, Lucas Oil Raceway. … Career-best average start of 19.3. … Best finish, sixth at Daytona-2, Bristol-2 matching his career-high result. … Career-best average finish of 16.4. … Running at finish of career-best 31 races, completed 96.6 percent of laps attempted. … Career-best 16 laps led. … Average Driver Rating 77.37.

2010: Finished 13th in series points. … In second fulltime season with Germain Racing, had two top-10 finishes, including a season-best seventh at his home track, Iowa Speedway. … Improved Driver Rating from 70.1 in 2009 to 72.4. … Ninth in Percentage of Laps completed (93.36). … Best start, 11th at Dover-2.

2009: Finished 10th in series points. … Had four top-10 finishes including career-best sixth at Auto Club-2 driving first full season for Germain Racing. … One of three rookies ranked in final top 10, a first in the series since 2005. … Posted a 100.4 Driver Rating at Kentucky after starting fourth and finishing seventh; that start was his career best. … Des Moines native finished 11th after starting 36th in the inaugural series race at Iowa. … Improved from 15th in the rankings after Watkins Glen when he was 336 points out of 10th.

2008: Finished 134th in series points. … Made series debut at Homestead-Miami for Steve Germain, starting 29th and finishing 38th.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2009 made one ARCA Racing Series start, for Shigeaki Hattori Racing Enterprises, a Germain Racing affiliate, and qualified fourth, but an accident relegated him to 41st. … In 2008, in addition to NASCAR Nationwide Series debut made seven NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts for Bill Davis Racing and one for Germain, with one top-five and two top-10 finishes. … Finished sixth in series debut at Milwaukee, best finish was second, at Kentucky, in his third career series race. … Interrupted budding hockey career to try stock car racing, making ARCA debut in 2007 for Davis, with a pole at Iowa. … Won season's penultimate race, at Talladega, in only his fourth career start; the win was the first for Toyota in that series. … In 2008, began the ARCA season by winning at Daytona and in five starts for Davis, had three top fives and four top 10s. … Has also competed in USAC Silver Crown cars.

NOTEWORTHY

Moves to Richard Petty Motorsports in 2012 after single season with Rusty Wallace Racing, which is currently on hiatus. … 2012 is RPM's first full season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. … Spent first three years of NASCAR Nationwide Series career with Germain Racing. … Attended Knoxville Nationals sprint car race within days of his birth. … Family has rich racing heritage and owned a championship World of Outlaws team. … Had aspirations as a professional hockey player, was Most Improved Player for the Waterloo Black Hawks in the United States Hockey League in 2004 and earned a Clark Cup championship and the 2002 Calgary Mac's AAA Hockey Tournament championship with his Team Illinois squad, at the age of 16. … Twitter account: @MichaelAnnett.