Michael Annett

Las Vegas, Nev. (March 1, 2010) – On the top of their game for the first half of the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Michael Annett and Germain Racing’s No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers team had an unfortunate turn of events and were forced to end the race early.

LAS VEGAS -- You can't fault Michael Annett for watching the events of the last few weeks at the Vancouver Winter Olympics with more than a passing interest. He certainly knows first-hand what it's like to lace up the skates and drop the puck.

Annett is 12th in the current Nationwide Series points heading into Saturday's Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but before his racing career took off, he won a minor-league hockey championship as a defenseman with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League.

Las Vegas, Nev. (February 24, 2010) – Michael Annett and the No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers team hope to play their cards right at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend and bring home a top-10 finish in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300.

Fontana, CA. (February 22, 2010) – Michael Annett and Germain Racing’s No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers team leave the second NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the 2010 season holding steady to 12th in championship point standings, just 17 points away from the top-10.

The No. 15 team finished 17th in Saturday’s Nationwide Series Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway following a 12th place finish in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

Fontana, CA. (February 16, 2010) –  Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett is enthusiastic about returning to “The Golden State” in his No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota Camry for Saturday’s Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. After earning a top-10 finish there in October’s Nationwide Series race, Annett aims for another good finish this weekend. His sixth place finish at Auto Club Speedway in October 2009 scored him awards for Raybestos Rookie of the Race, Mobil 1 Performance Driver of the Race and Featherlite Most Improved Driver of the Race.

Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 14, 2010) – Paired as rookie driver and crew chief in 2009, Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett and crew chief Ryan Fugle proved the skills they learned last season by starting the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season with a 12th place finish at the season opener Drive 4 COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway. 

Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 9, 2010) – The off-season at Germain Racing has been full of activity with the No. 15 NASCAR Nationwide Series team preparing cars for an optimistic 2010 season. Concentrating on goals and working together as a team to try and achieve them, Michael Annett and his No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers team have regrouped throughout the months with no scheduled competition and are now getting close to the race they’ve all been anxiously awaiting – the 2010 season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

Knoxville, Iowa (January 21, 2010) – NASCAR rising star Michael Annett remembers his racing roots, and the 23-year-old from Des Moines is proud to “give back” to those roots with a recent donation of $10,000 to the non-profit National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation in honor of the late Hall of Fame sprint car driver Earl Wagner of nearby Pleasantville.

Des Moines, Iowa (January 19, 2010) – The Des Moines Area Sports Commission has announced the nominees for the first Central Iowa Sports Awards, and Des Moines native Michael Annett was honored by being chosen as a contender for the prestigious Athlete of the Year Award for excelling as a NASCAR driver in 2009.

Daytona Beach, Fla. – Michael Annett will join the top NASCAR stars as they gather at historic Daytona International Speedway on January 15-16 for the annual NASCAR Preseason Thunder Fan Fests, which give race fans a sneak preview on the new NASCAR racing season as well as Speedweeks 2010.