Former NASCAR driver Michael Annett has died at the age of 39, his former team JR Motorsports announced on 5 December. The team paid tribute on X, calling him a key member of the organisation between 2017 and his retirement in 2021.

Annett enjoyed a notable career, including a victory in the 2019 Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. His cause of death has not yet been made public.

Annett had retired from NASCAR at the end of the 2021 season after suffering a stress fracture in his right leg, an injury that sidelined him for seven races that year. The fracture, sustained in July 2021, affected his right femur, and he later aggravated the injury, ultimately prompting him to step away from racing. A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone caused by repetitive f

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