Michael Annett had plenty of optimism heading into the final stage on Friday night at Richmond Raceway, but those hopes were dashed on lap 166 when he was collected in a five-car crash on the front straightaway of the .75-mile oval. Contact in the middle of it damaged the right front fender on his Pilot Flying J Chevrolet and cost him any chance at a better...

Over his last five NXS starts at Richmond, Michael Annett has an average finish of 9.8, with a top-five and two top-10 finishes.

Annett’s best finish at RR is fifth, which occurred in the fall 2012 event on the .75-mile D-shaped oval. He was eighth in this race last season.

In his last seven starts on short tracks in the Xfinity Series circuit,...

Michael Annett was sitting in a very good spot early in Stage Two at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, running seventh with a pretty good Pilot Flying J Chevrolet. In the space of a couple of laps, however, a flat left rear tire cost him any shot at a top-10 finish in the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 for NASCAR Xfinity Series machines on the .533-mile oval.

Michael Annett’s best NXS finish at BMS came in 2011, when he was sixth at the checkered flag. He was 10th in this race one year ago.

Bristol’s high banks have been good to the 31-year-old Iowa native. Annett has earned four top-10 finishes in 11 NXS starts and his average finish there is better than any other short track.

In his last six NXS starts...