India, Dec. 6 -- Michael Annett, the former NASCAR driver, passed away at the age of 39. His former team made the announcement on December 5. At this time, a cause of death is not known.

Annett comes from a family that loved racing. Speaking to Des Moines Register in 2014, he'd stated that his parents timed his birth to coincide with the World of Outlaws race at Knoxville.

"My parents planned the C-section to be on a Monday so I could be at Knoxville that weekend. They knew I was going to be a C-section baby, so they scheduled it for a Monday so everybody could be down at the racetrack that weekend. I was definitely there way too young to remember it," he had told the publication.

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