Wednesday

Michael Annett Hyped for Trip to Windy City

Michael Annett

HYPE Energy Drinks, led by former Formula 1 driver Bertrand Gachot, will
be the primary sponsor of the Germain Racing No. 15 at Chicagoland.

“I’m extremely excited about bringing HYPE Energy Drinks into NASCAR
with Michael Annett and Germain Racing,” said HYPE Energy Drinks CEO and
former Le Mans winner Bertrand Gachot. “I’m confident in Michael and
the No. 15 team, and I’m looking forward to seeing the No. 15 HYPE
Energy Drinks car out on the track at Chicago.”

HYPE Energy Drinks, is also an official sponsor of the Joliet Race Fan
Rally and plans to entertain at the event by giving away free samples of
their three popular energy drink flavors – HYPE Energy Regular with
cranberry and elderberry, HYPE MFP and low-calorie HYPE Energy Enlite.
Samples will be given away from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. Michael Annett,
driver of the No. 15 HYPE Energy Drinks Toyota Camry, will make a special
appearance on-site at the rally from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. to sign autographs.

Along with Annett making laps around Chicagoland Speedway, the rookie will
also try his hand at local go-kart racing. Annett will compete on
Wednesday against fellow Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidates in a
go-karting event hosted by Raybestos at the Addison, Illinois location of
Chicago Indoor Racing. Rookie candidates in both the Sprint Cup and
Nationwide Series will combat in karting races against crew chiefs, brake
specialists, chassis specialists and members of local, regional and
national media.

Returning to a state Annett briefly called home, the former hockey player
lived in the Windy City at the age of 16 to play hockey for Team Illinois
during his junior year of high school where he led the league in penalty
minutes. Annett guided Team Illinois to the 2002 Calgary Mac’s AAA
Hockey Tournament Championship before he joined the USHL’s Waterloo (IA)
Blackhawks for two years before his career in racing began.

The No. 15 HYPE Energy Drinks Toyota Camry will take to the track at
Chicagoland Speedway on Thursday with practice at 2:30 p.m. and again from
6 p.m. until 7:25 p.m. Nationwide Series qualifying starts at 2 p.m. on
Friday. Both final practice and qualifying can be seen live on ESPN 2. The
Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola at Chicago starts Friday night at
7:00 p.m. on ESPN.

For more information on Michael Annett, please visit www.michaelannett.com
and www.germainracing.com.

Visit www.hype.com for the latest HYPE Energy buzz and product information.

- Rising Star Management Group Press Release