There will be a familiar face subbing at Richard Petty Motorsports while regular Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett continues his recovery. Multiple sources are saying that Reed Sorenson will be announced to pilot the #43 Ford for the next few events while Annett is on the mend from his dislocated sternum suffered at Daytona.
Doctors expect Annett, who was at the epicenter of a multi-car wreck late in that race to be out as long as eight weeks. Sorenson is no stranger to what’s now RPM, having driven the #43 in Sprint Cup. Currently driving for The Motorsports Group #40, in the Nationwide Series Sorenson has an average finish of 24th in the first two events of 2013.
Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Reed Sorenson will fill in for Nationwide Series team driver Michael Annett, who was injured in a crash at Daytona and had to undergo surgery for a fractured and dislocated sternum. Sorenson will race the #43 Pilot Flying J Ford beginning this week at Las Vegas and remain the driver until Annett is healed and cleared by NASCAR officials to race.
There’s no word on who will replace him; the driver is scheduled to run full-time, sponsorship permitting for that program. (Frontstretch)
