"Excited about it" - Dale Earnhardt Jr. announces William Byron's late model return with JR Motorsports

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. recently shared excitement about William Byron reuniting with the Dale Jr.-led JR Motorsports. On June 17, JRM announced that #24 Byron would compete in the zMAX CARS Tour LMSC race at Caraway Speedway, scheduled for July 3.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver Byron previously competed for JRM in 2014, racing in the Late Model program at Hickory Motor Speedway. Byron then drove full-time for JR Motorsports in the 2017 Xfinity Series season and won the championship title for the team.

In a recent post by JR Motorsports on X, the 49-year-old Dale Jr. talked about the upcoming CARS Tour race where Byron will drive the #24 Late Model Stock Car in a sponsorship with HendrickCars.com. Dale Jr. said:

"Hey everybody, just dropping by Late Model shop to work on some of our cars a little bit and see what the guys are up to. Right here in the shop is the HendrickCars.com Number 24 that Byron's gonna race at Caraway, on July the 3rd."

"Really excited to have Byron come back to Junior Motorsports and race in the Late Model Stocks. We had a lot of fun with him back in the day. He's excited about it. The CARS Tour is excited about it. Come to Caraway and see us." Dale Jr. added.

Here's a post by JR Motorsports announcing #24 Byron's participation in the CARS Tour on X (formerly Twitter):

"Back to the grassroots. @WilliamByron and @HendrickCars joins JRM for the @CARSTour race at Caraway Speedway on July 3rd."

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A look at William Byron's 2024 Cup Series season

Byron, the Hendrick Motorsports full-time driver, pilots the #24 Chevy Camaro in the 2024 Cup Series.

After an impressive start to the season with the 2024 Daytona 500 win, Byron, the North Carolina native, has accumulated three wins after 18 starts in the regular Cup Series season. He has won races at the Circuit of The Americas and Martinsville Speedway in addition to the Daytona 500.

Byron currently sits at P7 in the overall Cup Series standings. He also has six top-fives and 10 top-ten finishes thus far. Meanwhile, Byron's Hendrick teammates, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott are on top of the points table with 620 points to their name.

Now, NASCAR is getting ready for the 19th race of the ongoing Cup Series season, which begins on June 30 at Nashville Superspeedway with the Ally 400.