I enjoy that part of it.”Byron is a much-hyped first-year driver this season in the Monster Energy Cup Series.
During his first full season in Legends, he would score 33 wins and the national championship for his division.
He completed the Board of Director Education course at the University of North Carolina (2014).
He has coursework due every Monday, but in anticipation of being focused on preparing for the Daytona 500 he turned in his assignments early before traveling to Daytona International Speedway.The 20-old-year Byron posted the fifth-fastest speed in Daytona 500 qualifying and is regarded as one of NASCAR’s most promising young stars.Expectations are high for Byron during his freshman season, but he also realizes the competition level is stiffer than he’s ever faced. About Menu Home; About; University Leadership; Board of Trustees; Byron S. Bagby; Byron S. Bagby. It’s fun. William Byron Hillman was raised in Chicago, Denver and Oklahoma City.
He is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.During his military career, Maj. Gen. Bagby served in several executive leadership positions, including Commandant (equivalent to President) of the Joint Forces Staff College (Norfolk, VA), which educates military and government leaders in nine programs, one of which is accredited to confer a Master’s degree.
He earned many military decorations during his service, including two Distinguished Service Medals, four Defense Superior Service Medals, and the Bronze Star Medal.
Growing up in NASCAR’s North Carolina epicenter, Byron developed a passion for the sport as a young kid.
I do it basically before I get to the racetrack. That was it.’Seeing Byron’s potential, team owner Rick Hendrick signed him in 2016 to have him drive one of the Xfinity cars he co-owns with Earnhardt and Earnhardt’s sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller. Instead, he travels with books to study for his college studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty is also one of Byron’s primary sponsors.) He has earned the Governance Fellow credential from the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Joining the board with vast board and advisory experience, Byron serves as chair of the Board of Advisors for the Ryan Consulting Group; member of the Board of Directors for Management Support Technology Inc.; a member of the Board of Trustees at Columbia Southern University (Orange Beach, AL); and was a member of the Westminster College Board of Trustees from 2012 to 2017. He joins a Hendrick Motorsports organization that is very much in transition coming off a disappointing 2017 (by its standards) and has retooled both its driver lineup and behind-the-scenes personnel with numerous changes.Eventually Byron wore his parents down — in part because he wrote a six-page paper detailing the best approach to get started in racing — and they bought him a Legends car, a small, full-bodied car that is seen as a basic entry point into motor sports.In what would become the theme of his burgeoning career, Byron adapted seamlessly and instantly tasted success. “I feel like I can do what I need to do in the race car, and that’s going to take care of itself. Fulton, MO – William Woods University (WWU) today announced the appointment of Byron S. Bagby, United States Army Major General (Retired), to the William Woods Board of Trustees.
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In 1798, at age 10, George inherited the title of his great-uncle, William Byron, and was officially recognized as Lord Byron. I tell these guys, ‘You know when I met Gordon, he had a briefcase with a stock car magazine and a Game Boy.
Johnson and Elliott are holdovers, while Bowman replaces the retired Earnhardt and Byron takes over for Kasey Kahne who was released.