Officials with FOX Sports issued a statement late Wednesday saying Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not currently scheduled to appear as a guest analyst during the network's coverage of NASCAR XFINITY Series races next season.
"While FOX Sports has had informal conversations with Dale Earnhardt Jr. about joining the FOX Sports NASCAR XFINITY Series booth in the future, as several of his fellow racers did in 2015, nothing has been determined," the statement read. "We apologize for the confusion."
In a press release issued earlier Wednesday, FOX reported that the Hendrick Motorsports driver would become the latest in a line of Sprint Cup drivers to step into the broadcast booth, joining 2015 guest analysts Jeff Gordon , Kevin Harvick , Brad Keselowski , Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick .
According to the initial release, "Earnhardt Jr. ... made the announcement Saturday in an interview with FOX SPORTS LIVE co-hosts Dan O'Toole and Jay Onrait in a video posted in "The Jay and Dan Podcast."