NASCAR is honoring the late former driver Greg Biffle two months after he died in a aircraft crash.
The three-minute tribute aired by way of FOX on Sunday, February 15, through the dwell Daytona 500 protection, with Biffle’s family members sharing reminiscences of their good friend, coworker and member of the family.
“Greg Biffle was essentially the most gifted man I’ve ever labored with. He had pace, he was fearless, he was good … He by no means discovered himself in a state of affairs that he didn’t suppose he may win. He at all times acquired essentially the most out of the automobile and that’s the last word driver,” Doug Yates, CEO of Roush Yates Engines, stated within the video.
“He had supreme confidence in himself,” Biffle’s Roush Racing teammate Jeff Bourton added. “He would put his automobile in locations that others wouldn’t.”
Fellow teammate Matt Kenseth famous, “He was a fierce driver. Successful was above all the things else.”
Biffle’s niece, Jordynwent on to recall how her uncle gave again after the devastation of Hurricane Helene in 2024.
“His intuition was, ‘We are able to get within the helicopter and we will go look. Let’s attempt to see what the state of affairs seems like and what we will do to assist,’” she recalled, whereas good friend Cleetus McFarland added, “He paid for all of the gas that went into my helicopter, he was the one who gathered the provides at first. He was going above and past only one man in a helicopter.”
Whereas Jordyn shared that racing was a “big piece” of Biffle’s life, she famous that “serving to folks arms down is the place he discovered a whole lot of pleasure.”
Race automobile driver Greg Biffle is useless at 55 following a deadly aircraft crash. Rep. Richard Hudson, a household good friend, confirmed Biffle, his spouse, Cristina, and his two youngsters died on Thursday, December 18. “I’m devastated by the lack of Greg, Cristina, and their youngsters, and my coronary heart is with all who liked them,” (…)
Information broke in December 2025 {that a} aircraft belonging to Biffle crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff on the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.
“At roughly 10:15 am, an plane crashed whereas touchdown,” airport officers instructed The Charlotte Observer in an announcement on Thursday. “Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is en route and can examine the incident.”
Whereas the Iredell County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed there have been fatalities on the crash however didn’t reveal additional particulars, the Biffle’s household good friend shared that the athlete and his household have been a part of the seven folks on board who died. (Biffle was married to spouse Cristinawith whom he shared daughter Emma, 14, and son Ryder, 5.)
“Sadly, I can verify Greg Biffle, his spouse Cristina, daughter Emma and son Ryder have been on that aircraft … as a result of they have been on their strategy to spend the afternoon with us,” Garrett Mitchell shared by way of Fb. “We’re devastated. I’m so sorry to share this.”
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board has launched new images and movies from the scene of the crash that killed NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his household, amongst three others, because the investigation continues. “Our consultant with the Nationwide Transportation Security Board catastrophe help division is constant to work with the members of the family and family members (…)
Earlier this month, a preliminary investigation from the Nationwide Transportation Security Board decided that Biffle was not on the controls when his aircraft crashed. Retired pilot Dennis Dutton was flying the aircraft and his son, Jack Dutton, was his co-pilot, in response to the NTSB’s report, launched in January.
The report claimed that Dennis was licensed to fly the Cessna 550 plane, offered he had a certified co-pilot. Jack, in the meantime, was not certified. The report famous that Dennis was flying the aircraft when it took off earlier than briefly handing the controls to his son after which taking them again as he tried to land the plane.
After discovering a malfunction with the altimeter and figuring out the “left aspect flight devices might not have been working correctly,” they tried to return to the airport.
“Each engines remained connected to the pylon constructions and each thrust reversers have been discovered within the stowed place,” the report continued. “There was no proof of uncontained engine failure with both engine.”
Because the aircraft tried to land, the plane struck timber and light-weight stanchions outdoors of the airport. The aircraft then went by a fence that separates the airport from the primary highway. The precise explanation for the crash is nonetheless beneath investigation.