minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTruly awful news this afternoon out of the professional sports world:<\/p>\n
Greg Biffle, a retired NASCAR driver and legend, was among six people killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Three of the other victims were Biffle\u2019s wife, Cristina, and his two children, a five-year old boy named Ryder and a 14-year old girl named Emma.<\/p>\n
Biffle was 55 years old.<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Greg Biffle, driver of the #44 Grambling State University Chevrolet, greets fans onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI am devastated by the loss of Greg, Cristina, and their children, and my heart is with all who loved them,\u201d family friend Richard Hudson wrote on X on December 18. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey were friends who lived their lives focused on helping others. Greg was a great NASCAR champion who thrilled millions of fans. But he was an extraordinary person as well, and will be remembered for his service to others as much as for his fearlessness on the track.\u201d<\/p>\n
Congressman Hudson added in his message, referring to the Biffles\u2019 humanitarian contributions: <\/p>\n
\u201cThe last time I spoke with Cristina, just a couple of weeks ago, she reached out to ask how she could help with relief efforts in Jamaica. That\u2019s who the Biffles were.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Federal Aviation Administration also confirmed the crash to local NBC outlet WCNC Charlotte, with the outlet reporting that the aircraft in question \u2014 a Cessno C550 \u2014 was owned by local company GB Aviation Leasing LLC and that the plane was under contract with Biffle.<\/p>\n
The accident took place just 26 minutes after the plane took off this morning.<\/p>\n
The plane was scheduled to travel to Florida, with YouTube personality Garrett Mitchell writing on social media that the Biffle family were meant to spend the day with him down there.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane\u2026 because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us. We are devastated. I\u2019m so sorry to share this,\u201d Mitchell wrote a few hours ago.<\/p>\nGreg Biffle, driver of the #51 Toyota Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBiffle started his NASCAR career in 1995. In 1998, the athlete won the Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year award, as well as a Series championship in 2000.<\/p>\n
The Vancouver, Washington native was also named as one of NASCAR\u2019s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. <\/p>\n
Last year, he received the 2024 NMPA Myers Brothers Award for humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n
In the wake of Hurricane Helene\u2019s path of destruction across the southeastern United States in September 2024, Biffle became one of many helicopter pilots who began transporting both supplies and stranded individuals in and out of the disaster areas.<\/p>\n
May he and his loved ones rest in peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: 3 minutes Truly awful news this afternoon out of the professional sports world: Greg Biffle, a retired NASCAR driver and legend, was among six people killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday. Three of the other victims were Biffle\u2019s wife, Cristina, and his two children, a five-year old boy named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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