{"id":5937,"date":"2025-12-19T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:42:47","slug":"retired-nascar-driver-among-seven-killed-in-north-carolina-plane-crash-motorsports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5937","title":{"rendered":"Retired NASCAR driver among seven killed in North Carolina plane crash | Motorsports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Greg Biffle\u2019s plane caught fire after crash-landing at a regional airport, state authorities said. Other victims have not yet been identified.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 18 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">18 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A former NASCAR driver has been identified as one of seven people who died in a plane crash in the southern United States.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Greg Biffle and members of his family died when a private jet crashed on Thursday while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, north of Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Flight records showed the\u00a0plane was registered to a company run by Biffle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the post-crash fire prevents us from releasing a definitive list of the occupants at this time, it is believed that Mr Gregory Biffle and members of his immediate family were occupants of the airplane,\u201d state police said.<\/p>\n<p>Further details about the victims were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4183208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4183208\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4183208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25352721309586-1766095408.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"north carolina\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4183208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First responders tend to the scene of a reported plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville, North Carolina [Matt Kelley\/The Associated Press]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout his 16-year career, Biffle won more than 50 races across the three racing-circuit types offered by NASCAR, a US-based association for car races.<\/p>\n<p>He placed first in 19 races at the Cup Series, considered NASCAR\u2019s top level. He also won the Craftsman Truck Series championship in 2000 and the Xfinity Series title in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Biffle\u2019s plane had taken off from the airport shortly after 10am local time on Thursday (15:00 GMT), but it then returned to North Carolina and was attempting to land there, according to tracking data posted by FlightAware.com.<\/p>\n<p>Video from WSOC-TV showed first responders rushing onto the runway as flames burned near scattered wreckage from the plane.<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were investigating the crash.<\/p>\n<p>All told, the NTSB has investigated 1,331 crashes in the US in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Biffle\u2019s plane caught fire after crash-landing at a regional airport, state authorities said. Other victims have not yet been identified. 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