It is the kind of tragedy that makes everything else feel small and meaningless for a moment.
🚨 BREAKING: A private jet owned by NASCAR Driver and humanitarian Greg Biffle has reportedly crashed and exploded in Statesville, NC
Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board
PLEASE pray that’s not the case. Biffle has touched so many lives🙏🏻… pic.twitter.com/Wrb7AkqElF
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 18, 2025
🚨 #BREAKING: Report of plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.
A crash involving a private jet, with no survivors. The plane is owned by NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. pic.twitter.com/chcjp76la2
— SyeClops (@SyeClops1) December 18, 2025
Greg Biffle Aviation pic.twitter.com/u7DIcSC8MC
— KoronaKnievel19 (@faster34me) December 18, 2025
⚠️ Important
Multiple sources are now reporting that Greg Biffle his wife and children were on the plane that crashed in Statesville — WAME Radio https://t.co/h751QFYzRD pic.twitter.com/x655aWEP1y
— Open News© (@OpenNewNews) December 18, 2025
Plane registered to NASCAR driver, Greg Biffle, has crashed.
This was the flight path of the Cessna 550 Citation that took off from Statesville airport and immediately turned around and tried to land. It did crash on that landing attempt back at the airport. pic.twitter.com/OQsqIuGI1B
— That LEGACY Jones Fan (@thatjonesfan) December 18, 2025
https://twitter.com/UpdatesbyNeily/status/2001713457050079560
Greg Biffle, a champion on the NASCAR Xfinity and Trucks circuits, died Thursday when his private jet crashed after taking off from an airport in Statesville, N.C. He was 55.
Biffle’s wife Cristina and their two children were also among the seven people aboard the plane at the time of the crash.
“Unfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Christina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane…because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us,” friend Garrett Mitchell wrote on his Facebook account. “We are devastated. I’m so sorry to share this.”
https://www.thebiglead.com/former-nascar-champion-greg-biffle-dies-in-plane-crash-reports/
h/t Flying Elvii