A date has been set for a memorial service to honor Greg Biffle and the six other victims who died in a plane crash earlier this month.
The memorial will be held at Bojangles Coliseum on Friday, January 16. The event is open to the public and is expected to be live-streamed, according to a NASCAR spokesperson. A time has not been made public.
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Biffle, his wife, their two children and three others perished during a plane crash at the Statesville Regional Airport on Dec. 18. He was 55. The plane was owned by Biffle. The cause of the crash has not been revealed.
Biffle, an experienced pilot, took the lead on several rescue missions during Hurricane Helene — providing supplies to communities in need.
“I’ll tell you, the feeling you get when you win a race, you can only ask drivers, right? Because the feeling you get when you win that race, that’s the feeling you get when you’re able to help people in need,” Biffle told NASCAR last October during a conversation about his Helene recovery efforts.
Days after his death, fans of Biffle’s NASCAR legacy and admirers of his work during Hurricane Helene came to pay their respects at his marker on the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame in downtown Moorseville. Bouquets of flowers surrounded the portrait on his marker which was granted to him earlier this year.