cockpit voice recorder<\/a> as they work to determine what caused the crash.<\/p>\nNews of Biffle\u2019s death spread quickly through motorsports circles, particularly in Florida and North Carolina, where he built much of his career and personal life.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy coworker’s phone was blowing up. She grew up across the street from [Greg] in North Carolina,\u201d Audrey St. Louis, who was in Bradenton on Saturday watching the Christmas Tree Drags, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels a little bit somber, yet also a celebration, because like Cleet said, I think Biff would want this show to go,\u201d Anderson said beside his wife Jenna Anderson.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople lost a legend. A lot of people looked up to him. It’s going to hurt for a long time,\u201d Tony St. Louis said, also in attendance at the drag races with his wife, Audrey.<\/p>\n
Biffle\u2019s impact on the sport spanned decades. He was named NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year in 1998 and went on to win the series championship two years later.<\/p>\n
Beyond the racetrack, fans and fellow drivers remembered Biffle for his generosity and willingness to act in times of crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody started watching what he did after the hurricane hit North Carolina,\u201d Ben said. \u201cHe used his own resources, his own helicopter, him and Cleet both with ‘Consuela,’ Cleetus’s helicopter. They both got together and did air drops to people on the sides of mountains in North Carolina. He put his money where his mouth is. That’s really what separates people who talk the talk. Greg Biffle walked the walk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Attendees on Saturday said Biffle also left behind lessons that extended beyond racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don’t know if you’ve got decades or hours in this world,\u201d Ben said. \u201cSo come to events like this or things that you enjoy, be with the ones you love and live.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flight records show the plane was registered to a company run by Biffle. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are looking into the cause of the crash and why the plane returned to the airport in drizzle and cloudy conditions on Dec.18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The racing community is reflecting on the champion\u2019s legacy as investigators probe why a business jet heading to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-359979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}