{"id":364651,"date":"2025-12-23T22:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364651\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:26:12","slug":"greg-biffles-friend-shares-late-nascar-stars-family-holiday-card-that-arrived-after-tragic-deaths-globe-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364651\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Biffle\u2019s Friend Shares Late Nascar Star\u2019s Family Holiday Card That Arrived After Tragic Deaths \u2013 Globe Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Featured-2-Greg-Biffle.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/> Walter G Arce Sr Action Sports P\/Cal Sport Media\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/p>\n<p>In a tragic twist of timing, some of late NASCAR star Greg Biffle\u2019s friends and loved ones are getting his family\u2019s holiday card sent prior to their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/nascar-legend-greg-biffle-killed-in-plane-crash-along-with-wife-and-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Globe previously reported<\/a>, Biffle\u2019s plane was involved in a crash at the Statesville Airport in North Carolina on Thursday, December 18, that killed him and seven others, including his wife, Cristina Grossu, daughter Emma, 14, and son Ryder, 5.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/559039194_18524931103008650_1689237774060774245_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1378\" height=\"1837\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24472\"  \/> Cristina Grossu Biffle\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, December 21, Ron Herbert, who owns the Red Rocks Cafe in Huntersville, North Carolina, and was friends with the Biffles, shared a card from the family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSiGgXgEcPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The photo featured the family in white shirts and jeans, laughing in front of snow-flocked Christmas greenery. Emma and Cristina are smiling at each other, while Ryder leans across his dad\u2019s lap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that you are able to slow down and enjoy the magic and joy that this season has to offer. We hope you have a great New Year! Sending love, Greg, Christina, Emma &amp; Ryder,\u201d the card\u2019s message read.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/291272961_734454467761117_1865448338903999908_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24474\"  \/> Cristina Grossu Biffle\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received this in the mail today. My words can\u2019t say enough about the family,\u201d Herbert captioned the post along with several prayer hands emojis and crying faces.<\/p>\n<p>The family died while celebrating a birthday getaway, Cristina\u2019s mom, Cathy Grossu, told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/greg-biffle-wife-cristina-texted-mom-were-in-trouble-before-died-plane-crash-exclusive-11872732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">People<\/a> on December 19. \u201cTo think that they would be killed on a birthday trip, that was just such a fun time for the family,\u201d she said. \u201cBut they were happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are currently investigating the accident.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter G Arce Sr Action Sports P\/Cal Sport Media\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency In a tragic twist of timing, some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,362,634,82],"class_list":["post-364651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-news","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364651","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=364651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}