{"id":377571,"date":"2025-12-30T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/377571\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:13:10","slug":"nascars-month-of-tragedy-from-greg-biffles-plane-crash-death-to-denny-hamlins-house-fire-devastation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/377571\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR’s month of tragedy from Greg Biffle’s plane crash death to Denny Hamlin’s house fire devastation"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE month of December has been horrible for the Nascar community.<\/p>\n

Two massive tragedies hit the racing series<\/a> within the span of two weeks.<\/p>\n

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Denny Hamlin looks on ahead of Nascar Cup Series qualifyingCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n

Greg Biffle sits back on pit road ahead of Nascar qualifyingCredit: AP<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Greg Biffle tragically died in a plane crash<\/a> alongside his family.<\/p>\n

Biffle was flying his Cessna C550 business jet when he turned around to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff.<\/p>\n

The plane didn\u2019t make it back to the runway, and burst into a fireball<\/a> when it hit the ground.<\/p>\n

Seven people on board died \u2014 with Biffle, his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder all on board.<\/p>\n

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HAMLIN LOSS<\/p>\n

NASCAR star Denny Hamlin’s dad Denny dies aged 75 as fire ravages through home<\/p>\n

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SEEKING ANSWERS<\/p>\n

Nascar icon Kenny Wallace tries to explain tragic Greg Biffle plane crash<\/p>\n

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Also killed were Craig Wadsworth, and Dennis and Jack Dutton.<\/p>\n

Biffle was a legendary Nascar driver, being named as one of the 75 greatest drivers in 2023.<\/p>\n

He competed in the Cup Series from 2002 to 2016, winning 19 races in 515 starts.<\/p>\n

Biffle\u2019s death rocked the Nascar world, with countless drivers and legends sharing tributes to him.<\/p>\n

Among those was Denny Hamlin, current Cup Series driver and co-owner of 23XI Racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday the motorsports world lost one of its fiercest competitors and kindest souls. Greg Biffle was a champion on the track and a humanitarian off it, whose impact reached far beyond racing,\u201d Hamlin posted on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also mourn the loss of his wife Cristina and children Emma & Ryder, along with Craig Wadsworth, Dennis Dutton, and his son Jack. My heart is with all their families and loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Hamlin would face his own tragedy less than two weeks later.<\/p>\n

A fire broke out at his North Carolina home with his parents inside.<\/p>\n

Two individuals were found outside of the home and rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Hamlin alongside his father Dennis and mother Mary LouCredit: Facebook\/Mary Lou Clark Hamlin<\/p>\n

Biffle poses for a picture with his wife and two childrenCredit: Instagram\/cristinagbiffle<\/p>\n

However, Hamlin\u2019s father Dennis, 75, died<\/a> from his injuries.<\/p>\n

His mother, Mary Lou, is reportedly in \u201ccritical condition\u201d at Atrium\u00a0Health\u00a0Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center.<\/p>\n

It took between 10 and 15 fire crews over two hours to put out the fire, and the home was deemed a \u201ctotal loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

A cause for the fire has yet to be identified, and Hamlin has not commented on the tragic fire.<\/p>\n

Fire ravages Hamlin\u2019s home in North CarolinaCredit: Facebook\/@Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department<\/p>\n

Investigators dig into the wreckage of Biffle\u2019s CessnaCredit: Reuters\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE month of December has been horrible for the Nascar community. Two massive tragedies hit the racing series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,5782,634,82],"class_list":["post-377571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377571","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=377571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}