{"id":401148,"date":"2026-01-10T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401148\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:16:08","slug":"mooresville-to-honor-nascar-legend-greg-biffle-with-downtown-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401148\/","title":{"rendered":"Mooresville to honor NASCAR legend Greg Biffle with downtown tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event offers a chance to celebrate not only Biffle&#8217;s remarkable racing achievements but also the compassion and community spirit that defined his family&#8217;s legacy<\/p>\n<p>MOORESVILLE, N.C. \u2014 The town of Mooresville will pay tribute to racing legend Greg Biffle with a special celebration on Friday, Jan. 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Burnout for Biffle&#8221; will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street, giving the community a chance to honor Biffle&#8217;s extraordinary racing career and his deep connection to Mooresville, also known as Race City USA.<\/p>\n<p>The tribute comes as the community remembers Biffle as more than just a successful driver, but as someone whose generous heart and passion for helping others left a lasting impact far beyond the racetrack, the town said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber and motorsports personality Cleetus McFarland will perform a tribute burnout near Biffle&#8217;s star on the North Carolina Auto Racing Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Charles Mack Citizen Center, guests can view a special collection of Biffle racing memorabilia, supported by the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, according to the town.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial will also highlight two causes close to the Biffle family&#8217;s heart: the American Red Cross and Lake Norman Humane Society. Both organizations benefited from the family&#8217;s longtime support and generosity.<\/p>\n<p>The event offers a chance to celebrate not only Biffle&#8217;s remarkable racing achievements but also the compassion and community spirit that defined his family&#8217;s legacy in Mooresville.<\/p>\n<p>Those wanting to support the American Red Cross in honor of the Biffle family can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/lp\/tributes\/honor-greg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">this website link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/watch\/stream-wcnc-charlotte-on-demand\/275-e5449158-139a-44b9-a75d-5c7bce38f848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">Download WCNC+ on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or Samsung device, and stream the news that impacts you for free.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event offers a chance to celebrate not only Biffle&#8217;s remarkable racing achievements but also the compassion and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-401148","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\/401148","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=401148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}