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Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle55, was among seven people killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday.
Biffle, his wife and two children, and three others were riding a Cessna C550 belonging to Biffle when it crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport.
According to Spotrac, Biffle made more than $58 million in career earnings. Spotrac’s data spans from 2002 to 2015, as NASCAR has not disclosed wins since 2016, Biffle’s last year as a full-time racer. That season, he finished 23rd in the standings. Last year, when he finished 20th, he made more than 4.9 million dollars, so one can imagine that he might pass the 60 million mark.
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Greg Biffle stands with the green flag on the flagstand before the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 13, 2024, in Concord, North Carolina. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images/Getty)
Biffle’s most profitable seasons were 2005, 2012, and 2014, the only campaigns in which he raised $5 million. In 2005, when he picked his best six out of 19 flags, he won $5,574,083. Seven years later, he brought home $5,561,538, and in 2014, he added another $5,257,708.
His racing statistics in the Craftsman Truck Series, where he was the 2000 champion, are not public. There are also no Xfinity Series numbers, which he won in 2002. Biffle has 20 wins in the Xfinity Series and 17 checkered flags in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Biffle retired from racing in 2016 but returned six years later for five races, including his final Daytona 500. His best race finishes were third in 2010 and 2012. However, Daytona was his most profitable track, grossing $6,279,606 in 29 races. It was almost two million dollars more than his next hit (Texas Motor Speedway).
NASCAR Cup Series driver Greg Biffle during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. (Mike Dinovo/USA TODAY Sports / IMAGN)
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Biffle’s first checkered flag in any professional race came in the 2001 Tennessee Lottery 250 in Nashville. He won four more races that year before winning four more in his championship season. He had 26 other top-five finishes in that time.
Although he never won the Daytona 500, his first Cup Series victory came on a famous track in the 2003 Pepsi 400. His best season in the Cup Series was 2005, where he won a career-high six races en route to a second-place finish in the points standings to Tony Stewart.
After his racing days, Biffle put his flying skills to good use. Last year, he helped victims of Hurricane Helene by delivering supplies and online assistance to those in need. Biffle had been delivering Starlink service to residents of western North Carolina and even found a family in need during the flight due to the use of the plane. a mirror against the sun.
I an unimaginable tragedy took the lives of seven people, including the former NASCAR star, his wife, their son Ryder, his daughter Emma, Dennis Dutton, Dennis’ son Jack and Craig Wadsworth.
Greg Biffle, driver of the #44 Grambling State University Chevrolet, waves to fans on stage during driver introductions before the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 20, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
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A Cessna C550 burst into flames when it crashed at Statesville Regional Airport, authorities said. The plane first took off and turned back towards the airport, trying to land. The cause of the crash was not yet known, and it was not the reason the plane attempted to return to the airport.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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