When those around him needed help the most last year, late NASCAR star Greg Biffle took to the skies to provide relief.
Biffle, who died Thursday at the age 55 in a plane crash that also claimed the lives of his wife and two children, added a special chapter to his legacy by helping those in need during Hurricane Helene.
In one particular notable moment, he flew a helicopter to aid a stranded person in North Carolina.
His humanitarian ventures landed him the National Motorsports Press Association’s Myers Brother Award for those who have “provided outstanding contributions to the sport of stock car racing.”
“He had his own helicopter and he was doing extractions on his own,” United Cajun Navy vice president Brian Trascher, who worked with Biffle to help those affected, told Fox Carolina. “I’m like, ‘Here’s this guy, like a race car driver. He’s got a helicopter. This guy’s like Batman.’”
Biffle documented his relief efforts last year to help those in the North Carolina area who were affected by the destruction from Hurricane Helene, using his helicopter to deliver supplies.
He joined the cause after being messaged by a friend on Facebook asking he wanted to fly since there were tourists stranded in North Carolina, he told mascar.com.
Biffle tweeted photos and videos showcasing the helping efforts, with one particular trip gaining nationwide attention in early October.
He noticed an individual attempting to get help via a mirror, and managed to deliver supplies.
“The mirror that caught our attention well over a mile away 👀 only way we we were able to find someone stranded in the mountains at bottom of steep canyon,” he posted to X. “(Six) attempts to land due to difficulty but we got there – got him a chainsaw, EpiPens, insulin, chicken food, formula, gas, 2 stroke oil, and sandwiches premade from Harris Teeter before we left #hurricanehelene.”
He compared the feeling of helping those during those dire times to that of winning a race, which he did 19 times in the Nascar Cup Series.
Those successes on the tracks landed Biffle on Nascar’s list of its 75 greatest drivers.
“I’ll tell you, the feeling you get when you win a race, you can only ask drivers, right?” Biffle told Nascar.com. “Because the feeling you get when you win that race, that’s the feeling you get when you’re able to help people in need.”
He added: “There’s communities over there that we discovered that are just devastated. The reason why I’m still going is people are still in need, and I don’t want to leave a soldier behind. That’s why I’m still at it.”
Biffle, his wife, Cristina, 14-year-old daughter Emma and 5-year-old son Ryan were among the seven who died Thursday in the plane crash at a North Carolina airport.
He owned the plane that crashed.
Many took to social media and other mediums to celebrate the life of “The Biff.”
“He put his fellow man before himself,” Trascher told Fox Carolina, adding that he was, “a guy who loved North Carolina, loved his country, loved racing, loved helping people.”
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