It’s tragic.
Greg Biffle was a local boy.
He grew up in Camas Washington which shares a border with Washougal and is 20 minutes from here. I have lived in Camas myself.
Although I never met the guy personally, I know several people who knew him as he was growing up.
He made his name in NASCAR but what really hit me when I heard of his death was his humanitarian side that I remembered.
When the hurrican wiped out parts of Appalachia last year, he took his own helicopter, using his own fuel on his own time and delivered desperately needed supplies to those people who were hopelessly cut off way back in the Hollers.up in the hills of North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.
That says it all about the man’s character to me.
My condolences to his family and the families of the folks who went down with him.
R.I.P. My condolences.
Never heard of him, but the story about helping out after that hurricane says he was good man. Sorry to hear that.
What a cool dude! I don’t follow nascar but got to ‘know’ him on the utoobs. Him & Cleetus both helped out in NC and became close friends, a lot of great videos of them just being motor heads and having fun. Tragic, to say the least.
R.I.P. The Biff
I’m sure his funderal services will be well attended. Man who used his resources to help others – God Likes Those People !
Such a sad day. He was truly a good human.
“Only the good die young”.
R.I.P., buddy.
I always liked Greg. Watched him come up from the Truck Series, then the Busch Series. He was a dominate force in both. He was always a formidable driver in the Cup Series.
His humanitarian efforts just cemented that he was a good man as well as a racer.
He will be missed.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Man, we couldn’t believe a local guy made the big time. So tragic. What a loss. May the Peace of Christ be with him, his family, and all those close to them.
I grew up in Camas, then worked 34 years at the mill
Nice to know that something good came out of that town.
RIP, Greg.
Saw a T shirt worn by a guy from the mill: WE BUST OURS SO YOU CAN WIPE YOURS. That was 40 years ago. Still funny.
Saw that news, whole family, deeply saddened. Good man he was.
Always sad when the good ones go.
Condolences.