Ex-NASCAR star Greg Biffle's friend receives holiday card days after tragic plane crash

Greg Biffle and his household sent vacation cards to friends and loved ones earlier the fatal level clang that occurred successful North Carolina past week, leaving them among the dead.

Biffle’s longtime friend, Ron Herbert, shared the paper successful a station connected societal media connected Monday. The paper featured a photograph of the erstwhile driver, his woman Cristina, their lad Ryder and his girl Emma.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series operator Greg Biffle earlier the Duck Commander 500 astatine Texas Motor Speedway connected April 6, 2014. (Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports)

"We anticipation that you are capable to dilatory down and bask the magic and joyousness that this play has to offer," the paper read. "We anticipation that you person a large New Year!

"Sending love, Greg, Cristina, Emma & Ryder."

Herbert captioned his station connected Instagram, "I received this successful the message today. My words can't accidental capable astir the family."

Biffle, 55, was killed alongside his wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5, and Emma, 14, arsenic their plane crashed astatine Statesville Regional Airport. Three different radical killed connected committee were identified arsenic Dennis Dutton, his lad Jack and Craig Wadsworth.

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Greg Biffle (16) during signifier for the Duck Commander 500 astatine Texas Motor Speedway connected April 4, 2014. (Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports)

The level was returning to the Statesville Regional Airport astir 10 minutes aft takeoff for an "emergency landing."

Biffle’s wife, Cristina, sent a worrying substance connection to her parent earlier the crash.

"She texted maine from the level and she said, 'We're successful trouble.' And that was it," Cathy Grossu told People past week. "So we're devastated. We're brokenhearted."

Grossu told the mag that the unit was headed to the Bahamas for a day trip. The level was acceptable to alert to Sarasota, Florida, earlier heading to the land nation.

The erstwhile pro operator drew important praise last twelvemonth erstwhile helium utilized his idiosyncratic chopper to present supplies and net work to those who request it successful the aftermath of Hurricane Helene successful parts of North Carolina. He adjacent located a stranded household portion flying owed to their usage of a reflector against the sun.

Biffle had been delivering Starlink services to residents of occidental North Carolina and reflected connected his acquisition helping retired the stranded household whose reflector usage saved them.

Greg Biffle celebrates successful triumph lane aft winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car contention astatine Kansas Speedway successful Kansas City, Kansas, connected Oct. 3, 2010. (Orlin Wagner, File/AP Photo)

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Biffle had 19 victories successful the NASCAR Cup Series, six of them coming successful 2005 erstwhile helium finished 2nd successful the Cup standings. He won 3 consecutive Ford 400s from 2004 to 2006 astatine Homestead. He besides earned 20 wins successful the Xfinity Series, winning the 2002 title, and got 17 different checkered flags successful the Craftsman Truck Series, winning the title successful 2000. Biffle had primitively stopped racing successful 2016 but returned six years later.