Race car driver Greg Biffle is dead at 55 following a fatal plane crash. Rep. Richard Hudson, a family friend, confirmed Biffle, his wife, Cristina, and his two children died on Thursday. “I am devastated by the loss of Greg,

Biffle, his wife and two children and three others were killed in a small plane crash in North Carolina, the families confirmed Thursday.

Kurt Busch’s violent qualifying crash at Pocono still hangs over every conversation about NASCAR’s current car, a reminder that the sport’s safety gains are real but not absolute. As NASCAR leaders promote the Next Gen model as the safest vehicle in series history,