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The tragic death of Greg Biffle in a plane crash left the NASCAR world stunned last week, and former racing star Mark Martin appeared to still be in shock.
Martin made his feelings clear about Biffle’s death in a post on X on Monday.
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Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Scotch-Brite Ford, talks with Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron’s 2000th Store/Bronx, NY Toyota, on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on September 29, 2012 in Dover, Delaware. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images for NASCAR)
“Every day I feel sicker and sicker about this tragedy,” he wrote.
Biffle and Martin shared the track together from 2002 to 2009. Martin retired from racing professionally full-time after the 2009 season, while Biffle continued racing through the 2016 season and again in 2022. Martin and Biffle were also with Roush Racing in the early 2000s.
Martin wrote that as a pilot, the more “disturbing” Biffle’s accident becomes.
FORMER NASCAR STAR GREG BIFFLE’S DEADLY PLANE CRASH REMEMBERS SEVERAL AVIATION TRAGEDIES HITTING THE SPORTS WORLD
Mark Martin, driver of the #5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, talks with Greg Biffle (R), driver of the #16 Ford40MPG.com Ford, during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 24, 2011 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
“As a Citation pilot for 20 years and the product of around 75 days of @FlightSafetyInt training and over 3,000 flight hours in the aircraft, I have a deep understanding of these aircraft and their performance,” he added. “The more I learn about Biffle’s accident, the more disturbing it becomes.”
Biffle, 55, died along with his wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5, and Emma, 14, when their plane crashed at Statesville Regional Airport. Three other people who died on board were identified as Dennis Dutton, his son Jack and Craig Wadsworth.
The plane was returning to Statesville Regional Airport about 10 minutes after takeoff for an “emergency landing.”
NASCAR driver Greg Biffle (16) watches during the NASCAR Sylvania 300 auto race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, Sunday, September 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was still investigating the cause of the accident.
