The North Carolina airport where Greg Biffle and his family died on Thursday, December 18, is an unofficial hub for current and former NASCAR drivers, and it has an eerie connection to a near-tragedy six years ago.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family flew out of Statesville Regional Airport, headed for Elizabethton, Tennessee in August 2019. The plane experienced a bounced landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport, approaching the runway at too great a speed. The accident caused the plane’s main landing gear to collapse and the plane caught fire.
Earnhardt, 51, and his family, who was also on bo...
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