CHARLOTTE, N.C. — I read the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the Greg Biffle plane crash shortly after it was issued Friday. Twice, in fact. Then I separately interviewed two aviation safety experts with 20-plus years of experience who also had read the report multiple times, just to make sure I understood what ...Read more

Speedweeks officially kicks off with Feb. 10’s Hauler Parade at One Daytona, just north of the track along International Speedway Boulevard. The event welcomes NASCAR teams and drivers. Cup Series haulers line the streets surrounding shops, restaurants and hotels for a fan-friendly festival with free admission.

A stage is set for driver Q&As ...Read more

NASCAR driver Christopher Bell knows what it feels like to be close.

Close to a Daytona 500 win, sustaining a dominant season and competing for a Cup Series crown, Bell enters 2026 chasing consistency — the difference between strong seasons and title-winning ones.

Bell’s 2025 run delivered mixed results. He posted a career-high four wins, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple issues, including failure of some instruments and decreasing visibility conditions, occurred in the minutes leading up to the Statesville plane crash that killed seven people in December, including NASCAR star Greg Biffle and his family, a preliminary federal report released Friday said.

The National Transportation ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A long time ago, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a teenager and excited about driving his truck, he could have sworn he only looked down for a second.

It was Christmas morning. Dale Jr. was inside his Chevy S-10 pickup, which he dearly loved. And he now loved it even more, because his sister Kelley had just given him an adapter ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Even now, 29 days later, it is an almost unimaginable tragedy.

On Dec. 18, 2025, seven lives were lost in a plane crash in Statesville, 40 miles north of Charlotte. We still don’t know why.

We do know who, though, and hundreds of people came together Friday morning at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte to remember the seven ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you were a fan of NASCAR in the 2000s but fell off the bandwagon at some point, this sport has got a deal for you.

It’s a new playoff system, but it’s actually the original playoff system — “The Chase” that NASCAR ran from 2004-2013. They’re rebooting it like it’s a movie franchise.

Those playoff ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Witnesses of NASCAR star Greg Biffle’s deadly plane crash in Statesville were sure no one survived due to the level of destruction, 911 recordings show.

Multiple people called the Iredell County’s 911 Emergency Communications between 10:15 a.m. and 10:18 a.m., on Dec. 18, reporting different angles of the crash at ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The commissioner of NASCAR is stepping down.

The premier stock car racing sanctioning body announced Tuesday that Steve Phelps, who was named commissioner in March 2025, has “made the personal decision” to leave the company. Phelps will transition out of the company by the end of January.

Phelps, who joined NASCAR in ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For whatever reason, Craig Wadsworth loved Snapchat.

It’s where he documented his life: the pork chops and mac and cheese he cooked, the boat rides he took, the dune buggies he hauled from Charlotte to the West Coast. It was all there — in a string of six-second “movies” directed by and starring Wadsworth, who was ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A passenger aboard NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s plane texted a family member moments before the Cessna 550 jet crashed at Statesville Regional Airport Thursday, National Transportation Safety Board member Michael Graham said Saturday.

“Emergency landing,” read the text, Graham said at a news conference.

He declined to ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 10 minutes, a simple plane ride turned into a deadly crash that claimed the lives of seven people Thursday, including that of NASCAR star Greg Biffle and his family, according to federal aviation investigators.

On Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board officials held a news conference providing preliminary ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The tight-knit world of NASCAR and its fans was quick to react Thursday to word that former star driver Greg Biffle, his wife, two kids and one other person were killed in a plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport.

State and local leaders, and other N.C. officials, also were quick to express their sympathies, including ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, who died Thursday in a North Carolina plane crash along with his wife and two children, was also involved in a minor 2011 plane crash in Lexington.

Biffle and two pilots were not injured when, in March 2011, a landing-gear malfunction caused his plane to partially collapse while landing at ...Read more

MIAMI — NASCAR star Greg Biffle, his wife and two of his children were among the dead when a plane registered to him crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff in North Carolina, reports say. During the prime of his career, he broke records locally as a three-time consecutive champion at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Garrett Mitchell, also known as ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR was not deemed an unlawful monopoly, and the Cup Series teams got the permanent charters they were seeking.

So Thursday’s settlement was a win for all, right?

From 100 feet high, that’s true.

But take a look at the details — at all the financial disclosures that shed light on how NASCAR operated, at all the ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A few minutes after it was official — that the antitrust trial that pitted NASCAR against two of its premier series teams concluded with a sudden settlement on Thursday — a powerful image assembled.

An image that might endure in NASCAR lore forever.

On the top step was Michael Jordan, the sports icon who’s pretty much...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan took 18 steps from the front row of the courtroom to the witness stand in a Charlotte courtroom Friday. He raised his huge right hand, swore to tell the truth, and sat down, somewhat uncomfortably, in a witness stand chair not used to supporting someone who is 6-foot-6.

“Can this chair be moved up a little ...Read more