Jeff Burton, talking at a remembrance gathering in Charlotte to honor Greg Biffle and the victims of the December 18 airplane crash, revisited a narrative from the legendary driver’s early NASCAR years that highlighted each his devotion to racing and the unforgiving mindset of the period by which he got here up. It was a time when males had been outlined by toughness, and Biffle’s broken-arm episode served as an ideal instance of that actuality.
Burton recounted how Biffle raced with a damaged arm throughout his rookie Cup season, selecting silence over sympathy. Decided to not let the damage derail his profession, Biffle requested his public relations consultant, Patrick Rogers, to assist conceal the state of affairs. However then, what started as a private determination quickly become a coordinated effort, as his No. 16 Roush Racing staff finally joined in to maintain the damage out of sight and off the radar.
“Greg broke his arm by climbing within the motor house, which simply occurred to be out on the sand dunes the place there’s sand rails and thousand-horsepower vehicles and four-wheelers,” Burton defined. “However the story was, he broke it getting within the motor house. He had concocted a plan, and he wanted Patrick to play together with this.
“He’s not going to inform anyone about his damaged arm,” Burton added.
He additionally underlined the stakes concerned for a rookie making an attempt to outlive within the Cup Sequence. “As a result of while you’re a rookie, you may’t exit and have enjoyable and break your arm and present up on the racetrack. That’s a great way to lose your job. So Greg’s going to cover this from all the world,” he stated.
