Greg Biffle in 2023. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Former NASCAR Cup Series star Greg Biffle was a major first responder to areas of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area on September 27. Biffle used his personal helicopter to airlift much needed supplies in a recovery effort that is ongoing.
Biffle was honored for those heroics by winning the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Myers Brothers Award Friday night at the annual NASCAR Cup Series Awards Championship Banquet at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Biffle won 19 NASCAR Cup Series races in a career that began in 2002. His full-time participation ended in 2016, but he returned to drive in five races in 2022 for a team owned by Johnathan Cohen.
Biffle delivered aid to the flooded, remote region that was cut off from the rest of humanity.
Greg Biffle in 2024. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
For the long hours Biffle spent delivering supplies to those who desperately needed help, the NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck series champion was this recipient of the prestigious award.
Presented annually since 1958, the award, named in honor of former NASCAR competitors Billy and Bobby Myers, recognizes individuals and/or groups who have provided outstanding contributions to the sport of stock car racing.
Each year, the NMPA Myers Brothers Award winner is selected by a vote of the NMPA membership.
Biffle’s unselfish efforts as part of Operation Helidrop spearheaded NASCAR’s mobilization to help those who desperately needed food, water, medicine, clothing and housing. One man signaled Biffle for help with a mirror. After multiple attempts, Biffle was able to land his helicopter and provide the supplies the man and his neighbors needed.
This is the first time Biffle has received the award. The other nominees were Wayne Auton, Erik Jones Foundation, Kyle Larson, Grant Lynch, Winston Kelley, Doug Rice and David Wilson.
Previous winners of the award are listed below.
Myers Brothers Award Winners:
2023 — Sherry Pollex
2022 — Justin Marks
2021 — Bob Jenkins
2020 — Jimmie Johnson
2019 — Darrell Waltrip
2018 — Jim France
2017 — Martin Truex Jr., Sherry Pollex
2016 — Betty Jane France
2015 — Darlington Raceway
2014 — Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2013 — Tony Stewart
2012 — Jeff Gordon
2011 — Drs. Joseph and Rose Mattioli
2010 — Jim Hunter
2009 — Barney Hall
2008 — T. Taylor Warren
2007 — Bill France Jr.
2006 — Benny Parsons
2005 — Rusty Wallace
2004 — Kyle and Patti Petty
2003 — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
2002 — Mike Helton
2001 — Dale Earnhardt
2000 — Kyle Petty
1999 — Junie Donlavey
1998 — T. Wayne Robertson
1997 — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
1996 — Rick Hendrick
1995 — TNN: The Nashville Network
1994 — Brickyard 400/Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1993 — Goody’s Manufacturing Co.
1992 — Richard and Lynda Petty
1991 — Harry Gant
1990 — Dick Beaty
1989 — Bill France Jr.
1988 — Richmond International Raceway
1987 – ESPN
1986 – Hayride 500
1985 — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
1984 — Charlotte Motor Speedway
1983 — CBS-TV
1982 – MRN
1981 — Junior Johnson
1980 — STP and Champion Spark Plug Co.
1979 — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
1978 — Busch Beer
1977 — First National City Travelers Checks
1976 — Junior Johnson
1975 — Bill France Sr.
1974 — H. Clay Earles
1973 — Wood Brothers
1972 — Winston Cigarettes
1971 — Richard Petty
1970 — Richard Howard
1969 — David Pearson
1968 — Wood Brothers
1967 — Richard Petty
1966 — Norris Friel
1965 — Ned Jarrett
1964 — Richard Petty
1963 — Marvin Panch
1962 — Hank Schoolfield
1961 — Ned Jarrett
1960 — Russ Catlin
1959 — Lee Petty
1958 — Bob Colvin.
