Greg Biffle
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For the Biff: How Tri-City Raceway will honor the late Greg Biffle on Saturday night

www.arcaracing.com June 2, 2026

Before Greg Biffle was a NASCAR Cup Series winner, and before he became a champion in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he made a name for himself at Tri-City Raceway.

The facility in West Richland, Washington is where he won countless races and two track championships before he moved to the Southeast to pursue a career in NASCAR with Roush Racing. And he never let go of those roots.

Biffle after his NASCAR career returned to Tri-City Raceway, where he competed in ARCA Menards Series West races in 2024 and 2025 prior to his death in a plane crash in December. He wanted to give back to the track and community that gave him so much.

Now it’s Tri-City’s turn to give back to Biffle’s legacy with Saturday’s running of the NAPA AutoCare 150 Greg Biffle Memorial (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

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“To be able to get him back here after he’d already been through all of that success, it was so refreshing to have him back,” Tri-City Raceway promoter Greg Walden said. “He enjoyed coming back, apparently, because he came back again and was going to come back again it sounded like.

“We got to see him start as a raw rookie. He was very determined. And he made it. He was a talent. Then 30 years later he comes back to race. He was such a humanitarian, because we hadn’t been in touch with him for 30 years.”

Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle competed in the last two ARCA Menards Series West races at Tri-City Raceway. (Photo: Susan Wong/NASCAR)

Biffle was never shy about his love for Tri-City Raceway. His championship in 1995, coupled with a title that same season at nearby Portland Speedway, nearly won him the NASCAR Local Racing Series Powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts national championship.

“That race track is a special place to me,” Biffle said during a 2024 interview. “Winning that championship back in ’95 helped me get to where I am today.”

Biffle in that interview confirmed he at one point tried to buy the facility to save it from demolition. He failed, but thankfully, the track was spared from the wrecking ball.

His presence the last two years during the West Series events at Tri-City helped not just sell tickets, but also bring attention to a facility he cherished.

“I feel like it’s very powerful that he came back to Tri-City Raceway,” said Laci Tolar, project manager at Tri-City Raceway. “I remember when we didn’t even have grandstands. It was just asphalt. I reached out to his Facebook page, and I said, ‘Hey Greg. We’re working on opening one of your home tracks back up.’

“He responded right away. It was just a matter of time before he came back with the ARCA Menards Series West.”

Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle won two track championships at Tri-City Raceway in the 1990s before joining Roush Racing. (Photo: Susan Wong/NASCAR)

As part of Saturday’s event, several of Biffle’s family and friends are expected to be in attendance to honor the late 19-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner and the other passengers who lost their lives in the December plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina.

The track will honor Biffle during pre-race activities for Saturday’s event, and fans will have the chance to sign a memorial banner that will be given to Biffle’s family after the race.

“We’re all hurt. Everybody hurt when we found out he passed,” Tolar said. “To be able to honor his legacy and his family’s legacy is an honor. We’re so happy to do that with some of his family and all of his friends.”

Tickets to Saturday’s NAPA AutoCare 150 Greg Biffle Memorial at Tri-City Raceway are still available and can be purchased here.