Curb Records and Motorsports manager reflects on Biffle’s legacy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Every day, Gene Overcash walks around NASCAR history. 

“Oh, man, this is the best job in the world,” said Overcash, Curb Records and Motorsports manager.  

He describes it as an honor to see and touch cars with significant and unique history.

“We’ve got just like a Todd Gilliland’s car that won the championship in 2016. We got Dale Earnhardt’s first championship car. We got the Richard Pettis 199 win car,” Overcash said. 

Another special car is Greg Biffle’s Red Man-sponsored ride.

“They brought this car, and I cannot remember the day they brought it in here, but the way I understood it was that they took the backup products off of race cars. And this was one of the last cars on the track with tobacco products,” he said. 

Biffle and six others were killed in a plane crash Thursday morning.

Overcash and Biffle were also neighbors on Lake Norman. He spent three years working in the sport and says Biffle was one of the nicest people to him. Losing him is a blow for racing.

“It’s just not the sport. It’s all the contributions that he did,” Overcash said. 

Biffle was known for using his own helicopter to get supplies to western North Carolina residents after Hurricane Helene. He flew in supplies like water, food, and even medication for storm victims.

“He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet,” he said.