Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 23 Sigma Performance Services Chevrolet, poses for a selfie with fans during the autograph session for the NAPA Auto Care 150 for the ARCA Menards Series West at Tri-City Raceway in West Richland, WA on August 9, 2025. – ARCA Racing Photo
Tri-City Raceway to Honor Fallen Home Track Hero in ARCA Menards West NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 on June 6
TEMPERANCE, Mich. – (May 29, 2026) – Tri-City Raceway, in West
Richland, Washington, will honor one of its own next Saturday in the
ARCA Menards West NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150.
Biffle was a two-time Tri-City Raceway champion before moving into
NASCAR national series competition where he would eventually become the
2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, the 2002 NASCAR O’Reilly
Auto Parts Series champion, and a 19-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner.
Retired from full-time competition, Biffle returned to his roots in 2024
and 2025, racing in the ARCA Menards West race at his home track. He
finished third in 2024 and fourth in 2025, thrilling the thousands of
fans who came out to see Biffle take on the tricky half-mile tri-oval.
Biffle, along with his wife Cristina, their children Emma and Rider,
pilot Dennis Dutton and his son Jack, and Craig Wadsworth all perished
in a plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina last December.
“Greg came into the ARCA booth at the Performance Racing Industry
trade show in December of 2023 just to say hello and asked how the
schedules were coming together for 2024,” said ARCA communications
manager and ARCA Menards West play-by-play caller Charles Krall. “I
told him the West series was going back to Tri-City for the first time
in many years and his eyebrows raised up immediately. He said he really
wanted to run that race.
“Sometimes you don’t know if someone is serious or just being
polite, and with someone who won 19 times in the Cup Series you could
understand if he was just being polite. But he called me at the office a
week later to start trying to find teams to talk to. He landed with Joe
Farre’s Sigma Performance Services team and they were strong both
times they raced together at Tri-City.”
Biffle, known off the track for his humanitarian efforts, was never one
to take the support of his fans for granted.
“We had an on-track autograph session scheduled right before the race
in 2024, and Greg’s line was so long there was no way he would get to
everyone in the time we had allocated,” said Tri-City Raceway
marketing director Laci Tolar. “Greg called us over and said he would
stay after the race to make sure everyone who was waiting in line would
have a chance to see him, get an autograph, or get a picture with him.
“He went on to do really great things in NASCAR, but he never forgot
where he came from. His fans were his people and we really enjoyed every
moment we had with him over the last couple of years. It still doesn’t
seem real that he won’t be here racing and visiting with his fans.”
The track will honor Biffle during pre-race activities leading into the
night’s 150-lap main event; fans will be encouraged to sign a memorial
banner that will be gifted to the Biffle family, many of whom will be in
attendance.
The NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 at Tri-City Raceway is
scheduled for Saturday, June 6. ARCA Menards West practice is scheduled
for 2:45 pm PT, followed by Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Qualifying at 4:45
pm ET. A 50-minute on-track autograph session is scheduled at 6:35 with
the NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 to follow at 8:00 pm PT.
The race will be streamed live on FloRacing and live timing & scoring
data will be available on ARCARacing.com. For up-to-the-minute updates,
follow @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly Twitter).
Tickets for the ARCA Menards Series West NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle
Memorial 150 are available at tricityraceway.com.
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