Busch and Biffle named first co-winners of NASCAR's Comcast Community Champion award
Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle were named the first co-winners of the Comcast Community Champion of the Year, created in 2015 to recognise community work. The prize will be shared between the funds of both drivers' families; Busch died in May and Biffle in a plane crash last December.
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Kyle Busch e Greg Biffle são os vencedores conjuntos do Comcast Community Champion of the Year deste ano — a primeira vez na história do prêmio que a honraria é dividida.
Criado em 2015, o prêmio reconhece uma personalidade da NASCAR pelo trabalho de serviço comunitário voltado a tornar o mundo um lugar melhor. A dupla deste ano é homenageada pelo impacto duradouro fora das pistas e pelo legado de serviço.
Busch morreu de repente em maio, aos 41 anos, depois de uma pneumonia evoluir para sepse. Biffle foi uma das sete pessoas mortas em um acidente aéreo em dezembro do ano passado.
A Comcast vai distribuir US$ 120.000 no total: duas doações de US$ 60.000, uma para o Bundle of Joy Fund, criado por Kyle e sua mulher, Samantha, e outra para o Biffle Family Legacy Impact Fund, em homenagem a Greg e Cristina Biffle.
O Bundle of Joy nasceu da própria experiência dos Busch com infertilidade. O fundo já concedeu auxílios de fertilidade a quase 200 famílias, somando mais de US$ 2,5 milhões, ajudou a receber 114 bebês e ampliou a conscientização sobre a infertilidade.
O fundo de Biffle remonta ao furacão Helene, quando ele passou duas semanas seguidas pilotando o próprio helicóptero para chegar a moradores isolados pelas enchentes e apoiar o trabalho de resgate — um esforço que ganhou atenção nacional. O Biffle Family Legacy Impact Fund agora trabalha com a Foundation For The Carolinas para ajudar comunidades e causas necessitadas.
Busch conquistou dois títulos da NASCAR Cup Series e um recorde de 234 corridas nas três divisões nacionais do esporte, tornando-se o piloto com mais vitórias na história da O'Reilly e da Truck Series da NASCAR. Biffle ganhou títulos nas duas séries e 19 vitórias no nível da Cup.
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