Helicopter Easter Bunny: Nascar Racer Greg Biffle Brings Easter Joy
By: Lauren Ramsey – Wise News Network
Black Mountain, NC (WNN)— NASCAR legend Greg Biffle returned to the skies over Black Mountain, North Carolina, on Saturday, April 19th. This time with a mission far different from the emergency flights he piloted just months earlier. On a clear spring afternoon, Biffle’s helicopter hovered above a crowd to deliver 1,000 brightly colored Easter eggs—airborne cheer for children still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
Using his own helicopter and documenting the event on his YouTube channel, Biffle, operating the helicopter and a friend dressed in an Easter Bunny Costume, released the eggs over an open field filled with waiting children and families. The moment was captured from both the ground and the air.
“This Easter Saturday, we took things to the next level—literally,” Biffle wrote in the video description. “We suited up as the Easter Bunny and took to the skies in a helicopter to drop thousands of Easter eggs on a field full of excited kids and families all supporting Valley Hope Foundation.”
From Crisis to Celebration
This Easter event happened more than six months after Hurricane Helene, which ravaged Western North Carolina in the fall of 2024. A Category 4 hurricane, it spawned devastating winds, flash flooding, and widespread slides, leaving numerous mountain towns without electricity, clean water, and communication.
The storm brought extensive damage to infrastructure, roads, and homes throughout the area. Immediately after the storm, Biffle flew over 40 relief flights in his helicopter. Emergency materials, including water, food, baby formula, and communication tools were delivered to isolated villages, facilitating the access of local authorities to people isolated in the mountains.
“I haven’t flown up here since the hurricane,” said Biffle during his Easter video. “It’s nice to come back and fly for a different reason.”
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Furthermore, this Easter egg drop was made possible through the assistance of the Valley Hope Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization helping to rebuild lives and restore hope to the hurricane’s hardest-hit areas. The foundation sponsored the event and unified families for the celebration.
The helicopter hovered overhead in the field before making its delivery, as children ran across the green to gather up the eggs. Onlookers watched and cheered from the sidelines, one of the first big community events following the storm.
A Legacy of Support
While most famous for his competitive career in NASCAR, Biffle has been actively involved in humanitarian causes following his retirement from full-time racing. His efforts in the western part of North Carolina after Hurricane Helene were locally and within the NASCAR community praised.
This Easter celebration was a low-key but significant follow-up to all of the previous ones, instead focusing on a different type of uplift—one of bringing joy, not provisions, to a still-recovering community.
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