NASCAR star Denny Hamlin’s father, Dennis, dies at 75 after house fire

Dennis Hamlin, the father of NASCAR Cup Series superstar Denny Hamlin, died at the age of 75 from injuries suffered in a house fire on Sunday evening.  The house that Dennis and Mary Lou Hamlin resided in was located in the community of Stanley in Gaston County, North Carolina.  First responders arrived at 6:27 p.m. ET Sunday at the home, which was lost in the fire.  Mary Lou, Hamlin’s mother, is being treated at a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, roughly an hour-and-a-half away from Stanley.  Denny Hamlin’s parents had a major impact on his racing career, which has turned into one that will one day be forever enshrined in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Hamlin ranks 10th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list with 60 Cup Series victories.  After a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 12 that ensured him a spot in the Championship 4, Denny Hamlin said that it was his father who got him into racing and that his parents had to make sacrifices in order to keep his racing dream alive.  “(They) certainly got the liRead More