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this Father of Nazca driver Denny Hamlin have deadwhile his mother is still critically after serious injury house fire damaged their North Carolina Officials confirmed Monday that he returned home last weekend.
Stanley’s emergency services responded to the two-storey home on Sunday evening and found it mostly engulfed in flames, with the flames visible from the attic. Gaston County Emergency Management and Fire Department released a statement detailing the incident.
Dennis Hamlin, 75, and Mary Lou Hamlin, 69, were found outside the residence with serious injuries, officials said.
Dennis later died in hospital from his injuries. Mary Lou was taken to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center in Winston-Salem on Monday, where she was treated.
The fire caused the building to collapse. The cause is under investigation.
Stanley is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Charlotte.
The home is owned by a company called Won One Real Estate, with Denny Hamlin as its manager, according to local property tax records and business documents filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office.
Hamlin’s representatives had not responded to a request for comment as of Monday evening.
Hamlin is a key driver on NASCAR’s premier circuit, winning 60 NASCAR Cup Series races, including three Daytona 500 wins.
Hamlin, 45, drives for Joe Gibbs Racing but has yet to win a Cup points championship. He just missed out on the title in the final race of the season in Arizona last month.
A few weeks ago, Hamlin said his father, Dennis, who was battling a serious illness and nearly bankrupted trying to get his son into NASCAR, didn’t have much time left to live.
“I know for a fact this is my dad’s last chance to see this. I don’t want him to go away and never see this moment,” Hamlin told The Associated Press.
Hamlin also mentioned his father in emotional testimony this month as the federal antitrust trial against NASCAR begins, brought in part by 23XI Racing, a company owned by Hamlin and Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. NASCAR, 23XI Racing and another racing team reached a settlement during the trial before jury deliberations.