Father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin killed, mother critically injured in fire at their home in NC

The father of NASCAR star Denny Hamlin has died, and his mother remains hospitalized in critical condition after a destructive house fire tore through their North Carolina home over the weekend. Local officials confirmed that Dennis Hamlin, 75, died from injuries sustained in the blaze, while his wife, Mary Lou Hamlin, 69, was critically injured and transferred to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center in Winston-Salem for treatment. The fire broke out Sunday evening at a two-story home in Stanley, about 20 miles northwest of Charlotte, in Gaston County. Emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 6 p.m. and