NASCAR mourns Denny Hamlin’s father
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LAS VEGAS (WBTV) - Star NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin dedicated a race win to his father, two months before his dad died due to injuries sustained in a North Carolina house fire. Hamlin earned his milestone 60th career win on Oct. 12 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and was visibly emotional after.
Hamlin was three laps from shedding the label as the greatest NASCAR driver to never win a championship when fellow title contender William Byron got a flat tire and hit the wall to bring out the caution. Hamlin led the field down pit road and got four new ...
Joe Gibbs said Denny Hamlin’s 2019 Daytona 500 victory was the most emotional win he and the entire JGR team experienced.
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