Denny Hamlin had an unimaginable NASCAR offseason, and he enters the 2026 Cup Series season — starting with Sunday's Daytona 500 — with a heavy heart. After he lost the 2025 Cup championship late in the season finale and following his 23XI Racing team's legal settlement against NASCAR, a true tragedy hit him and his family. In December, his father, Dennis Hamlin, died at 75 years old in a house fire, which also seriously injured his mother. He recently explained to FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass how supportive NASCAR fans have been throughout the offseason. "2025 was a very trying year," Hamlin told...
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