Investigators have ruled as accidental the North Carolina house fire in December that killed NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin's father and injured his mother, but the exact cause remains unclear.
In an attempt to fix the Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin has a plan for improving racing at Daytona International Speedway, which involves the vehicles moving faster, and he has already spoken to NASCAR executives about it, too.
A 20-car crash just past the midway point of the Daytona 500 on Sunday involved leader Justin Allgaier, three-time race winner Denny Hamlin and several other contenders.
Denny Hamlin says he plans to compete in the 2026 NASCAR season despite aggravating an existing shoulder injury in a fall while he was searching the damage from a house fire that killed his father.
Denny Hamlin's father died and his mother was critically injured after a weekend fire heavily damaged the North Carolina home where they lived.
The landmark federal antitrust trial against NASCAR opened Monday with an emotional Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan looking on from the gallery.