A fire at a home owned by NASCAR driver/owner Denny Hamlin sent two individuals to the hospital on Sunday night.
The blaze in Stanley, N.C., was reported at 6:19 p.m. ET and two unidentified people were being treated for possible smoke inhalation, Lucia Riverbend Fire Department Chief David Toomey told reporters.
Neighbors confirmed to WSOC TV that Hamlin’s parents lived at the four-bedroom home located in Gaston County. The house is owned by Hamlin’s real estate company, Won One Real Estate.
The home was nearly halfway consumed by the time first responders arrived. The fire took about two hours to extinguish.
“Well, this house was about 40-45% involved when we got here. Of course, where we are located there are no hydrants, so all the water had to be trucked in and there were times we would run out of water and we had to wait for more water to get here,” Toomey told WSOC. “We had to call for more, additional tankers throughout the county.”
Toomey told The Athletic that firefighters were able to save racing memorabilia and “some really expensive cars” from the flames.
Hamlin, 45, co-owns 23XI Racing with basketball legend Michael Jordan. He finished second in the NASCAR Cup Series standings in 2025 after winning six races, bringing his career total to 60 wins at the sport’s top level.
Earlier this month, Hamlin’s team and Front Row Motorsports settled a multimillion-dollar antitrust lawsuit with NASCAR.
–Field Level Media
