Daytona 500 winner reflects on NASCAR's tight-knit family amid recent tragedies in sport

Daytona 500 winner reflects on NASCAR’s tight-knit family amid recent tragedies in sport

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NASCAR world suffered two tragedies just before the turn of the calendar with the shocking deaths of Greg Biffle and Dennis Hamlin, the father of current driver Denny Hamlin. Biffle, along with his wife and two children, was among seven people killed when his plane crashed near a North Carolina airport runway in early December. Less than two weeks later, the elder Hamlin died in a house fire in the…

Daytona 500 winner reflects on NASCAR's tight-knit family amid recent tragedies in sport

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. said the NASCAR community feels like a close family as drivers and fans mourned the tragic deaths of Greg Biffle and Dennis Hamlin before the 2026 season.