Nascar driver Denny Hamlin’s father dies in North Carolina house fire

• Fire destroyed home near Stanley, North Carolina

• Hamlin's father Dennis died; mother critically injured

• Cause of blaze remains under investigation

The father of Nascar driver Denny Hamlin died and his mother was critically injured after a weekend fire heavily damaged the North Carolina home where they lived, officials said Monday.

Firefighters arrived Sunday night at a two-story home near Stanley that was mostly engulfed in fire, with flames showing through the attic, the Gaston county office of emergency management and fire services said in a news release.