Classic cars used to be her thing, but these days Mary Lou Hamlin happily drives a Toyota Highlander.
Hamlin would not have made it this far without Mary Lou riding shotgun and sharing the many twists and turns with her son.
“If one domino doesn’t fall in the exact order that it did ... we don’t make it,” Hamlin said during a Friday videoconference with reporters.
One of those dominoes was Mary Lou’s decision to sell her cherished 1967 Camaro Rally Sports Convertible when Denny was 16 and pushing to rise the ranks in the sport.