Denny Hamlin’s alarm blares loudly early on Monday mornings, waking him from a deep slumber after a long weekend of racing.
He drags himself out of bed as many drivers are probably still sleeping off Sunday’s race, but the NASCAR veteran has a long day ahead thanks to his two daughters. Hamlin wakes up eight-year-old Taylor and three-year-old Molly, then gets them ready for school. Hamlin co-parents the girls with their mother, Jordan Fish, but he has them to himself “a lot of the time,” he says. So you can add single dad to his responsibilities, which also includes driving for Joe Gibbs Racing and being a co-owner of 23XI Racing, another Cup Series team.