NASCAR said it would make up a penalty for Denny Hamlin at Iowa

Brake issues plagued Denny Hamlin during NASCAR Cup Series practice Saturday at Iowa Speedway, and naturally, the veteran driver wanted to change them. 

While the No. 11 team changed the brake rotors and drained the brake lines in Hamlin’s Toyota, they couldn’t switch out rotors. Hamlin was already going to the rear of the field for Sunday’s race due to the aforementioned changes. 

Hamlin pled his case to NASCAR as to why his team should’ve been allowed to make further changes, but the sanctioning body was having none of it. 

NASCAR would’ve made up a new penalty for Denny Hamlin

“Listen, I did my best in that hauler,” Hamlin said on Monday’s episode of “Actions Detrimental.” “I just laid out my case and said, ‘What if I just tell the team, nope, I will not go out on the racetrack with those brake pads. Absolutely not. I’m too old to be hitting this wall head on.'”