In a war of words playing out across podcasts, NASCAR has hit back at Denny Hamlin and his claims about the proposal to let teams run cars outside the scope of the rule book at the All-Star Race. With the hope of it yielding new ways to improve the short track package, the sanctioning body was going to let teams build cars out of Next Gen parts that would essentially be illegal at any other race during the year. However, teams quickly shot the proposal down.
Denny Hamlin, who co-owns 23XI Racing, pointed at the added cost as the primary reason for being against it. Hamlin claimed it could cost up to $2 million dollars and with the winner of the annual exhibition race earning $1 million, it didn't make sense financially.
