Denny Hamlin’s hood popped up during practice at Indy (Video)
The limited visibility out of the backs of the Sprint Cup cars has been a discussion point at Indianapolis with the nine-inch spoilers. Since the spoiler is taller, drivers can see less out of their rear-view mirrors.
During Friday’s second practice, Denny Hamlin not only had less visibility out the back window, he could hardly see out the front windshield of his car either.
Hamlin’s hood popped up and in front of his windshield thanks to an issue with the hood pins. The impact with his windshield busted the hood and a caution was necessary for NASCAR to pick up the debris from it.
Hamlin was able to make it back to the garage and his garage stall. His team was also able to fix the car so that he didn’t have to go to a backup.
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