Richard Childress Responds To AJ Allmendinger's Scathing ECR Attack

Richard Childress has repsonded to AJ Allmendinger's scathing attack of the ECR Engines in Kansas.

The 43-year-old retired from the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway after just seven laps. As his engine blew, he fumed:

"Hey ECR, you guys f***ing suck. I mean, what ... f*** you guys!"

Responding to the comments from the Kaulig Racing driver, Childress explained to NBC Sports NASCAR reporter Justin Long:

"The 12 [Ryan Blaney] blew up two times [this year]. The 48 [Alex Bowman] blew up [one time]. They never said anything. It's how you want to run your mouth.

"I just want to know what happened to the engine. When [Allmendinger] jumps out [of the car at Kansas], he don't even know if the belt come off the oil pump or what."

Vice president of alliance operations for ECR Engines, Danny Lawrence, explained the issue that Allmendinger encountered. He commented:

"It was a bearing issue. We at RCR and ECR have a quality control department. They're struggling to figure out exactly what happened. They've sent the bearings off to be analyzed, but the initial [cause] looks like lack of lubrication.

"That engine had ran at Darlington. We're not so sure that we didn't have some kind of foreign material, something, an oil line or something happened for [the] lack of lubrication."

He added: "We have filters on the oil going in, we have filters on the oil coming out. So it's baffling, but Richard is holding a strong arm [saying] 'I want answers to be able to show [Kaulig Racing President] Chris Rice and [team owner] Matt Kaulig. We're going to know exactly [what happened] and try to make sure this never happens again."

NASCAR Cup Series: Current Standings

1. Kyle Larson – 469
2. William Byron – 434
3. Christopher Bell – 384
4. Chase Elliott – 378
5. Ryan Blaney – 362
6. Tyler Reddick – 357
7. Denny Hamlin – 346
8. Alex Bowman – 325
9. Joey Logano – 318
10. Bubba Wallace – 310
11. Ross Chastain – 300
12. Chase Briscoe – 278
13. Austin Cindric – 273
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 258
15. Ryan Preece – 251
16. Josh Berry – 244
17. Kyle Busch – 244
18. John H. Nemechek – 234
19. Carson Hocevar – 230
20. Michael McDowell – 228
21. Austin Dillon – 227
22. Zane Smith – 227
23. Todd Gilliland – 227
24. Chris Buescher – 224
25. AJ Allmendinger – 218
26. Ty Gibbs – 217
27. Daniel Suárez – 209
28. Justin Haley – 206
29. Erik Jones – 196
30. Ty Dillon – 188
31. Noah Gragson – 181
32. Riley Herbst – 151
33. Brad Keselowski – 148
34. Cole Custer – 139
35. Shane Van Gisbergen – 138
36. Cody Ware – 68
37. Jimmie Johnson – 34
38. Corey LaJoie – 24
39. JJ Yeley – 9
40. Katherine Legge – 7
41. Casey Mears – 2
42. Burt Myers – 1
43. Chad Finchum – 1
44. Martin Truex Jr – 1