Richard Childress Responds To AJ Allmendinger's Scathing ECR Attack
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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:
RCR team owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Richard Childress (R) and Roger Penske owner of the Penske Motorsports talk on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway...
RCR team owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Richard Childress (R) and Roger Penske owner of the Penske Motorsports talk on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. More"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."
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