Parker Retzlaff (born May 21, 2003) /raɪtzˈlɒf/ is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro for Jordan Anderson Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet SS for Young's Motorsports.
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_(cropped).jpg) Retzlaff at Daytona International Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | May 21, 2003 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 48 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 31 (Jordan Anderson Racing) | ||||||
| 2023 position | 16th | ||||||
| Best finish | 16th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 United Rentals 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Ag-Pro 300 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2022 position | 98th | ||||||
| Best finish | 98th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 44th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 (Toledo) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 4th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 02 (Young's Motorsports) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 11, 2023. | |||||||
Racing career edit
Early career edit
In 2012, at nine years old, Retzlaff competed in the Wisconsin Junior Sprints, where he won the mid-season championship. He competed in the Wisconsin Bandolero Series in 2013, finishing 3rd in points, and winning the championship a year later. He would rank 2nd in state points from 2015 to 2016.
He ran full-time in the ARCA Midwest Tour in 2017, where he ranked 14th in points and ranking 2nd in the Midwest Truck Series asphalt trucks. And for 2018, he finished sixth in the overall standings of the Midwest Truck Series.[1][2]
ARCA edit
Retzlaff would sign with Visconti Motorsports for two races in the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (now ARCA Menards Series East), driving the No. 74. He would finish 10th at Memphis International Raceway, for his first-ever top 10, and would finish 5th at Gateway Motorsports Park, scoring his first-ever top 5.[3][4] Retzlaff made his 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West debut, running the race's paired event with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, at Gateway Motorsports Park. He finished in 5th.[5]
In 2020, Retzlaff would sign with Cook-Finley Racing full-time, driving in the No. 42. He earned 5 top 10s, and one top 20, finishing 4th in the standings.[6]
He would return to Cook-Finley Racing in 2021 but only ran for a partial schedule. He would finish 4th at the Southern National Motorsports Park, making it his best career ARCA Menards Series East finish. Retzlaff made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2020 for CFR, driving in paired events with the East series. His best finish of the season was 8th at Toledo Speedway. He returned in 2021, driving in the paired East series race at the Milwaukee Mile. He would finish 11th.
In 2023, Retzlaff returned to ARCA competition and drove for Young's Motorsports in the road course races at Portland and Sonoma.
NASCAR Xfinity Series edit
2022 edit
On December 3, 2021, Retzlaff would sign with RSS Racing for a part-time effort in the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 38. He hopes to have a full-time program in 2023.[7] At the 2022 United Rentals 200, his first start, Retzlaff would qualify an impressive 6th. He quickly fell back after the first restart. A fuel pump issue would end Retzlaff's race on lap 158, finishing 36th. He would score his best career finish at the 2022 ToyotaCare 250, after starting and finishing the race in 10th.[8] On September 15, 2022, it was revealed that Retzlaff and RSS Racing had mutually parted ways. On September 20, it was announced that Retzlaff would drive the No. 02 for Our Motorsports at the Texas fall race.[9]
2023 edit
On January 4, 2023, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that Retzlaff will drive their No. 31 car full-time for the 2023 season.[10] In the season-opener race at Daytona, Retzlaff earned a career-best 4th place finish.[11]
2024 edit
On November 2, 2023, it was announced that Retzlaff will return to JAR for the 2024 season.[12]
On March 30, 2024, Retzlaff scored his and JAR's first career pole for the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond with a lap time of 22.42 seconds and a speed of 120.428 mph.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series edit
On September 26, 2022, it was revealed that Retzlaff would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 20 for Young's Motorsports.[13]
Personal life edit
Retzlaff currently resides in his hometown of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He is a fan of NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson, and enjoys playing basketball, working on race cars, and occasionally races on his iRacing sim during his free time.[14]
Motorsports career results edit
Stock car career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Position |
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| 2019 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series West | Visconti Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 24th | ||
| 2020 | ARCA Menards Series | Cook-Finley Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 44th |
| ARCA Menards Series East | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 305 | 4th | ||
| 2021 | ARCA Menards Series | Cook-Finley Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 92nd |
| ARCA Menards Series East | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 266 | 7th | ||
| 2022 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | RSS Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 33rd |
| Our Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NASCAR Truck Series | Young's Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2023 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Jordan Anderson Racing | 33 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 662 | 16th |
† As Retzlaff was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
NASCAR edit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series edit
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2022 | RSS Racing | 38 | Ford | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO 36 |
ATL | COA | RCH 10 |
MAR 12 |
TAL | DOV 17 |
DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | 33rd | 172 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | NSH 12 |
ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IRC | MCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | TEX 21 |
TAL | ROV | LVS 21 |
HOM 16 |
MAR | PHO 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Jordan Anderson Racing | 31 | Chevy | DAY 4 |
CAL 20 |
LVS 37 |
PHO 18 |
ATL 27 |
COA 17 |
RCH 16 |
MAR 11 |
TAL 7 |
DOV 17 |
DAR 24 |
CLT 6 |
PIR 17 |
SON 38 |
NSH 10 |
CSC 28 |
ATL 16 |
NHA 31 |
POC 35 |
ROA 14 |
MCH 9 |
IRC 17 |
GLN 26 |
DAY 7 |
DAR 13 |
KAN 11 |
BRI 15 |
TEX 30 |
ROV 22 |
LVS 14 |
HOM 12 |
MAR 7 |
PHO 13 |
16th | 662 | [16] | ||
| 2024 | DAY 3 |
ATL 5 |
LVS 35 |
PHO 35 |
COA 11 |
RCH 16 |
MAR 37 |
TEX 22 |
TAL 30 |
DOV |
DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [17] | |||||
Camping World Truck Series edit
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL 16 |
HOM | PHO | 98th | 01 | [18] | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series edit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | I44 | TOL 8 |
BRI 19 |
WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 44th | 61 | [19] |
| 2021 | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW 11 |
DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 92nd | 33 | [20] | |||
| 2023 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN 18 |
ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 104th | 26 | [21] |
ARCA Menards Series East edit
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM 10 |
NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW 5 |
NHA | DOV | 24th | 73 | [22] |
| 2020 | Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Toyota | NSM 8 |
TOL 7 |
DOV 7 |
TOL 8 |
BRI 19 |
FIF 10 |
4th | 305 | [23] | ||||||
| 2021 | NSM 9 |
FIF 6 |
NSV 7 |
DOV 12 |
SNM 4 |
IOW | MLW 11 |
BRI | 7th | 266 | [24] | |||||||
ARCA Menards Series West edit
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW 5 |
MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | N/A | – | [25] |
| 2023 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR 5 |
SON 25 |
IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 30th | 58 | [26] | ||
Images edit
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2018 Midwest Truck at Madison International Speedway
References edit
- ^ "About - Parker Retzlaff". Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ Persike, Eileen (January 26, 2021). "Racing toward his goal". starjournalnow.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Visconti Motorsports welcomes new driver for K&N East debut at Memphis". May 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff chases first ARCA East top-five at Five Flags". Speedway Digest. February 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Visconti Motorsports welcomes new driver for K&N East debut at Memphis". May 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Opportunity Knocks For Parker Retzlaff". ARCA. January 30, 2021. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ Estrada, Chris (December 3, 2021). "Xfinity: Parker Retzlaff joins RSS Racing for part-time 2022 run". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ Manderfeld, Noah (April 2, 2022). "Rhinelander native Parker Retzlaff finishes 10th in 2nd career Xfinity Series start". WSAW TV.
- ^ Dano, Tom (2022-09-20). "Parker Retzlaff to Drive for Our Motorsports at Texas with Partner FunkAway". Our Motorsports Group. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ Christie, Toby (January 4, 2023). "Jordan Anderson Racing Expands to Two Full-Time Entries With Jeb Burton and Parker Retzlaff". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Helwig, Ben (February 18, 2023). "Rhinelander native Retzlaff places fourth at Daytona in Xfinity Series". WSAW.com. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ^ Christie, Toby (November 2, 2023). "Parker Retzlaff and Jeb Burton Return to Jordan Anderson Racing in 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ Konenski, Austin (September 26, 2022). "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
Parker Retzlaff will drive the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports in this weekend's NASCAR Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. It would be Retzlaff's Truck Series debut and first superspeedway event.
- ^ "About - Parker Retzlaff". December 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff - 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff - 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2021 ARCA Menards East Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Parker Retzlaff – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
External links edit
- Official website
- Parker Retzlaff driver statistics at Racing-Reference