| Parker Retzlaff | |
| Birth Name: | Parker Edward Retzlaff |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Total Cup Races: | 2 |
| Years In Cup: | 1 |
| Prev Cup Year: | 2024 |
| First Cup Race: | 2024 Cook Out 400 (Richmond) |
| Last Cup Race: | 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona) |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 1 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
| Total Busch Races: | 74 |
| Years In Busch: | 3 |
| Prev Busch Pos: | 21th |
| Prev Busch Year: | 2024 |
| Best Busch Pos: | 16th (2023) |
| First Busch Race: | 2022 United Rentals 200 (Phoenix) |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Top Tens: | 12 |
| Busch Poles: | 2 |
| Total Truck Races: | 1 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| Prev Truck Pos: | 98th |
| Prev Truck Year: | 2022 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 98th (2022) |
| First Truck Race: | 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Talladega) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca Races: | 4 |
| Years In Arca: | 3 |
| Best Arca Pos: | 44th (2020) |
| First Arca Race: | 2020 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 (Toledo) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2023 General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 14 |
| Years In Arca East: | 3 |
| Best Arca East Pos: | 4th (2020) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway) |
| Last Arca East Race: | 2021 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 11 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 3 |
| Years In Arca West: | 2 |
| Best Arca West Pos: | 30th (2023) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2023 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 2 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | November 2, 2024 |
Parker Edward Retzlaff (born May 21, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He also drives part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for MBM Motorsports and the No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Beard Motorsports.
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]
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.
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]
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] Overall, Retzlaff scored no wins, one top five, and seven top tens with an average finish of 17.9 and finished 16th in the standings.
On November 2, 2023, it was announced that Retzlaff will return to JAR for the 2024 season.[12]
Retzlaff scored his and JAR's first career poles at Richmond and at Martinsville.
On November 14, 2024, Retzlaff announced that he would not return to JAR.[13]
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.[14]
On May 30, 2024, it was originally announced that Retzlaff would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Daytona International Speedway in August, driving the No. 62 Chevrolet for Beard Motorsports.[15] [16] However, on August 5, 2024, it was announced that Retzlaff would drive the No. 66 for MBM Motorsports during the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, as he was required to make a non-superspeedway start before Daytona.[17] [18] Retzlaff started 37th and finished 35th 6 laps down. At the 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Retzlaff scored an impressive seventh place finish after pushing Harrison Burton to the lead under an overtime finish.[19]
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.[20]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024 | NASCAR Cup Series | MBM Motorsports and Beard Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series | Jordan Anderson Racing | 33 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 468 | 21st |
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Cup 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2024 | MBM Motorsports | 66 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | BRI | COA | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | RCH 35 | MCH | 48th | 01 | [21] | ||||||||||||
| Beard Motorsports | 62 | Chevy | DAY 7 | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [23] | ||
| 2024 | DAY 3 | ATL 5 | LVS 35 | PHO 35 | COA 11 | RCH 16 | MAR 37 | TEX 22 | TAL 30 | DOV 10 | DAR 31 | CLT 14 | PIR 9 | SON 11 | IOW 32 | NHA 26 | NSH 17 | CSC 34 | POC 33 | IND 35 | MCH 20 | DAY 34 | DAR 36 | ATL 12 | GLN 14 | BRI 37 | KAN 21 | TAL 30 | ROV 12 | LVS 22 | HOM 23 | MAR 36 | PHO 34 | 21st | 468 | [24] | |||||
Season still in progress
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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 | 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 | [26] | |
| 2021 | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW 11 | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 92nd | 33 | [27] | ||||
| 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 | [28] | |
| 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 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2019 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM 10 | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW 5 | NHA | DOV | 24th | 73 | [29] |
| 2020 | Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Toyota | NSM 8 | TOL 7 | DOV 7 | TOL 8 | BRI 19 | FIF 10 | 4th | 305 | [30] | ||||||
| 2021 | NSM 9 | FIF 6 | NSV 7 | DOV 12 | SNM 4 | IOW | MLW 11 | BRI | 7th | 266 | [31] | |||||||
| 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 | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2019 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW 5 | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | N/A | – | [32] | |
| 2023 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR 5 | SON 25 | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 30th | 58 | [33] | |||