Parker Retzlaff (born May 21, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to ...

, driving the No. 31

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for

Jordan Anderson Racing Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for Myatt Snider, the No. 32 part-time for owner Jordan And ...

. He also competes full-time in the

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, driving the No. 6

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for RFK Racing.

Racing career

Early career

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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

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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.

ARCA Menards Series East

Retzlaff would sign with Visconti Motorsports for two races in the

2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 33rd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the Genera ...

(now

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) an ...

, driving the No. 74. He would finish 10th at

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, for his first-ever top 10, and would finish 5th at

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, scoring his first-ever top 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. He would return to Cook-Finley Racing in 2021 but only ran for a partial schedule. He would finish 4th at the

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, making it his best career

finish.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

Retzlaff made his

2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-sixth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Star Nursery 100 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track on February 28, ...

debut, running the race's paired event with the

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

, at

. He finished in 5th.

ARCA Menards Series

Retzlaff made his

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nationa ...

debut in 2020 for Cook-Finley Racing, driving in paired events with the East series. His best finish of the season was 8th at

Toledo Speedway Toledo Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. It is owned jointly by Roy Mott and ARCA President Ron Drager. It is operated by ARCA and run as the sister track to Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, ...

. He returned in 2021, driving in the paired East series race at the

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. He would finish 11th.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

2022

On December 3, 2021, Retzlaff would sign with

RSS Racing RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The main spon ...

for a part-time effort in the

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, driving the No. 38. He hopes to have a full-time program in 2023. At the

2022 United Rentals 200 The 2022 United Rentals 200 was the fourth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix Raceway, a 1.0 mile (1.6 km) permane ...

, his first start, Retzlaff would qualify an impressive 6th. He quickly fell back after the first restart. A

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issue would end Retzlaff's race on lap 158, finishing 36th. He would score his best career finish at the

2022 ToyotaCare 250 The 2022 ToyotaCare 250 was the seventh stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the 35th iteration of the event, and the first race of the Dash 4 Cash. The race was held on Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Henrico County, Virginia at Rich ...

, after starting and finishing the race in 10th. On September 15, 2022, it was revealed that Retzlaff and

had mutually parted ways. On September 20, it was announced that Retzlaff would drive the No. 02 for

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at the Texas fall race.

2023

On January 4, 2023,

announced that Retzlaff will drive their No. 31 car full-time for the

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

On September 26, 2022, it was revealed that Retzlaff would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at

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, driving the No. 20 for

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Personal life

Retzlaff currently resides in his hometown of

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. He is a fan of

NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. ...

driver,

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson is the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series cham ...

, and enjoys playing basketball, and working on race cars, and playing on his

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sim during his freetime.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series West

ARCA Menards Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

Images

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Madison International Speedway The Madison International Speedway (MIS) is a half-mile paved oval racetrack in the Town of Rutland near Oregon, Wisconsin, United States. With 18-degree banked turns, the track is billed as "The Track of Champions" and "Wisconsin's Fastest H ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Retzlaff, Parker 2003 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Wisconsin People from Rhinelander, Wisconsin