Parker Retzlaff

21-Year-Old Driver  
Alpha Prime Racing
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Retzlaff has turned some heads with his competitive racing in the Jordan Anderson No. 31 Chevrolet over the past two seasons. The young driver nabbed 11 combined Top 10's in those two campaigns and finished a career best 16th-place in the driver points in 2023. Now Retzlaff moves onto Alpha Prime Racing for 2025. He'll fill the seat of the team's No. 4 Chevrolet, which was a car piloted by multiple drivers last season and attained very little in the way of results. This will be a big opportunity for Retzlaff to shine and at the same time elevate this growing race team. Joe Williams comes in to handle the crew chief responsibilities and brings his five seasons and 163 starts of Xfinity Series experience to the table. This team will have its limitations but Retzlaff's abilities are the clearest and most important asset. Read Past Outlooks
Claims Martinsville Xfinity Pole
XFINITY Series
November 1, 2024
Retzlaff won the pole for the National Debt Relief 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 95.151 mph.
ANALYSIS
Retzlaff picked up the pace a good bit from the afternoon's earlier practice at the half-mile paperclip in Virginia. He would pilot the No. 31 Chevrolet into the final round of qualifying and beat out Anthony Alfredo to capture his second-career pole position. Retzlaff has been strong on the series' short tracks and should challenge for the win in Saturday's National Debt Relief 250.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
The 20-year-old made a pretty good splash in his rookie season of 2023. Retzlaff piloted this small team to seven Top-10 finishes and a respectable 16th-place finish in the final standings. He even snagged a Top 5 in the season opener at Daytona last February. Jordan Anderson Racing has brought him back in 2024 for season two. Nothing appears to be changing about the team situation and sponsorship, so we'll truly get to see if Retzlaff can grow and improve on his first full Xfinity Series campaign. He doesn't have the speed to lead laps and challenge for wins with this team, but Retzlaff can increase his Top 10 numbers and improve his average finish position, which was a reasonable 17.9 last season. The youngster has the ability and means to secure some better performance in the upcoming season.
Youngster Retzlaff will take over the No. 31 Chevrolet and replace Myatt Snider at Jordan Anderson Racing. Snider struggled to just four Top 10's in this car last season, so the option to move him out in favor of Retzlaff was made by the team. The 19-year-old talent made just nine starts last year between two different teams with one Top-10 and three Top-15 finishes to his credit. It was a good intro to this division of NASCAR and good setup to his first full-time action and rookie season. Retzlaff has been on a pretty steady climb up the NASCAR development ladder, despite not having stellar lower league stats and accomplishments. Still, being paired with this very capable race team makes the young talent an intriguing driver to watch in 2023.
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Cup Debut at Daytona
NASCAR Cup
May 31, 2024
Beard Mototsports announced that Retzlaff will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the team's No. 62 Chevrolet in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in August.
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Wins ToyotaCare 250 Pole
XFINITY Series
March 30, 2024
Retzlaff won the pole for the ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway Saturday morning. He turned a fast lap of 120.248 mph.
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Third in United Rentals 300
XFINITY Series
February 20, 2024
Retzlaff finished third the United Rentals 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway Monday evening.
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Going full-time racing in Xfinity
XFINITY Series
January 4, 2023
Jordan Anderson Racing announced on Wednesday that Retzlaff will pilot the No. 31 Chevrolet full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2023.
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