🇺🇸 Parker Retzlaff

Parker Retzlaff is an established professional stock car driver racing full-time in NASCAR Xfinity for Viking Motorsports, where he has competed since 2022 across a career spanning six series. His primary focus is oval-track racing, with the bulk of his 131 Xfinity starts coming on ovals rather than road courses; he has also contested NASCAR's top three national series, the Cup, Truck and Xfinity championships, alongside multiple ARCA regional and national categories.[1]

Retzlaff has accumulated four podiums across 153 starts in indexed racing since 2020. In his most active series, NASCAR Xfinity, he has recorded those four podiums in 131 starts and spent five full seasons in the championship. His sole Cup Series start came in 2024, and his two Truck Series appearances are the extent of his competition at that level. Earlier ARCA competition across the East, national and West series between 2020 and 2023 amounted to 18 starts and no podiums; those runs, including nine starts for Ponsse under Bruce Cook, served as his entry into national stock car racing.[2]

In a field that regularly includes established professionals and former champions, Retzlaff runs mid-pack against his most frequent competitors. He trails Sam Mayer, the 2020 ARCA Menards East champion, consistently in direct meetings; against Brandon Jones, another established professional with over 400 national starts, he remains closely matched. Among the stronger drivers he has encountered, he finished ahead of elite professionals Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney once each, though both men have raced far more extensively at the national level. His 2026 season in Xfinity, still in progress with 24 rounds run, has yielded two podiums so far and currently sits him 14th in the championship standings.