Parker Retzlaff to race for Viking Motorsports in 2026
Parker Retzlaff will race full-time for Viking Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2026.
Retzlaff will race the No. 99 Chevrolet driven by Matt DiBenedetto for most of the 2025 season until the team parted ways with him late in the season. Connor Mosack filled out the final three races before Retzlaff’s signing.
Danny Efland will serve as crew chief for Retzlaff as he comes to Viking after a year with Alpha Prime Racing.
Parker Retzlaff through the years
Retzlaff burst on to the scene in 2022 when he qualified sixth for his series debut with RSS Racing at Phoenix Raceway despite having a handful of laps to reference at the track. Although a fuel pump took him out of a good finish, he returned at Richmond with a 10th-place start and finish.
He earned three more top-20 finishes before running some races with Our Motorsports and signing with JAR in 2023.
Retzlaff had a solid first season, finishing 16th in points with seven top-10 finishes, including a top-five. The pace improved in 2024, netting the first two poles of his career — at Richmond and Martinsville — and leading double-digit laps in each race but 12 DNFs put him 22nd in points for the year.
With Alpha Prime, Retzlaff had the best overall race of his career when he started and finished second at Rockingham Speedway on Easter weekend in 2025. He completed more laps than 2024 and his average finish improved slightly but he had fewer top-fives and top-10s, no poles and just one lap led.
Parker Retzlaff in 2026
Moving to Viking Motorsports for his fourth full-time season, the 22-year-old driver faces a pivotal season in 2026.
Viking Motorsports had an average finish of 23.1 with one top-five finish and seven DNFs in 30 races with veteran Matt DiBenedetto in 2025. Connor Mosack averaged a 25th-place finish in his three starts.
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