RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAW) – From Dick Trickle to Derek Kraus, Parker Retzlaff is now amongst a short-list of Central Wisconsin racers who’ve paved their method onto NASCAR’s prime circuit. Racing with MBM Motorsports, the Rhinelander native simply completed thirty fifth in his Cup Collection debut at Richmond Raceway.
“It’s like 13 years now that I began racing,” says Retzlaff. “My dream was simply to be in NASCAR, now final weekend I did my first begin within the prime stage of American motorsports. So it’s positively a dream come true.”
His subsequent cease in Cup can be none apart from Daytona Worldwide Speedway. Retzlaff’s collected three top-ten finishes by way of three races there racing full-time in NASCAR’s Xfinity Collection. Solely now, he’ll should fend off one of the best of one of the best.
“Daytona is form of a race the place something can occur,” says Retzlaff. “So the whole lot has to go proper, and I’m guessing the cup race can be a little bit bit more durable simply to study and attempt to determine that out. Trigger they’re all, you recognize, it’s the highest drivers and so they know precisely what they should do.”
Whereas Retzlaff’s discovered success at tracks like Daytona, he’s discovered loads of dangerous luck elsewhere. The 21-year-old says it’s essential to navigate the 12 months with a stage head.
“You simply have to carry your self at kinda of, I might say a medium floor all 12 months,” says Retzlaff. “We spend 33 weeks a 12 months doing this, so you cannot have very a lot time to take a seat there and get down about stuff. You need to prepare for the subsequent week and attempt to repair all the problems you bought.”
As Retzlaff continues to climb the NASCAR ladder, he’ll all the time carry hometown satisfaction by way of every passing lap.
“It appears so small in comparison with all these massive locations that we go to from everywhere in the complete United States that it’s kinda loopy that I made it to this stage from Wisconsin,” says Retzlaff. “I now reside in North Carolina, however nonetheless attempt to make it residence and nonetheless attempt to assist Wisconsin and symbolize Wisconsin.”
Retzlaff can be on double-duty at Daytona, racing in each Xfinity and Cup Collection races. He’ll drive for Beard Oil Motorsports within the Cup race on Saturday, August twenty fourth at 6:30 p.m. The day prior, he’ll drive his full-time Xfinity journey with Jordan Anderson Racing at 6:30 p.m.
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