Jordan Anderson Racing reveals its driver lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Which two drivers will drive for JAR in Xfinity?
[autotag]Jordan Anderson Racing[/autotag] has revealed its driver lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. On Friday morning, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that [autotag]Jeb Burton[/autotag] will return to the organization, while [autotag]Blaine Perkins[/autotag] joins him full-time as a teammate. Burton will pilot the No. 27 car while Perkins takes over for Parker Retzlaff in the No. 31 car.
Burton has been with Jordan Anderson Racing since 2023 and has one win at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 27 car had a rough 2024 season with only three top-10 finishes. Perkins drove full-time for RSS Racing and had a best finish of 13th place at Phoenix Raceway. It wasn’t a great season for the former RSS Racing driver.
Big news for 2025! @JebBurtonRacing will return to the #27 Chevrolet for a third straight year alongside the addition of @BlainePerkins21 to team driving the #31 Chevrolet as Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport prepares for another year of growth in the NASCAR… pic.twitter.com/rkMCl1JzGm
— Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport (@JARnascar) December 6, 2024
Now, Burton and Perkins will look to carry momentum into the 2025 NASCAR season after the organization improved its performances throughout the year. It will be a learning curve for Perkins, who doesn’t have much success in the Xfinity Series, but a third year for Burton will allow him to continue growing with Jordan Anderson Racing as they seek their second victory.
Parker Retzlaff announced he won’t return to Jordan Anderson Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the 2025 season.
[autotag]Parker Retzlaff[/autotag]’s tenure at [autotag]Jordan Anderson Racing[/autotag] has come to an end. On Thursday afternoon, Retzlaff announced he won’t return to the No. 31 car for Jordan Anderson Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series during the 2025 season. The 21-year-old driver has spent two years with the organization, with 2023 being the better of the two seasons.
Retzlaff struggled in 2024, with only two top-5 finishes, four top-10 finishes, a 23.5 average finishing position, and a 21st-place finish in the point standings. In 2023, Retzlaff had one top-5 finish, seven top-10 finishes, a 17.9 average finishing position, and a 16th-place finish in the point standings. However, the driver of the No. 31 car did earn two poles and led 50 laps in 2024.
Retzlaff also made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 2024 and finished in seventh place at Daytona International Speedway with Beard Motorsports in August. The former Jordan Anderson Racing driver had an up-and-down year full of incidents, not all of his doing, but he should receive plenty of attention from race teams due to his raw talent.
Jordan Anderson Racing had a solid year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Here, you can check out the NASCAR team’s 2023 season in review!
[autotag]Jordan Anderson Racing[/autotag] brought on two full-time drivers for the first time in their NASCAR Xfinity Series tenure, which worked out really well. Jeb Burton won at Talladega Superspeedway and clinched a spot in the 2023 playoffs. While Burton didn’t last long, it still represented Jordan Anderson Racing’s first Xfinity Series victory.
As for Parker Retzlaff, his rookie season in the Xfinity Series went well. Retzlaff finished the year with one top-5 finish and seven top-10 finishes. In fact, the driver of the No. 31 car now has the most top-10 finishes of any full-time Xfinity Series driver for Jordan Anderson Racing. It didn’t result in a playoff berth, but it was still a good season for him.
In 2024, Burton and Retzlaff will return for a second straight season. The driver of the No. 27 car will look to win in back-to-back seasons while Retzlaff looks for his first career victory. It is important for Jordan Andreson Racing to have consistency, and another year with the two drivers should produce even better results.
Jordan Anderson Racing announced on Thursday morning that Jeb Burton and Parker Retzlaff will return in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024.
[autotag]Jordan Anderson Racing[/autotag] announced on Thursday afternoon that [autotag]Jeb Burton[/autotag] and [autotag]Parker Retzlaff[/autotag] will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the 2024 season. Burton and Retlzaff are currently in their first full-time seasons with Jordan Anderson Racing while the latter replaced Myatt Snider in the No. 31 car. Burton was put in the No. 27 car, which represented a new entry.
Burton won the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway earlier in the season and secured Jordan Anderson Racing’s first victory and playoff appearance as an organization. This is the right decision by the organization as the driver of the No. 27 car fits the team well. Now, Burton will get a second year with Jordan Anderson Racing.
Big news, race fans! 🏁 Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is thrilled to announce the return of both our drivers for the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series! Parker Retzlaff is back to steer the #31 FunkAway Chevrolet, and Jeb Burton will be at the helm of the #27 State Water… pic.twitter.com/0DCH1v3BfA
— Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport (@JARnascar) November 2, 2023
Retzlaff has similar statistics to Burton, minus the victory, as he has one top-5 finish and seven top-10 finishes in 2023. Retzlaff has run well in the No. 31 car and certainly deserved another season behind the wheel. The 20-year-old driver will look to finish out the season strong at Phoenix Raceway before embarking on another campaign with Jordan Anderson Racing in the Xfinity Series.
It was the kind of hard-nosed, impatient – and thrilling – competition that NASCAR fans have come to expect in the final laps of racing at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. In the end, Jeb Burton took the checkered flag on a double overtime restart to …
It was the kind of hard-nosed, impatient – and thrilling — competition that NASCAR fans have come to expect in the final laps of racing at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. In the end, Jeb Burton took the checkered flag on a double overtime restart to claim the victory in Saturday’s Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.
The victory was the Virginia-native Burton’s second in this Spring event on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks – both his career wins have come there – and he earned it being fast, patient and at times, truly fortunate. His No. 27 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet led 20 of the race’s 121 laps on the afternoon, won the second stage and, most importantly, was able to hold off Sheldon Creed by a mere 0.113s to earn the team its first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series win.
Burton, 30, the son of 2002 Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, was hoarse after the race; having used his voice instead to scream congratulations to his team on the radio on the cool-down lap. It was a big afternoon-turned-evening for all involved.
“Man, I’m pumped up and out of breath from yelling,’’ Burton said grinning. “These guys have made racing fun for me again.’’
The fans were on their feet in the grandstands as the field filed up for the final restart; both Burton and Creed racing for their first wins of the season and most of the remaining top-10 drivers racing for the first win of their careers.
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“I let the No. 27 (Burton) get way out there and had the No. 00 (Cole Custer) on me getting ready for a big run,’’ said Creed, who was in front of Burton when the last caution came out, but the field is set according to the last scoring line and that went in Burton’s favor allowing him first choice on lane selection for that final restart.
“Nonetheless a great day,’’ he added. “Plate racing is not my best and I’ve been trying to get better at it. Happy to get Whelen Manufacturing a good finish. We’ve been up and down this year so just to have a solid day like that is really good for us.’’
Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman finished third with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer and JD Motorsports’ Brennan Poole rounding out the top five.
Caesar Baccarella was sixth in the Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet – his best career finish in part-time starts since 2017. Parker Retzlaff was seventh, followed by Gray Gaulding, Joey Gase and Josh Williams who all earned their first top-10 finishes of the season.
The major Big One of the day saw Daniel Hemric on his roof. Nigel Kinrade/Motorsport Images
The dramatic race ending was indicative of the afternoon – restarts and close-quarter racing. Two red flags slowed the event – a result of multi-car incidents that have become characteristic of this style of competition.
Twelve cars were involved in an accident with three laps remaining – including then-leader Daniel Hemric who ended up upside down against the wall. A red flag was thrown while the safety crew got Hemric out of the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevy and Hemric waved to the crowd, walking to the ambulance on his own.
“Just got too far out it looks like,’’ Hemric said watching his accident on video replay afterward. “For sure late on the block there. I committed – there had been so much give and take on the day.’’
Driver Blaine Perkins was transported to a local medical facility in an abundance of caution after being involved in the first accident to bring out a red flag. He and Dexter Stacey’s cars collided just before the second stage break and Perkins car flipped over multiple times. Both drivers climbed out of their cars on their own.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Custer won the Talladega Dash 4 Cash $100,000 check with a fourth-place finish – the only one of the four eligible for the bonus to finish the race. With that effort, he, race winner Burton, Creed and Kligerman are eligible for the bonus in next weekend’s final of the four Dash 4 Cash events at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.
“It’s nice to have a little bit of luck. I’ve been on the wrong side of that many times at these superspeedway races,’’ said Custer, driver of the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, adding “This is the happiest I’ve ever been running fourth.’’
Austin Hill, who leads the series with three wins, reclaimed the NASCAR Xfinity Series points lead by four-points over John Hunter Nemechek, who finished 32nd. Brett Moffitt’s 20 laps out front was most among the 12 leaders.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to competition next week in the A-Game 200 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway on Saturday (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
