Sierra Jackson
Sierra (Jackson) Giesler (born August 1992) is a sprint car racer from Middleton, Idaho.
Giesler began dirt track kart racing at the age of six, graduating to asphalt sprint car racing in 2006 and briefly racing late model stock cars in 2007. She has had wins at racetracks throughout the Northwestern United States and in Canada.[1][2][3]
Giesler holds sprint car qualifying speed records at Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls, Idaho[4] and on the old track configuration at Meridian Speedway in Meridian, Idaho.[5]
Giesler is the youngest driver and first female to win the Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association championship, doing so in 2011 at the age of 19, also becoming the first Ford driver to do so.[6] She was also the inaugural Canadian-American Western Winged Sprintcars champion in 2012.[7][8] In 2014 she finished second in the western portion of Davey Hamilton's King of the Wing Series.[9]
She is also the only female driver to win the prestigious NSRA/WWS Diamond Cup at Meridian Speedway, winning it in 2011 and again in 2014, as well as being a two-time winner of the Naylor Memorial Classic[10] and the 2012 Daffodil Cup winner at Western Speedway in Canada[11] On November 22, 2015, Jackson won the National King of the Wing race at Kern County Raceway for her first King of the Wing Series win. She finished second in the national King of the Wing standings and again finished second in the western region in 2015. [12]
References
[edit]- ^ "ASA Racing". ASA Racing. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Sprint Cars Championship Weekend - Circle Track Magazine". Circletrack.com. February 26, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Middleton's Jackson wins Daffodil Cup - Idaho Press-Tribune: Members". Idahopress.com. August 20, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Track Records". Magic Valley Speedway. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ "Meridian Speedway Weekly Racing Divisions". Meridian Speedway. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Sierra Jackson among ASA great women drivers this year". Idaho Racing News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Jackson, Murgoitio come from behind for sprintcar championships at Meridian". Idaho Racing News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "2012 ASA/NSRA Season is Here !". NSRA Racing. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "West Coast Points". 2014. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Records". January 27, 2012.
- ^ "Western Speedway — Sierra Jackson wins Night Two and the Daffodil Cup". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ "Points". Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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