Jessica Friesen

Jessica L. "Jess" Friesen (née Zemken, born May 6, 1986) is an American professional dirt track racing driver. She primarily competes in sprint car racing, and has raced in series like the All Star Circuit of Champions and World of Outlaws. She has also competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 62 for her family team, Halmar Friesen Racing. She is married to fellow dirt racer and NASCAR driver Stewart Friesen.

Racing career Zemken attended her first dirt race when she was two weeks old, and grew up supporting her father's dirt career. Zemken competed in karts for six years and won two local track championships before moving open-wheel cars. By the age of 14, she had won five track championships and over 100 feature races. She also competed in the DIRT Sportsman division at Utica-Rome Speedway, winning the track championship in 2004.

In 2009, Zemken was honored as an Outstanding Woman in Racing by the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame.

In 2010, Zemken joined Tony Stewart Racing to compete in a "true outlaw" sprint car schedule that included starts in the World of Outlaws and All Star Circuit of Champions.

In March 2021, Halmar Friesen Racing announced Friesen would make her NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Serving as a teammate to her husband, the Friesens would have been the first spouses to compete in the same NASCAR race since Elton Sawyer and Patty Moise in the 1990s. After failing to qualify at Bristol, Friesen would enter Truck Series' other dirt race, the Corn Belt Weekend at Knoxville Raceway, in July, which she did qualify for. She ran the same two races in 2022. Her husband Stewart stated on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on December that she would return to drive for HFR in the Bristol dirt race in 2023 and that Layne Riggs, who also drove the No. 62 truck part-time in 2022, would drive that truck at least part-time in 2023 with the possibility of a full season if additional sponsorship is found. If Riggs had been able to run full-time, Jessica would likely have driven a part-time third truck for HFR in the Bristol dirt race. It would have been the team's first time fielding a third truck.

Personal life Her father Ray Zemken competed in DIRT Modifieds, In September 2014, she married fellow driver Stewart Friesen. Shortly after their marriage, the two raced together at Utica-Rome and finished first and second. The two have a son Parker and operate an apparel company One Zee Tee's.

Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2021 Halmar Friesen Racing 62 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 78th 11 2022 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 80th 3 2023 DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO N/A 0

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