Sierra (Jackson) Giesler (born August 1992) is a
sprint car
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racer from
Middleton, Idaho
Middleton is a city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,524 at the 2010 census, up from 2,978 in 2000.[United States
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and in
Canada
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.
Giesler holds sprint car qualifying speed records at Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls, Idaho and on the old track configuration at Meridian Speedway in Meridian, Idaho.
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. She was also the inaugural Canadian-American Western Winged Sprintcars champion in 2012. In 2014 she finished second in the western portion of
Davey Hamilton
David Jay "Davey" Hamilton (born June 13, 1962 in Nampa, Idaho) is a race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and Stadium Super Trucks. He has made 56 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second three ...
's King of the Wing Series.
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 and the 2012 Daffodil Cup winner at
Western Speedway in Canada
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.
References
People from Middleton, Idaho
1992 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Idaho
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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