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Born Jessica Zemken, she attended her first dirt race when she was two weeks old, and grew up supporting her father's dirt career. She started in kart racing after her father repaired karts and constructed a backyard track, which was followed by racing competitively. Jessica competed in karts for six years and won two local track championships before moving to open-wheel cars. By the age of 14, she had won five track championships and over 100 feature races. She began competing full-time in the Sportsman class at Afton Speedway in 2001. Zemken also competed in the DIRT Sportsman division at Utica-Rome Speedway, winning the track championship in 2004. In 2010, Jessica 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. Zemken formerly dated team owner and NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart. 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. He is know as one of the better dirt track races; male or female; and has won many races. 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. However, she did not make the event after the qualifying heat races were canceled due to rain. 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. With the debut at Bristol aborted, Friesen instead signed up for the Truck Series' other dirt race, the Corn Belt Weekend at Knoxville Raceway, in July, which she finally qualified. She started 26th and ran well, working her way toward the Top 10 before being spun out; and lost a lap trying to get the truck refired. Although she ran strong, she eventually finished 25th. Since Bristol is again running a dirt race in 2022; it wouldn’t surprise anyone to see her return again and try to make her first Cup start. Jessica primarily competes in sprint car racing, and has raced in series like the All Star Circuit of Champions and World of Outlaws. Some info from Wikipedia