J.D. Stacy

Jim Stacy
Born	1929/1930 (age 86–87)
Nationality	United States
Occupation	NASCAR car owner
Known for	Being a NASCAR car owner during the vintage years of NASCAR

James Stacy, frequently referred to as Jim Stacy or J.D. Stacy, is an American entrepreneur and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner whose career spanned 1977 to 1983. His first race as an owner was the 1977 Firecracker 400 while his final race as an owner was at the 1983 Winston Western 500. As a team owner, Stacy employed veteran NASCAR drivers such as Neil Bonnett, Ferrel Harris, Sterling Marlin, Joe Ruttman, Tim Richmond, and Dale Earnhardt. Stacy's vehicles have participated in 126 races with four wins, 21 finishes in the top five, and 53 finishes in the top ten. His cars have also managed to lead 1097 laps out of 30,307 – for a grand total of 38,263.6 miles (61,579.3 km).

Stacy is a native of Kentucky. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade. He founded a construction company in 1951. Stacy made his fortune in the coal mining industry. Among Stacy's interests included business in the Netherlands with the Rijn-Schelde-Verolme shipbuilding company, manufacturing thin-seam coal mining machines. Stacy also produced Stacy-Pak multivitamins.

In May 1977, Stacy purchased the former K&K Insurance team from Nord Krauskopf. He was convinced to purchase the team by its crew chief Harry Hyde, a friend and former Stacy employee. Stacy inherited the team's driver Neil Bonnett, with the team changing numbers from 71 to 5. Bonnett would score the first two victories of his career that year. The second of those victories, at Ontario Motor Speedway, would be the last NASCAR victory for a Chrysler vehicle until Dodge reentered the sport in 2001. The team expanded to a second team in 1978, but went winless and was dissolved by the beginning of the 1979 season. Stacy would later be sued by Hyde and Ferrel Harris, one of the drivers of the second team car.

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