Nelson Stacy
Nationality	American
Born	(1921-12-28)December 28, 1921 Flemingsburg, Kentucky, United States
Died	May 14, 1986(1986-05-14) (aged 64) Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Retired	1965
ARCA Series
Years active	1956-1960, 1964
Teams	Willie Holt
Starts	111
Wins	37
Best finish	1st in 1958, 1959, 1960
Previous series
1952, '61-'65	NASCAR Grand National Series
Championship titles
1958 1959 1960	ARCA Series Champion ARCA Series Champion ARCA Series Champion

Nelson Stacy (December 28, 1921 – May 14, 1986) was an American race car driver from Maysville, Kentucky. He won the 1958, 1959, and 1960 MARC Series (now ARCA Remax Series) championships. He also won three NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) races in 1961 and 1962, including the 1961 Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway and the 1962 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Stacy was originally from Kentucky. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a Tank Driver in the U.S. Third Army under the command of General George S. Patton.

In 1952, Stacy made his first NASCAR Grand National Series start at Dayton Speedway. After a 12th-place finish out of 30 cars, Stacy decided it would be best to drive in the MARC Series (later the ARCA Remax Series). Stacy lost the 1957 title to Iggy Katona by 4.5 points, one of the slimmest margins in series history. Stacy's move enabled him to win the series championship in 1958, 1959 and 1960. Stacy had wins in 1957, 1959 and 1960 at Canfield Speedway. In 1959, he started out the season in April by winning two of three races (Dayton and Canfield).

After a decade in the MARC series, Stacy decided to give Grand National racing another try. In 1961 Stacy entered back into NASCAR competition at age 40 competing in 15 of the 52 scheduled races. Stacy won the 1961 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway beating Fireball Roberts and leading 72 laps. He also accumulated eight Top Ten finishes and 4 Top Five finishes as well.

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