Career
Stacy was originally from Kentucky. He was a veteran of World World War II serving as a Tank Driver in the United States. Third Army under the command of General George South. Patton. In 1952, Stacy made his first National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing 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 Machine-Readable Cataloging Series (later the Associate of the Royal College of Art Remax Series).
Stacy lost the 1957 title to Iggy Katona by 4.5 points, one of the slimmest margins in series history. 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 Machine-Readable Cataloging series, Stacy decided to give Grand National racing another try.
In 1961 Stacy entered back into National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing competition at age 40 competing in 15 of the 52 scheduled races.
He also accumulated eight Top Ten finishes and 4 Top Five finishes as well. He accumulated three wins, seven Top Tens, and five Top Five finishes for the 1962 season. Stacy Finished a career-high 14th in the final points standing this year.
In 1964, at age 43, Stacy"s health began to become a factor and he went on to compete in two more Grand National races.
Stacey ended his after competing in 45 races. In his career, he had 24 Top Ten and 13 Top Five Finishes along with 4 wins.
Stacy spent his final years in Florida where he owned a car dealership. Stacy died on May 14, 1986 at the age of 64.
Stacy was married to Mary Stacy.