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Alan Stacey

Alan Stacey, 1959. Copyright LAT Photographic (www.latphoto.co.uk), 2010. Used with permission.

Alan Stacey, 1959. Copyright LAT Photographic 2010. Used with permission.

Born:

29 Aug 1933
Broomfield, nr. Chelmsford, Essex

Died:

19 Jun 1960
Spa-Francorchamps Circuit, Belgium

Nationality:

Great Britain

Grands Prix:

7 (1958-1960)

F2 starts:

3 (1960)

Killed in the tragic Belgian GP of 1960 when a bird hit him in the face and he crashed. Raced despite having an artifical lower right leg. A Lotus stalwart, for whom he raced almost exclusively between the start of his career in 1955 to his death, he was particularly good in sportscars. Also worked as a farmer in Norfolk.

Biography last updated 9 Sep 2014