01 · Championship record
Series Championships
- 1960 USAC Stock Car Series Champion
- 1965 USAC Stock Car Series Champion
- 1966 USAC Stock Car Series Champion
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Norm Nelson
Racine, WI
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1942First Recorded Feature Race
19609 Feature Wins — Career High
1967Soldier Field Champion
1960Kenosha County Speedway Champion
1974Latest Recorded Feature Season
43Recorded Feature Wins
80Recorded Results
73Recorded Top-3 Finishes
2Track Championships
3Series Championships
1942–1974Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
12Tracks Won At
5Classes Won In
Late ModelTop Winning Class
Milwaukee MileTop Winning TrackUSAC Stock Car SeriesTop Winning Series
May 23, 1971Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
Sep 8, 1974Milwaukee MileLate ModelP2Jul 14, 1974Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3Jul 4, 1974Shawano SpeedwayUSACP4Aug 16, 1973Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3Aug 22, 1971Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3May 23, 1971Wisconsin International RacewayUSACP1Sep 20, 1970Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3Jul 12, 1970Milwaukee MileLate ModelP2Sep 14, 1969Wisconsin International RacewayUSACP3Aug 15, 1968Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3
Feature Wins by Track
01Milwaukee Mile1102Kenosha County Speedway703State Fair Park704Illiana Motor Speedway405Angell Park Speedway306Brown County Speedway307Soldier Field308Slinger Speedway109Cedarburg Speedway110Waukegan Speedway1Feature Wins by Class
01Late Model18
02Modified12
03Midget10
04Stock Car2
05USAC1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
19743 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19731 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19712 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19702 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19691 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19682 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19678 Results3 Wins7 Top 3s
19663 Results2 Wins3 Top 3s
19655 Results3 Wins5 Top 3s
19642 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19623 Results3 Wins3 Top 3s
19612 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
196015 Results9 Wins13 Top 3s
19586 Results6 Wins6 Top 3s
19551 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19511 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19503 Results1 Wins3 Top 3s
19496 Results2 Wins4 Top 3s
19481 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19478 Results6 Wins8 Top 3s
19462 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19423 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
4 additional images connected to this driver
1959John Surges
1971 • Wisconsin International RacewayJoe Slack Post
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Milwaukee MileDan Radig Post
Complete Results
02Open the full race-by-race archive for Norm Nelson.
Browse Results →Driver Directory
03Return to the complete museum driver index.
Browse Drivers →Research Center
Compare feature winners, championships and archive statistics.
Open Research Center →