In a mid-1980s edition of Road and Track Magazine, Stacey's friend and teammate Innes Ireland wrote an article about Stacey's death, in which he stated some spectators claimed a bird had flown into Stacey's face while he was approaching the curve, possibly knocking him unconscious, or even possibly killing him by breaking his neck or inflicting a fatal head injury, before the car crashed.
Nunha edición da revista Road and Track, o amigo e compañeiro de Stacey Innes Ireland escribiu un artigo sobre a morte de Stacey, no que afirmaba que algúns espectadores afirmaban que un paxaro batera con Stacey cando achegábase á curva, posiblemente golpeándoo deixandoo inconsciente, ou posiblemente matándoo rompendolle o pescozo, antes de que o coche estrelásese.