Norman Huber "Norm" Nelson (January 30, 1923 – November 8, 1988) was an American racing driver.

"[1] During a condensed 1951 season, Nelson lost all of his points earned for winning a race at Milwaukee after the AAA Contest Board determined he had used an illegal gear.

[4] He raced at Wilmot Speedway in Kenosha in 1959 and won the track's modified stock class.

[2] For the first time in his career, Nelson drove in someone else's car when Bill Trainor hired him to race.

[2] He won a race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack and had several second-place finishes during his 1960 championship season.

[6] Three NASCAR drivers competed in the event - Richard Petty, David Pearson, and Bobby Isaac.

[6] Nelson won the Yankee 300 race at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1965 which contributed toward him winning his second driver's championship that season.

[7] When Nelson retired from driving in 1976 because of detached retina,[9] he was tied with A. J. Foyt for second on the all-time USAC victories list with 35 wins.

[11] He competed in three more NASCAR races, once each in 1966, 1967 at Riverside (finishing third behind fellow USAC regulars Parnelli Jones and Paul Goldsmith), and 1968.

[1] He hired Roger McCluskey to drive for him in 1968, starting a two-car operation as Nelson began to wind down his career.

During the racing off-season, he owned a snowmobile sales and repair shop in Racine called "Nelson Enterprises".

[9] Nelson died on November 8, 1988, while at the Zablocki Veterans Administration Center at age 65 and he was buried at the Graceland Cemetery in Racine.