Dale Inman Autographs
Dale Inman (born August 19, 1936) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series crew chief. He is best known for being the crew chief of Richard Petty at Petty Enterprises during three decades. They won 188 races and seven championships together (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, and 1979). Inman spent most of his career working for Petty Enterprises. He also was the crew chief for Terry Labonte's 1984 championship with Hagan Racing. NASCAR.com contributor Rick Houston said that if the best crew chief was "settled on statistics and statistics alone, Dale Inman is the greatest crew chief of all time." He is credited for starting the main duties of the position, including preparation, and driver-pit communication. Inman has the most victories as a NASCAR crew chief at 193, 188 of which were with Richard Petty. Inman won five additional races from 1982 to 1984 with Tim Richmond and Terry Labonte.
Inman grew up playing with his second cousins Richard and Maurice Petty. The Petty brothers were the son of Lee Petty, who finished in the Top 5 points in NASCAR's stock car division every year from its formation in 1949 until 1959 and won the 1954, 1958, and 1959 championships. The teenage boys would attend some races and work on Lee's car after school and on weekends. Richard started racing in the late 1950s with Maurice and Inman as part of his pit crew, as they were too young to be his crew chief. In 1960, Petty won his first NASCAR race. By this time, Maurice and Inman had become NASCAR mechanics. Maurice had been the mechanic and crew chief at the races. Petty Enterprises had him start concentrating on engine building for the team, and Inman became the crew chief at the races. Petty described him as the sport's first official crew chief.
In 1967, Petty won a NASCAR-record ten straight races and 27 races during that season with Inman as his crew chief. All 27 victories were in the same car that they built in 1966. He departed the team days after winning the 1981 Daytona 500. While being interviewed after winning the race, he told CBS reporter Ned Jarrett that he would soon be leaving the team. Inman had been crew chief for 188 of Petty's 193 victories up to that point.
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Current items with a signature of Dale Inman
These are the most current items with a signature of Dale Inman that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2024 PRIZM RACING DALE INMAN SCRIPTS AUTO AUTOGRAPH SILVER PRIZM NASCAR | $13.24 |  |
 | 2024 PRIZM RACING DALE INMAN SCRIPTS AUTO AUTOGRAPH SILVER PRIZM NASCAR | $13.24 | |
Traded items with a signature of Dale Inman
The most expensive item with a signature of Dale Inman (NASCAR Signed Checkered Flag Hamlin Logano Kenseth Edwards Danica Dale Inman) was sold in March 2025 for $260.00 while the cheapest item (Dale Inman Signed 4x6 Photo NASCAR Stock Car Racing HOF Autograph Auto) found a new owner for $0.38 in March 2022. The month with the most items sold (14) was August 2020 with an average selling price of $5.99 for an autographed item of Dale Inman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2017 with $174.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.77 was August 2008. In average, an autographed item from Dale Inman is worth $5.99.
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Dale Inman signed Racing Trading Cards by Manufacturer
