Dick Brooks Autographs
Richard Harold Brooks (April 14, 1942 – February 1, 2006) was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500. Brooks held off veteran Buddy Baker by 7.2 seconds for the Talladega win. After he retired, he served as a NASCAR sportscaster for a brief period of time. His Grand National statistics include the win at Talladega Superspeedway, 57 top-fives, 150 top-tens, 4 top-ten points finishes (1975 through 1978), and 358 career races. Although Brooks only won one NASCAR race, he was a popular figure in that league of motorsports. Brooks drove for the underfunded Junie Donlavey team throughout his racing career.
Brooks made his Grand National Series debut at the first Daytona 500 Qualifying Race in 1969, driving a self-owned Plymouth. Brooks had a solid year, and with twelve top-tens he finished 21st in the final standings. This also meant Brooks became the rookie of the year. He continued to drive his Plymouth in 1970 and scored fifteen top-five finishes in 34 races, improving to thirteenth in the final points standings. Brooks came close to winning the 1970 Georgia 500, but eventually finished third to Richard Petty and Bobby Isaac after having led 133 laps. In 1971 Brooks moved to the team of Mario Rossi, driving the No. 22 Dodge. In fifteen races with the team Books scored twelve top-ten finishes. His best run of the season came at Darlington where he finished second to Buddy Baker.
For the next two seasons, Brooks did not have a full-time ride and practically picked up whatever ride came up. Brooks started the 1972 season at the Atlanta 500, driving the No. 90 Ford for Junie Donlavey. Brooks made three additional starts for Donlavey with a best finish of eighth, at the Winston 500. Brooks also drove five races for Marvin Welty but failed to finish any of them. Brooks only finished one other race that year, when he drove for Bill Champion at the Texas 500. Brooks started out his 1973 season driving the No. 6 Owens Racing Dodge to a third place finish at the Daytona 500. He returned to Donlavey and drove eight races for that team in 1973. The highlight of Brooks's career came at the Talladega 500, when he drove the Plymouth of Jimmy Crawford to an unexpected victory. Brooks was not supposed to drive Crawford's Plymouth, but after officials ruled that Crawford did not have enough experience on the big speedway, Brooks took over the ride.
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Brooks
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Brooks (Dick Brooks SIMONIZ DODGE MASTERS OF RACING VINTAGE signed NASCAR card) was sold in April 2025 for $31.24 while the cheapest item (Dick Brooks autographed NASCAR trading card) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2018 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Dick Brooks. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $31.24 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2018. In average, an autographed item from Dick Brooks is worth $9.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Brooks were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1983 Dick Brooks signed Chameleon Sunglasses Ford Thunderbird NASCAR Print Ad | $9.99 |  |
| 1991 Pro Set Legends NASCAR DICK BROOKS AUTOGRAPH AUTO | $14.99 | |
| Autographed Dick Brooks NASCAR Racing Photograph | $9.99 | |
| Autographed Dick Brooks NASCAR Racing Photograph | $4.99 | |
| Dick Brooks 1990 MASTERS OF RACING VINTAGE CUP SERIES autographed NASCAR card | $4.99 | |
| Dick Brooks 1991 PRO SET LEGENDS WINSTON CUP NASCAR 1969 ROY autographed card | $9.49 | |
| Dick Brooks 1992 MAXX #223 VINTAGE RACING LEGEND autographed NASCAR card | $1.99 | |
 | Dick Brooks NASCAR LEGEND REPORTER DRIVER VINTAGE 1990 MAXX #165 signed card | $21.24 | |
 | Dick Brooks NASCAR LEGEND REPORTER DRIVER VINTAGE 1991 PRO SET #L2 signed card | $21.24 | |
 | Dick Brooks NASCAR LEGEND REPORTER DRIVER VINTAGE 1992 MAXX #223 signed card | $21.24 | |
| Dick Brooks SIMONIZ DODGE MASTERS OF RACING VINTAGE signed NASCAR card | $31.24 | |
| Dick Brooks VINTAGE 1991 PRO SET #L1 WINSTON CUP RACING autographed NASCAR card | $14.24 | |
| Dick Brooks VINTAGE 1991 PRO SET #L1 WINSTON CUP RACING autographed NASCAR card | $14.24 | |
| Dick Brooks VINTAGE 1991 PRO SET LEGENDS WINSTON CUP NASCAR autographed card | $6.46 | |
| Dick Brooks WINSTON CUP RACING LEGENDS 1991 PRO SET VINTAGE NASCAR signed card | $4.99 | |
