Rex Mays Autographs
Rex Houston Mays Jr. (March 10, 1913 – November 6, 1949) was an American racing driver. He was a two-time National Champion, won four poles for the Indianapolis 500, and is generally regarded as one of the greatest drivers of his era.
Mays won regional sprint car championships in the mid-1930s. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940 and 1941. However, World War II suspended racing until 1946, denying Mays of what likely would have been the peak of his career. After the war, Mays again won the Indianapolis pole in 1948, but was knocked out by a mechanical problem.
On lap 4 of the Milwaukee State Fairground Park on June 6, 1948, Duke Dinsmore brushed the wall on the southern side of the track, resulting in his car turning over and tossing its driver onto the dirt track. With Dinsmore laying on the track, Mays intentionally turned his car into the brick wall to prevent himself from hitting the injured driver. Mays' car was too damaged to continue the race. Dinsmore was taken the hospital, where he was diagnosed with fracture of his forearm. Mays suffered no injuries after sacrificing his car. Surgeons at Milwaukee County Hospital stated on June 7 that Dinsmore was in recovery and out of danger.
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Traded items with a signature of Rex Mays
The most expensive item with a signature of Rex Mays (AUTOGRAPHED Rex Mays 1939 INDY 500 Race Car Vintage ORIGINAL Racing PHOTO (2)) was sold in March 2025 for $488.00 while the cheapest item (Antique photo Rex Mays Embossed Signature Indy 500 Circa 1946) found a new owner for $12.00 in June 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2025 with an average selling price of $215.50 for an autographed item of Rex Mays. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2017 with $295.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $12.00 was June 2022. In average, an autographed item from Rex Mays is worth $74.33.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Rex Mays were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Indianapolis 500 Race Photo autographed by Rex Mays | $25.00 |  |
| Antique photo Rex Mays Embossed Signature Indy 500 Circa 1946 | $12.00 | |
| Authentic Autographed Rex Mays cut + 4 x 5 Photo- Indy 500 Signed | $67.66 | |
| Authentic Signed Rex Mays Indianapolis 500 Album Page & 8x10 Photograph | $100.00 | |
| Authentic Vintage Autographed Rex Mays 3x4 Signed Photo | $49.99 | |
| Authentic Vintage Autographed Rex Mays 3x4 Signed Photo | $86.00 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED Rex Mays 1937 INDY 500 Race Car Vintage ORIGINAL Racing PHOTO | $178.50 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED Rex Mays 1939 INDY 500 Race Car Vintage ORIGINAL Racing PHOTO (2) | $488.00 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED Takio Harishima & Rex Mays 1935 INDY 500 Race Car ORIGINAL PHOTO | $215.50 | |
| Dan Gurney SIGNED 1969 Riverside Raceway Rex Mays 300 Program Mark Donohue | $32.01 | |
| Race Car Driver Rex Mays Signed Original Illustration by Douglas Fergerson | $199.99 | |
| Rare Authentic 1934 Indy 500 Winner Rex Mays Autographed Program Photo | $49.99 | |
| Rare Indy 500 Driver Rex Mays Autographed Portrait Racing Champion - Gus Maanam | $295.00 | |
| Rex Mays Indianapolis Indy 500 Motor Speedway Autograph Vintage Racing USAC AAA | $27.50 | |
| REX MAYS INDY 500 Signed Print 1948 With Letter From Son | $81.00 | |
