Dale Inman (born August 19, 1936 in Level Cross, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series crew chief from Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina. He is best known for being the crew chief for his 2nd Cousin 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.”[1] 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.

Accomplishments
Awards	NASCAR Hall of Fame (2012) Smokey Yunick Award (2008) North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame’s first Golden Wrench (2000) Daytona 500 Winning Crew Chief x7 (1964, ’66, ’71, ’73, ’74, ’79, & ’81) NASCAR Cup Series Champion Crew Chief x8 (1964, ’67, ’71, ’72, ’74, ’75, ’79, & ’84)

NASCAR Cup Crew Chief Statistics

Year	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Rank	Miles
1964	Richard Petty	61	9	37	43	8	14041	3405	98810	1	9479.5
1965	Richard Petty	14	4	10	10	7	3697	967	16400	38	1692.7
1966	Richard Petty	39	8	20	22	15	8737	2924	88130	3	6458.3
1967	Richard Petty	48	27	38	40	18	12739	5543	129375	1	9387.4
1968	Richard Petty	49	16	31	35	12	12254	4242	89063	3	8906.5
1969	Richard Petty	50	10	31	38	6	12589	2777	110155	2	10534.8
1970	Pete Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	150	3	1000	21	206.3
1970	Richard Petty	40	18	27	31	9	10536	5007	139219	4	9812.9
1971	Richard Petty	46	21	38	41	9	13739	4932	269150	1	12877.5
1972	Richard Petty	31	8	25	28	3	10282	2093	248275	1	11995.2
1973	Richard Petty	28	6	15	17	3	8644	1815	206955	5	9291.1
1974	Richard Petty	30	10	22	23	7	9097	3100	335725	1	10829.6
1975	Richard Petty	30	13	21	24	3	9082	3158	366580	1	10846.4
1976	Richard Petty	30	3	19	22	1	8941	1269	319774	2	10345.2
1977	Richard Petty	30	5	20	23	5	8840	1403	351574	2	10417.7
1978	Richard Petty	30	0	11	17	0	8904	417	215410	6	10162.4
1979	Richard Petty	31	5	23	27	1	9367	1149	416470	1	10932.7
1980	Richard Petty	31	2	15	19	0	9314	714	338365	4	10146.7
1981	Richard Petty	2	1	2	2	0	319	31	94825	8	811.8
1981	Joe Ruttman	10	0	2	3	0	2803	99	81280	28	2989.3
1982	Tim Richmond	25	2	7	12	1	6722	321	175160	26	8131.6
1982	Joe Ruttman	5	0	1	1	0	1311	148	69155	16	1395.8
1983	Terry Labonte	30	1	11	20	3	8498	435	258650	5	9774.3
1984	Terry Labonte	30	2	17	24	2	9886	880	417353	1	11236.2
1986	Richard Petty	29	0	4	11	0	7639	153	235405	14	8948.6
1987	Richard Petty	29	0	9	14	0	8306	38	363850	8	9984.8
1988	Richard Petty	29	0	1	5	0	6207	11	187055	22	7626.3
24 Years		808	171	457	552	113	222644	47034	5623163		225221.6

K&N Pro Series West Crew Chief Statistics

Year	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Miles
1964	Richard Petty	1	0	0	0	0	101	27	940	272.7
1966	Richard Petty	1	0	0	0	0	105	0	550	283.5
1967	Richard Petty	1	0	0	0	0	103	5	680	278.1
1979	Richard Petty	1	0	1	1	1	156	137	2100	156
1981	Richard Petty	1	1	1	1	0	156	63	7333	156
		5	1	2	2	1	621	232	11603	1146.3