My First Ride: Dale Inman’s 1949 Oldsmobile
By Ben White Dale Inman, an eight-time Sprint Cup championship crew chief and 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, bought a popular ride in the early 1950s that had a rather unique history. It was used as a major part of a local business enterprise before he found it for sale after his 16th birthday in August of 1952. The car traveled all around the countryside in the dark of night for several years before its wheels parked in the dirt driveway of the Inman family home in Level Cross, N.C. “With the help of my mother, the first car I ever…