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a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief ; best know for being the crew chief of his first cousins Richard and Maurice Petty.  He spent most of his career working at Petty Enterprises.  The teenage boys would attend some races and work on Richard Petty's father 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.  In 1967, Petty won a NASCAR-record ten straight races and 27 races during that season with Inman.  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 would soon be leaving the team.  Inman had been crew chief for 192 of Petty's 193 victories.  He was hired by Rod Osterlund to be the crew chief for 1980 champion Dale Earnhardt.  That June, Osterlund sold the team to J. D. Stacy and Earnhardt quit Stacy's team in August.  He stayed with the team until he was hired by Billy Hagan to join Terry Labonte's team.  Together they won the 1984 Cup championship.  He returned to Petty Enterprises in 1986 to oversee the business side.  In an interview, he said, "This is my homecoming and this is where I belong.  Damn, I am happy."  He continued in his role helping Richard