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Eddie Cheever
Eddie Cheever Jr 2009 Indy 500 Second Qual Day.JPG
Cheever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009
Born Edward McKay Cheever Jr.
(1958-01-10) January 10, 1958 (age 66)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 1978, 19801989
Teams Theodore, Hesketh, Osella, Tyrrell, Ligier, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Haas Lola, Arrows
Entries 143 (132 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 9
Career points 70
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Last entry 1989 Australian Grand Prix

Edward McKay Cheever Jr. (born January 10, 1958) is an American former racing driver who raced for almost 30 years in Formula One, sports cars, CART, and the Indy Racing League. Cheever participated in 143 Formula One World Championship races and started 132, more than any other American, driving for nine different teams from 1978 through 1989. In 1996, he formed his own IRL team, Team Cheever, and won the 1998 Indianapolis 500 as both owner and driver. The team later competed in sports cars.

His younger brother Ross Cheever, nephew Richard Antinucci and son Eddie Cheever III also became racing drivers.

Early life

Though born in Phoenix, Arizona, Cheever lived in Rome, Italy, as a child and attended St. George's British International School and later The New School of Rome. He was introduced to motorsports at age eight when his father took him to a sports car race in Monza. He soon began racing go-karts and won both the Italian and European Karting Championships at age 15. He worked his way up through the levels of European Formula racing, teaming with fellow American Danny Sullivan in Formula Three in 1975. He scored a significant win against Gunnar Nilsson and Rupert Keegan at the end of 1975 and then driving for Ron Dennis' Project Four team in Formula Two in 1976, 1977, and 1978, finishing runner-up to René Arnoux in the 1977 championship. By the end of 1977, he was considered the most promising driver in the world outside F1, scoring wins in 1977 in F2 at Nurburgring and Rouen.

Formula One

Cheever first entered Formula One in 1978, shortly after his 20th birthday. After failing to qualify for the first two races of the year in Argentina and Brazil in a Theodore, he made the grid in South Africa in a Hesketh, but retired early. He then concentrated on Formula Two for the rest of 1978 and 1979.

Grand Prix van Nederland op circuit van Zandvoort nr. 14 Eddie Cheever (USA) , Bestanddeelnr 253-8582
Cheever driving for Tyrrell at the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix

For the 1979 F2 championship, Cheever left Project Four and joined the Italian Osella team, taking three wins and fourth overall in their BMW-powered FA2. In 1980 Osella moved up to Formula One, Cheever piloting the team's Cosworth-powered FA1. However, the car was unreliable and Cheever managed just one finish all year, twelfth place at the team's home race in Italy. Switching teams repeatedly as he tried to climb his way up the grid, Cheever had five points-scoring finishes for the Tyrrell team in 1981, and three podiums for Ligier the following year, including a second-place at the 1982 Detroit Grand Prix.

The 1983 season proved to be Cheever's high point in Formula One. He signed with the factory Equipe Renault team alongside Frenchman Alain Prost, both of whom were among the year's Championship favorites. Cheever earned four more podiums and 22 Championship points driving the Renault RE30C for the first two races before driving its much better replacement, the RE40, for the remainder of the season. But the team's disappointment after losing both the Drivers' (Prost) and Constructors' titles late in the season brought about the replacement of both Cheever and Prost. His best finish for Renault was second in the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, while earlier in the season he achieved his highest career qualifying position when he was second to teammate Prost at the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit. Unconfirmed rumors had Renault signing Cheever as the French manufacturer was looking to sell more cars in North America, and having an American driver in the factory-backed Formula One team would help that cause (there were three F1 races in North America in 1983 – Long Beach, Detroit and Canada).

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Cheever driving for Alfa Romeo at the 1985 German Grand Prix

In six more seasons, he never drove another truly competitive F1 car. After leaving Renault, Cheever had two unsuccessful seasons with Alfa Romeo as a teammate to Italian Riccardo Patrese. The thirsty and underpowered 890T V8 turbo engine used in the Alfas generally saw results few and far between, though it was generally believed Cheever outperformed his teammate despite failing to qualify for the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix. Patrese, though, scored the only podium finish for the team in those two years when he finished third in the 1984 Italian Grand Prix. Cheever had been third with six laps remaining but his Alfa ran out of fuel, handing the place to Patrese (the team had set Cheever's 890T engine for speed while setting Patrese for an economy run in the hope of a good finish). 1985 was not helped by the team's car, the Alfa Romeo 185T, which proved to be extremely uncompetitive, forcing the team to upgrade its 1984 car, the 184T to 1985 specifications and use it for the last half of the season, though the old car did not improve results despite proving slightly faster as the fuel issue remained. Late in the 1985 season, Alfa announced they were pulling out of F1 at the end of the year, leaving Cheever without an F1 drive, while Patrese went back to Brabham in place of Nelson Piquet, who was moving to Williams.

1985 Eddie Cheever - Alfa Romeo 185T 2
Cheever during practice for the 1985 European Grand Prix

While racing in the World Sportscar Championship for Tom Walkinshaw Racing's Jaguar team, Cheever raced in only one F1 Grand Prix in 1986. This was for the American owned and sponsored Haas Lola team at Detroit, as a replacement for the injured Patrick Tambay. Cheever actually qualified the unfamiliar Lola THL2 with its turbocharged Ford V6 engine in tenth position. Regular team driver, 1980 World Champion Alan Jones, could only qualify his car 21st. Both Lolas retired with steering damage in the race, Jones on lap 33, Cheever 4 laps later. Cheever was only the third choice to replace Tambay for the race. Team owner Carl Haas had originally asked the lead driver in his CART team, 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti to drive. Mario declined however but recommended his son Michael as a replacement. However, when Michael was unable to obtain a FIA Superlicence for the race, Haas turned to the experienced Cheever, who quickly agreed to an F1 comeback.

For 1987, he was signed by Arrows team boss Jackie Oliver to partner British driver Derek Warwick (Cheever's appointment coincided with the U.S.-based USF&G financial group becoming the team's major sponsor). Cheever and Warwick (who had been teammates at TWR the previous year) were evenly matched and would have many on-track battles throughout 1987 and 1988. He secured third place at the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza; at one stage, he was almost disqualified when his Arrows A10B's 150-liter fuel tank was found to actually contain 151 liters. Luckily, further examination revealed the tank size to be 149 liters and his third-place stood. The podium cost him a new pair of sunglasses for the chief mechanic. Monza, won by the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger, was the only time the McLaren-Hondas of Alain Prost and 1988 World Champion Ayrton Senna did not win a race in 1988. Cheever's third place in the 1988 Italian Grand Prix was also the final podium for the turbocharged l4 BMW M12 engine (badged as "Megatron" in 1987 and 1988). At the time, it was the oldest turbo engine in use in Formula One, having been first used by the Brabham team in 1982.

Eddie Cheever 2008 Goodwood
Cheever driving his 1988 Arrows A10B-Megatron at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed

His final podium finish came at the 1989 United States Grand Prix in his birthplace of Phoenix, where he was involved in a race-long battle with the Williams-Renault of former Alfa Romeo teammate Riccardo Patrese for second place, but then had to give way at the later stages of the race when his brakes started to fade (he claimed that one of his front brakes had actually stopped working). Cheever's last race in Formula One was at the very wet 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. During the last seconds of qualifying, he got out of shape coming out of the Fosters Hairpin onto the pit straight and clouted the wall hard with his Arrows A11-Ford, destroying the rear of the car. In the race he was the last to retire, spinning off on lap 42 after driving for many laps with another car's front wing lodged in his Arrows' sidepod.

During his final season in Formula One, Cheever remained competitive (when he finished, his average finishing place was seventh), but he became increasingly bemused by his inability to qualify well (his average qualifying position was 23rd, compared to Warwick's 14th). His best qualifying position for the season with 16th in both Canada and Hungary, and he even failed to qualify for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where he had finished third the previous year.

In all, he participated in 143 Grands Prix, achieved nine podiums, and scored a total of 70 championship points. His best year was 1983, when he finished seventh in the championship, scored three podium finishes and one front row start for Renault.

CART

Eddie Cheever
CART World Series
Years active 1986, 1990–1995
Teams Arciero Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Team Menard
King Racing
Turley Motorsports
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts 82
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 9th in 1990, 1991
Awards
1990 CART Rookie of the Year
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
The Corkscrew
Cheever driving for Chip Ganassi Racing at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1991

From 1986 to 1988, while still driving in Formula One, Cheever won ten sports car races for Jaguar. In 1990 he moved to the US to drive for Chip Ganassi Racing in the CART series. In his first attempt at the Indianapolis 500, he finished eighth and was named the race's Rookie of the Year, as well as CART's Rookie of the Year. In 1992, he qualified second for the race and finished fourth. In total, he scored four podium finishes in the series but never won. Driving for A. J. Foyt's team, Cheever came closest to victory at Nazareth in 1995: he was leading the race on the last lap when he ran out of fuel. In the Indy 500, Cheever was involved in a nasty lap 1 crash with Stan Fox, Carlos Guerrero and Lyn St. James. Fox was severely injured in the crash.

Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League

Eddie Cheever
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active 1996–2002, 2006
Teams Team Menard
Cheever Racing
Starts 77
Wins 5
Poles 1
Best finish 3rd in 1996–1997, 2000
Championship titles
1998 Indianapolis 500 Winner

In 1996 the Indy Racing League began, and Cheever moved there from CART. Cheever ran for Team Menard for the three-race series, and at the 1996 Indianapolis 500, he set the fastest race lap to date at 236.103 mph (379.971 km/h). Cheever then set up his own team and had his first race as a driver/owner at New Hampshire later that year in August, which was the first race of the next season.

In 1998, all the pieces came together for Cheever when he took the biggest win of his career. He started from 17th position and led 76 of 200 laps to win the 82nd Indianapolis 500, despite sliding in the first turn of the race's first lap, helping bring out the race's first caution period. He was the first owner/driver to win the race since A. J. Foyt (one of Cheever's former bosses) in 1977.

Cheever's IRL team, active until July 2006, ran cars for Alex Barron and Patrick Carpentier in 2005. Having hung up his helmet in 2002, except for occasional instances such as the 2006 24 Hours of Daytona where he competed in the first race with his new Grand-Am series team, Eddie announced on February 21, 2006, he would come out of retirement to run his own car in the IRL's first four races, including the Indianapolis 500. He shut his team down after the eighth race of the season due to lack of sponsorship. The team continued to compete in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Cheever provided television commentary on ABC for the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500 from 2008 to 2018 with Allen Bestwick and Scott Goodyear, a former three-time runner-up in the Indy 500 who also drove for Team Cheever in 2001.

GP Masters

Cheever GP Masters
Eddie Cheever, Silverstone GP Masters, 2006

In 2005 Cheever competed in the GP Masters series which is open to former Formula One drivers over the age of 45. In the championship's first-ever event at Kyalami International Raceway in South Africa, Cheever finished in eighth position. Cheever finished fourth in the second GP Masters race on April 29, 2006, at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

In the third GP Masters race on August 13, 2006, at the Silverstone Circuit in England, he took the victory under wet track conditions.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1975 British Formula Three Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School 11 2 1 1 2 21 7th
1976 European Formula Two Project Four Racing 10 0 0 0 1 10 9th
1977 European Formula Two Project Four Racing 12 2 1 1 6 40 2nd
World Championship for Makes BMW Alpina 2 0 0 0 2 0 NC
1978 European Formula Two Project Four Racing 12 0 0 1 3 22 4th
World Sportscar Championship BMW Italia-Osella 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC
Formula One Olympus Cameras Hesketh Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1979 European Formula Two Osella Squadra Corse 12 3 1 2 3 32 4th
BMW M1 Procar Championship Osella Squadra Corse 1 0 0 0 0 3 24th
World Sportscar Championship Lancia Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1980 Formula One Osella Squadra Corse 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
World Sportscar Championship Lancia Corse 7 1 0 0 4 0 NC
BMW M1 Procar Championship GS Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1981 Formula One Tyrrell Racing Team 14 0 0 0 0 10 12th
World Sportscar Championship Martini Racing 4 0 0 0 0 20 111th
1982 Formula One Equipe Talbot Gitanes 14 0 0 0 3 15 12th
1983 Formula One Equipe Renault Elf 15 0 0 0 4 22 7th
1984 Formula One Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 15 0 0 0 0 3 16th
1985 Formula One Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1986 World Sportscar Championship Silk Cut Jaguar 9 1 0 1 3 61 5th
Formula One Haas Lola 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
PPG Indy Car World Series Arciero Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1987 Formula One USF&G Arrows Megatron 16 0 0 0 0 8 10th
World Sportscar Championship Silk Cut Jaguar 7 3 1 1 4 100 4th
1988 Formula One USF&G Arrows Megatron 16 0 0 0 1 6 12th
World Sportscar Championship Silk Cut Jaguar 8 4 0 0 6 182 4th
1989 Formula One USF&G Arrows 14 0 0 0 1 6 11th
1990 PPG Indy Car World Series Chip Ganassi Racing 16 0 0 0 2 80 9th
1991 PPG Indy Car World Series Chip Ganassi Racing 17 0 0 0 1 91 9th
1992 PPG Indy Car World Series Chip Ganassi Racing 16 0 0 0 1 80 10th
1993 PPG Indy Car World Series Turley 4 0 0 0 0 21 17th
King Racing 3 0 0 0 0
Dick Simon Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Team Menard 1 0 0 0 0
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises 7 0 0 0 0 5 27th
Team Menard 1 0 0 0 0
1995 PPG Indy Car World Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises 15 0 0 0 0 33 18th
1996 Indy Racing League Team Menard 2 0 0 1 0 147 16th
1996–97 Indy Racing League Team Cheever 10 1 0 0 1 230 3rd
1998 Indy Racing League Team Cheever 11 1 0 0 2 222 9th
1999 Indy Racing League Team Cheever 10 1 0 0 1 222 7th
2000 Indy Racing League Team Cheever 9 1 0 1 1 257 3rd
2001 Indy Racing League Team Cheever 13 1 0 1 2 261 8th
2002 Indy Racing League Red Bull Cheever Racing 15 0 1 1 0 280 10th
2005 Grand Prix Masters Team Altech 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2006 IndyCar Series Cheever Racing 7 0 0 0 0 114 19th
Grand Prix Masters Team Altech 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Team GPM 1 1 0 0 1

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
1976 Project Four Racing March 752 Lancia-Ferrari HOC
DNQ
9th 10
Hart 420R THR
4
VAL
DSQ
SAL
Ret
PAU
Ret
HOC
Ret
ROU
Ret
MUG EST
5
March 762 PER
3
Ralt RT1 NOG
8
HOC
15
1977 Project Four Racing Ralt RT1 BMW SIL
7
THR
2
HOC
Ret
NÜR
1
VAL
3
PAU
Ret
MUG
17
ROU
1
NOG
5
PER
Ret
MIS
2
EST
3
DON 2nd 40
1978 Project Four Racing March 782 BMW THR
4
HOC
Ret
NÜR
3
PAU
5
MUG
7
VAL
Ret
ROU
2
DON
Ret
NOG
9
PER
2
MIS
6
HOC
Ret
4th 22
1979 Osella Squadra Corse OsellaFA2/79 BMW SIL
1
HOC
5
THR
Ret
NÜR
8
VAL
Ret
MUG
Ret
PAU
1
HOC
Ret
ZAN
1
PER
5
MIS
6
DON
7
4th 32

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1978 Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore TR1 Ford Cosworth DFV ARG
DNQ
BRA
DNQ
NC 0
Olympus Cameras Hesketh Racing Hesketh 308E Ford Cosworth DFV RSA
Ret
USW MON BEL ESP SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN
1980 Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1 Ford Cosworth DFV ARG
DNQ
BRA
DNQ
RSA
Ret
USW
Ret
BEL
DNQ
MON
DNQ
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
NED
Ret
NC 0
Osella FA1B ITA
12
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
1981 Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 010 Ford Cosworth DFV USW
5
BRA
NC
ARG
Ret
SMR
Ret
BEL
6
MON
5
ESP
NC
FRA
13
GBR
4
12th 10
Tyrrell 011 GER
5
AUT
DNQ
NED
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAN
12
CPL
Ret
1982 Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17 Matra V12 RSA
Ret
BRA
Ret
USW
Ret
SMR BEL
3
DET
2
CAN
10
12th 15
Ligier JS19 MON
Ret
NED
DNQ
GBR
Ret
FRA
16
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
SUI
NC
ITA
6
CPL
3
1983 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30C Renault V6 (t/c) BRA
Ret
USW
13
7th 22
Renault RE40 FRA
3
SMR
Ret
MON
Ret
BEL
3
DET
Ret
CAN
2
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
4
NED
Ret
ITA
3
EUR
10
RSA
6
1984 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 184T Alfa Romeo V8 (t/c) BRA
4
RSA
Ret
BEL
Ret
SMR
7
FRA
Ret
MON
DNQ
CAN
11
DET
Ret
DAL
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
NED
13
ITA
9
EUR
Ret
POR
17
16th 3
1985 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 185T Alfa Romeo V8 (t/c) BRA
Ret
POR
Ret
SMR
Ret
MON
Ret
CAN
17
DET
9
FRA
10
NC 0
Alfa Romeo 184TB GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
NED
Ret
ITA
Ret
BEL
Ret
EUR
11
RSA
Ret
AUS
Ret
1986 Haas Lola Lola THL2 Ford V6 (t/c) BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET
Ret
FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS NC 0
1987 USF&G Arrows Megatron Arrows A10 Megatron Straight-4 (t/c) BRA
Ret
SMR
Ret
BEL
4
MON
Ret
DET
6
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
8
AUT
Ret
ITA
Ret
POR
6
ESP
8
MEX
4
JPN
9
AUS
Ret
10th 8
1988 USF&G Arrows Megatron Arrows A10B Megatron Straight-4 (t/c) BRA
8
SMR
7
MON
Ret
MEX
6
CAN
Ret
DET
Ret
FRA
11
GBR
7
GER
10
HUN
Ret
BEL
6
ITA
3
POR
Ret
ESP
Ret
JPN
Ret
12th 6
Arrows A10 AUS
Ret
1989 USF&G Arrows Arrows A11 Ford Cosworth DFR BRA
Ret
SMR
9
MON
7
MEX
7
USA
3
CAN
Ret
FRA
7
GBR
DNQ
GER
12
HUN
5
BEL
Ret
ITA
DNQ
POR
Ret
ESP
Ret
JPN
8
AUS
Ret
11th 6

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1980 Italy Jolly Club - Lancia Corse Italy Carlo Facetti
Italy Martino Finotto
Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Gr.5 272 19th* 2nd*
1981 Italy Martini Racing Italy Michele Alboreto
Italy Carlo Facetti
Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Gr.5 322 8th 2nd
1986 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
United Kingdom Derek Warwick
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jaguar XJR-6 C1 239 DNF DNF
1987 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Brazil Raul Boesel
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Jaguar XJR-8LM C1 325 5th 5th

* Cheever was listed as DNS

American open-wheel

(key)

CART results

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1986 Arciero Racing March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIS POC MDO SAN MIS2 ROA LS PHX2 MIA
27
NC 0
1990 Chip Ganassi Racing Penske PC-18 Chevrolet 265A PHX
7
LBH
13
INDY
8
MIL
11
DET
3
POR
19
CLE
16
MEA
21
TOR
3
MIS
4
DEN
20
VAN
14
MDO
4
ROA
9
NAZ
6
LS
10
9th 80
1991 Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A SRF
15
LBH
3
PHX
8
INDY
31
MIL
7
DET
12
POR
9
CLE
8
MEA
5
TOR
17
MIS
7
DEN
4
VAN
12
MDO
8
ROA
7
NAZ
6
LS
6
9th 91
1992 Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB SRF
8
10th 80
Lola T92/00 PHX
2
LBH
22
INDY
4
DET
11
POR
4
MIL
5
NHA
16
TOR
9
MIS
20
CLE
11
ROA
23
VAN
16
MDO
12
NAZ
9
LS
4
1993 Turley Penske PC-21 Chevrolet 265B SRF
7
PHX
24
LBH
9
DET
21
POR CLE TOR MIS NHA 17th 21
Team Menard Lola T92/00 Buick V6 (t/c) INDY
16
MIL
Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB ROA
6
VAN
King Racing Chevrolet 265C MDO
28
NAZ
10
LS
14
1994 Team Menard Lola T93/00 Menard V6 (t/c) SRF PHX LBH INDY
8
MIL DET POR CLE TOR 27th 5
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T94/00 Ford XB MIS
21
MDO
17
NHA
21
VAN
17
ROA
27
NAZ
24
LS
25
1995 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T95/00 Ford XB MIA
14
SRF
7
PHX
14
LBH
4
NAZ
5
INDY
31
DET
25
POR
25
ROA
17
TOR
11
CLE
22
MIS
19
MDO
10
NHA
17
VAN LS 18th 33
Lola T94/00 MIL
26

IRL IndyCar Series results

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref
1996 Team Menard Lola T95/00 3 Menard V6 (t/c) WDW
10
PHX
Wth
INDY
11
16th 147
1996–1997 Team Cheever 51 NHM
15
LVS
25
3rd 230
G-Force Oldsmobile WDW
1
PHX
12
INDY
23
TXS
6
PPIR
4
CLT
6
NH2
9
LV2
21
1998 Dallara WDW
24
PHX
10
INDY
1
TXS
26
NHM
9
DOV
16
CLT
20
PPIR
8
ATL
3
TX2
25
LVS
5
9th 222
1999 WDW
1
PHX
17
7th 222
Infiniti CLT
C1
INDY
18
TXS
16
PPIR
4
ATL
6
DOV
21
PPI2
11
LVS
17
TX2
4
2000 Riley & Scott WDW
3
PHX
10
3rd 257
Dallara LVS
11
INDY
5
TXS
9
PPIR
1
ATL
21
KTY
4
TX2
2
2001 PHX
19
HMS
9
ATL
24
INDY
26
TXS
12
PPIR
6
RIR
13
KAN
1
NSH
15
KTY
21
STL
4
CHI
3
TX2
18
8th 261
2002 Red Bull Cheever Racing HMS
25
PHX
15
FON
20
NZR
7
INDY
5
TXS
19
PPIR
8
RIR
14
KAN
16
NSH
6
MIS
22
KTY
11
STL
10
CHI
5
TX2
8
10th 280
2006 Cheever Racing Honda HMS
10
STP
11
MOT INDY
13
WGL
17
TXS
17
RIR
14
KAN
14
NSH MIL MIS KTY SNM CHI 19th 114
1 The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities. Cheever qualified 18th.

CART career summary

Year Team Wins Points Championship Finish
1986 Arciero Racing 0 0 Unclassified
1990 Chip Ganassi Racing 0 80 9th
1991 Chip Ganassi Racing 0 91 9th
1992 Chip Ganassi Racing 0 80 10th
1993 Turley/Menard/Simon/King 0 21 17th
1994 Menard/Foyt 0 5 27th
1995 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 0 33 18th

Best race finish: 2nd (Phoenix – 1992), best championship result: 9th

IRL IndyCar career summary

Year Team Wins Poles Points Championship
Finish
1996 Team Menard 0 0 49 16th
1996–1997 Team Cheever 1 0 230 3rd
1998 Team Cheever 1 0 222 9th
1999 Team Cheever 1 0 222 7th
2000 Team Cheever 1 0 257 3rd
2001 Team Cheever 1 0 261 8th
2002 Team Cheever 0 1 280 10th
2006 Cheever Racing 0 0 114 19th
Wins Poles Best Championship Finish Career Points
5 1 3rd (1996–1997, 2000) 1635

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1990 Penske PC-18 Chevrolet 265A 14 8 Chip Ganassi Racing
1991 Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A 10 31 Chip Ganassi Racing
1992 Lola T92/00 Ford XB 2 4 Chip Ganassi Racing
1993 Lola T92/00 Buick V6 (t/c) 33 16 Team Menard
1994 Lola T93/00 Menard V6 (t/c) 11 8 Team Menard
1995 Lola T95/00 Ford XB 14 31 A. J. Foyt Enterprises
1996 Lola T95/00 Menard V6 (t/c) 4 11 Team Menard
1997 G-Force Oldsmobile 11 23 Team Cheever
1998 Dallara Oldsmobile 17 1 Team Cheever
1999 Dallara Infiniti 16 18 Team Cheever
2000 Dallara Infiniti 10 5 Team Cheever
2001 Dallara Infiniti 26 25 Team Cheever
2002 Dallara Infiniti 6 5 Team Cheever
2006 Dallara Honda 19 13 Cheever Racing

International Race of Champions results

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points Ref
1999 Pontiac DAY
11
TAL
8
MCH
12
IND
3
7th 31
2000 DAY
11
TAL
10
MCH
1
IND
7
5th 46
2001 DAY
3
TAL
5
MCH
4
IND
7
4th 47

Complete Grand Prix Masters results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5
2005 Team Altech Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 RSA
8
2006 Team Altech Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 QAT
4
ITA
C
Team GPM GBR
1
MAL
C
RSA
C

See also

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