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Eddie Cheever

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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.

Eddie Cheever
Cheever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009
BornEdward McKay Cheever Jr.
(1958-01-10) January 10, 1958 (age 66)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1978, 1980–1989
TeamsTheodore, Hesketh, Osella, Tyrrell, Ligier, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Haas Lola, Arrows
Entries143 (132 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums9
Career points70
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Last entry1989 Australian Grand Prix

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

Early life

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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,[citation needed] scoring wins in 1977 in F2 at Nurburgring and Rouen.

Formula One

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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.

 
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.[1]

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).

 
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.

 
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 I4 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.

 
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

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Eddie Cheever
CART World Series
Years active1986, 1990–1995
TeamsArciero Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Team Menard
King Racing
Turley Motorsports
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts82
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish9th in 1990, 1991
Awards
1990CART Rookie of the Year[2]
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
 
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.[2] 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

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Eddie Cheever
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active1996–2002, 2006
TeamsTeam Menard
Cheever Racing
Starts77
Wins5
Poles1
Best finish3rd in 1996–1997, 2000
Championship titles
1998Indianapolis 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

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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.

Personal life

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Cheever shares a daughter and a son, driver Eddie Cheever III, with ex-wife Rita Cheever. He has a son from his previous relationship with Heather Handley. In 2013, Cheever married his wife, Dianna, and their daughter was born later that same year.[citation needed]

Racing record

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Career summary

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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

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(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

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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

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

* Cheever was listed as DNS

American open-wheel

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CART results

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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 [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
1992 Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB SRF
8 		10th 80 [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
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 [9]
Lola T94/00 MIL
26

IRL IndyCar Series results

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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 [10]
1996–1997 Team Cheever 51 NHM
15 		LVS
25 		3rd 230 [11]
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 [12]
1999 WDW
1 		PHX
17 		7th 222 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
1 The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities. Cheever qualified 18th.

CART career summary

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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

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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

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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

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(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 [18]
2000 DAY
11 		TAL
10 		MCH
1 		IND
7 		5th 46 [19]
2001 DAY
3 		TAL
5 		MCH
4 		IND
7 		4th 47 [20]

Complete Grand Prix Masters results

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(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

References

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  1. ^ Winner's Circle United States Grand Prix, John Blakemore Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, Revs Digital Library.
  2. ^ a b Wicker, Ned. IndyCar Champion – A Season with Target/Chip Ganassi Racing, Motorbooks International, 1997, page 12
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  4. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  12. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  13. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  14. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  15. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  17. ^ "Eddie Cheever – 2006 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Eddie Cheever, Jr. – 1999 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  19. ^ "Eddie Cheever, Jr. – 2000 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  20. ^ "Eddie Cheever, Jr. – 2001 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
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