Edward Mackay "Eddie" Cheever III (born 5 June 1993) is an

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- American

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who competes in the

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for MR Racing in the LMGTE Am class. He is the son of retired

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driver

Eddie Cheever Edward McKay "Eddie" 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 ...

Career

Karting

Born in

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, Cheever began

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in 2006 and raced primarily in Europe for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009 and finishing 15th in the CIK-FIA European Championship.

Formula Renault

Cheever graduated to

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. He competed with

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in the

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and

championships, finishing eleventh and fourteenth in the final standings, respectively.

Formula Abarth

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, Cheever moved into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in

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, staying with Jenzer Motorsport. He achieved a podium in the sprint race at Varano and finished the season eleventh.

Italian Formula Three

In 2011, Cheever joined Lucidi Motors for a campaign in the

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. He finished ninth with podiums at Misano,

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and

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. He remained in the series in 2012 but switched to

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. He finished as runner-up to

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in both the European and Italian championship formats.

Formula One

On 9 November 2012, Cheever tested a

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car at Vallelunga, as a result of his performance in the Italian Formula Three Championship.

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Cheever continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam in FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2013. MR Racing Ferarri 488 GTE Cheever Silverstone 2018

MR Racing Ferarri 488 GTE Cheever Silverstone 2018

NASCAR

In 2014, Cheever made the switch from open wheel to stock cars, running the

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for Italian-based CAAL Racing, scoring his first win and his first pole position at

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. He then won two more races, at Magione and Le Mans, to finish the season third in points. He won the Jerome Sarran Trophy, rewarding the highest-placed driver aged 25 or under, and the Race And Win Pole Award, rewarding the driver scoring the highest number of pole positions during the season. On 4 August 2015, Cheever announced that he would make his

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debut at

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for Bill McAnally Racing. He also ran one race in

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, also for Bill McAnally Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key)

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1

Complete IMSA Sportscar Championship results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheever, Eddie 1993 births Living people Italian people of American descent Racing drivers from Rome Italian racing drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Abarth drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers NASCAR drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers International GT Open drivers 24H Series drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers AF Corse drivers