Italian racing driver
Edward Mackay
"
Eddie
"
Cheever III
(born 5 June 1993)
[1]
is an Italian-American
racing driver
who competes in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
for
MR Racing
in the LMGTE Am class. He is the son of retired
Formula One
driver and
1998 Indianapolis 500
winner
Eddie Cheever
.
Career
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Karting
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Born in
Rome
, Cheever began
karting
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.
[1]
[2]
Formula Renault
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Cheever graduated to
single-seaters
in
2009
. He competed with
Jenzer Motorsport
in the
Swiss
and
Italian
championships, finishing eleventh and fourteenth in the final standings, respectively.
[3]
[4]
Formula Abarth
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In
2010
, Cheever moved into the newly launched
Formula Abarth
series in
Italy
, staying with Jenzer Motorsport. He achieved a podium in the sprint race at
Varano
and finished the season eleventh.
[5]
[6]
Italian Formula Three
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In
2011
, Cheever joined
Lucidi Motors
for a campaign in the
Italian Formula Three Championship
.
[7]
He finished ninth with podiums at
Misano
,
Adria
and
Mugello
.
[8]
He remained in the series in 2012 but switched to
Prema Powerteam
.
[9]
He finished as runner-up to
Riccardo Agostini
in both the European and Italian championship formats.
[10]
Cheever driving in the
2018 6 Hours of Silverstone
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Formula One
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On 9 November 2012, Cheever tested a
Scuderia Ferrari
Formula One
car at
Vallelunga
, as a result of his performance in the Italian Formula Three Championship.
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FIA Formula 3 European Championship
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Cheever continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam in
FIA European Formula 3 Championship
in 2013.
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NASCAR
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In 2014, Cheever made the switch from open wheel to stock cars, running the
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
for Italian-based CAAL Racing, scoring his first win and his first pole position at
Brands Hatch
. He then won two more races, at Magione
[13]
and Le Mans,
[14]
to finish the season third in points.
[15]
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.
Cheever competing at the
2018 12 Hours of Sebring
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On 4 August 2015, Cheever announced that he would make his
K&N Pro Series East
debut at
Watkins Glen International
for
Bill McAnally Racing
.
[16]
He also ran one race in
K&N Pro Series West
at
All American Speedway
, also for Bill McAnally Racing.
Sports car racing
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Cheever has been a long-time member of Sky - Tempesta Racing, alongside Chris Froggatt and Jonathan Hui. In 2023, the team began partnering with Garage 59 and switched to driving the
McLaren 720S GT3
in the
GT World Challenge Europe
.
[17]
Racing record
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Career summary
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Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
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NASCAR
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(
key
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Bold
? Pole position awarded by qualifying time.
Italics
? Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * ? Most laps led.
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Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
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Complete IMSA Sportscar Championship results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position; races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
*
Season still in progress.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position; races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
*
Season still in progress.
References
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External links
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