Eddie Cheever III
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Italian
Americanvia dual nationality
- Eddie Cheever (father)
- Ross Cheever (uncle)
- Richard Antinucci (cousin)
| Eddie Cheever III | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Cheever racing at the Red Bull Ring in 2023 | |
| Nationality | Italian American via dual nationality |
| Born | 5 June 1993 Rome, Italy |
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| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2018–19 |
| Current team | MR Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver (until 2021) FIA Gold (2022–)[1] |
| Car number | 70 |
| Starts | 8 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2018–19 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015 2015 2014–15 2013 2011–12 2010 2009 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Whelen Euro Series FIA F3 European Championship Italian F3 Formula Abarth LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 2023 2020 2020 2016 | International GT Open – Pro-Am GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze Cup GT World Challenge Europe GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Pro-Am Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo – GT3 |
Edward Mackay Cheever III (born 5 June 1993)[2] is an Italian-American racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Triarsi Competizione in the GTD class. He is the son of retired Formula One driver and 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever.
Karting
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.[2][3]
Formula Renault
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.[4][5]
Formula Abarth
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.[6][7]
Italian Formula Three
In 2011, Cheever joined Lucidi Motors for a campaign in the Italian Formula Three Championship.[8] He finished ninth with podiums at Misano, Adria and Mugello.[9]
Cheever remained in the series in 2012 but switched to Prema Powerteam.[10] He finished as runner-up to Riccardo Agostini in both the European and Italian championship formats.[11]
Formula One
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.[12]
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Cheever continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam in FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2013.[13]
NASCAR
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[14] and Le Mans,[15] to finish the season third in points.[16] 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.[citation needed]
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.[17] He also ran one race in K&N Pro Series West at All American Speedway, also for Bill McAnally Racing.[citation needed]
Sports car racing
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.[18]
