Ross Cheever

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Ross Cheever (born April 12, 1964 in Rome, Italy) is an American race car driver and is the younger brother of former Formula One driver and Indianapolis 500 champion Eddie Cheever. Born in Rome, Ross never completed a full season in elite level motorsport, however, he did make four CART starts for A.J. Foyt Enterprises in 1992 and drove for Dome in Formula 3000 and Japanese Formula Three in the early 1990s. He also raced in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, winning 10 races and finishing second in 1989 and 1991, and third in 1992, 1993 and 1994. During the winter of 1985 and 1986 Cheever competed in Formula Atlantic in New Zealand driving a Ralt RT4 and won the New Zealand Grand Prix both years.

He retired in 1994 but returned to become a test driver for Eddie's Cheever Racing in 2000 as the team transitioned to Infiniti engines. He was entered in a second Cheever Racing car for the Indianapolis 500 and completed rookie orientation but did not make a qualifying attempt.

Racing record[]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1986 Eddie Jordan Racing SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR
DNQ 		BUG JAR NC 0

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results[]

(key)

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts
1987 Funaki Racing Toyota SUZ
4 		TSU
1 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
1 		SUG
1 		SEN
15 		MIN
2 		TSU
4 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
1 		1st 122

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results[]

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
1987 Dome SUZ FUJ
9 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ SUZ SUG
Ret 		FUJ SUZ
13 		SUZ 17th 2
1988 Dome SUZ
6 		FUJ
8 		MIN
12 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
14 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
5 		SUZ
Ret 		9th 4
1989 Dome SUZ
11 		FUJ
1 		MIN
1 		SUZ
2 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
12 		2nd 30
1990 Dome SUZ
2 		FUJ
DNS 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
6 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
Ret 		8th 8
1991 Team LeMans SUZ
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		FUJ
12 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
11 		SUG
1 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
C 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
C 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		2nd 27
1992 Team LeMans SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
2 		AUT
13 		SUG
3 		FUJ
17 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
DNS 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
4 		3rd 29
1993 Promise & Reynard SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
4 		SUZ
9 		AUT
C 		SUG
3 		FUJ
C 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
2 		3rd 31
1994 Team LeMans SUZ
1 		FUJ
3 		MIN
5 		SUZ
2 		SUG
4 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
7 		3rd 33

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1989 C1 36 B Toyota 89C-V
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8 		Japan Toyota Team Tom's Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
Italy Paolo Barilla 		45 DNF DNF

American open–wheel racing results[]

(key)

Indy Lights[]

Year Team Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1986 ARS PHX1 MIL MEA TOR POC MDO
3 		ROA
4 		LS
15 		PHX2 MIA 14th 33

CART[]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1992 A.J. Foyt Enterprises SRF PHX LBH INDY DET POR
11 		MIL
20 		NHA TOR MIS CLE
25 		ROA
25 		VAN
DNS 		MDO NAZ LS 32nd 2

Indy Racing League[]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2000 Team Cheever WDW PHX LVS INDY
DNQ 		TXS PPIR ATL KTY TX2 NC –

References[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix
and 		Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Japan Formula Three
Champion
1987 		Succeeded by


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