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🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever Jr

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar.
Driver facts
Full name
Eddie Cheever Jr
Born
10 January 1958(b. 1958)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
8
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,290
Eddie Cheever Jr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,290
Rank 805 of 39,268 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Eddie Cheever Jr is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar. Jr has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,290 ranks Jr 805th of 39,268 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2006 form
Last 8 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2006-07-02IZOD IndyCar Series at KansasIndyCarP14−22
2006-06-24INDY RICHMOND 300IndyCarP14−23
2006-06-11Firestone Twin 275sIndyCarP17−65
2006-06-04INDYCAR Grand Prix at the GlenIndyCarP17−84
2006-05-28Indianapolis 500IndyCarP13+55
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+55Indianapolis 500 2006IndyCarP13
+43IZOD IndyCar Series at Homestead-Miami 2006IndyCarP10
+21Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2006IndyCarP11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2006▸IndyCar800000P20+3,9405,290
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Jr finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,3518080%
🇬🇧 Dario Franchitti6,34681713%
🇬🇧 Dan Wheldon5,80081713%
🇺🇸 Bryan HertaFIA Bronze5,67382625%
🇧🇷 Vitor Meira5,61081713%
🇺🇸 Sam Hornish Jr.5,5458080%
🇿🇦 Tomas Scheckter5,25482625%
🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum4,85882625%
🇺🇸 Danica Patrick4,80582625%
🇺🇸 Buddy RiceFIA Gold4,64985363%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,268 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
795🇮🇹 Piercarlo GhinzaniFormula 15,302
796🇩🇪 Andreas ScheldInternational Formula 30005,301
797🇺🇸 Eric LangInternational Formula 30005,301
798🇬🇧 Ian BurgessFormula 15,301
799🇧🇷 Pipo DeraniEuropean Le Mans Series5,298
800🇺🇸 John AndrettiIndyCar5,297
801🇬🇧 Tom GambleIMSA WeatherTech5,296
802🇮🇹 Franco ScapiniInternational Formula 30005,295
803🇫🇷 Théo PourchaireWEC5,295
804🇫🇷 Yvan MullerFIA World Touring Car Cup5,294
805🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever JrIndyCar5,290
806🇺🇸 Lyn St. JamesIndyCar5,290
807🇺🇸 Scott HarringtonIndyCar5,289
808🏳️ Wade CunninghamIndyCar5,287
809🇳🇱 Giedo Van Der GardeIMSA WeatherTech5,286
810🇩🇪 Mick SchumacherIndyCar5,286
811🇫🇷 Théophile NaëlFormula 35,286
812🇯🇵 Ritomo MiyataFormula 25,285
813🇮🇹 Matteo Malucelli24H Series5,284
815🇫🇷 Éric BernardFIA GT Championship5,283
814🇨🇭 Gregor FoitekFormula 15,283
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Eddie Cheever Jr is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar. Jr has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,290 ranks Jr 805th of 39,268 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
The 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner — Eddie Cheever Jr.[1]
Daily Advocate
9 Aug 2025
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1998 Indianapolis 500 Win Paved Path for Dallara Dominance[2]
INDYCAR.com
24 May 2023
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#79: Eddie Cheever Jr. sets Indy 500 lap record in 1996[3]
Autoweek
11 Mar 2016
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