Cheever Racing: Difference between revisions
Undid revision 879960381 by 212.39.89.175 (talk) |
m Moving Category:Auto racing teams in the United States to Category:American auto racing teams per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 June 21#Auto racing teams |
||
(10 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Cheever Racing''' was an auto racing team founded in [[1996 in IRL|1996]] by [[Eddie Cheever]] as '''Team Cheever''' in the [[Indy Racing League]] [[IndyCar Series]]. They fielded a car for Cheever for much of its existence, but occasionally ran two cars, almost always for the [[Indianapolis 500]]. The team won the 1998 [[Indianapolis 500]] with Cheever driving and then switched to [[Infiniti]] engines and gained sponsorship from [[Excite]] for [[2000 in IRL|2000]]. The team continued to be moderately successful and gained Infiniti's first series win. When Infiniti left the series in [[2003 in IRL|2003]] the team, which by then was sponsored by [[Red Bull]] switched to [[Chevrolet]] engines and then switched to [[Toyota]] in [[2005 in IRL|2005]], after Chevrolet's departure. Despite some of the most talented drivers in the league, a long string of bad luck and underpowered engines rendered the team little more than mid-pack. With no sponsor for the [[2006 in IRL|2006 season]], Eddie decided to trim the team to a single car and return to the cockpit as both a cost-cutting move and to seize the opportunity to return to racing before he felt he got too old to be competitive. Cheever only committed to drive until the [[Indianapolis 500]] but continued until the 8th race of the season. The IRL operation shut down after the [[Kansas Speedway]] race when it could not find a sponsor or [[pay driver]] to continue. |
'''Cheever Racing''' was an auto racing team founded in [[1996 in IRL|1996]] by [[Eddie Cheever]] as '''Team Cheever''' in the [[Indy Racing League]] [[IndyCar Series]]. They fielded a car for Cheever for much of its existence, but occasionally ran two cars, almost always for the [[Indianapolis 500]]. The team won the 1998 [[Indianapolis 500]] with Cheever driving and then switched to [[Infiniti]] engines and gained sponsorship from [[Excite (web portal)|Excite]] for [[2000 in IRL|2000]]. The team continued to be moderately successful and gained Infiniti's first series win. When Infiniti left the series in [[2003 in IRL|2003]] the team, which by then was sponsored by [[Red Bull]] switched to [[Chevrolet]] engines and then switched to [[Toyota]] in [[2005 in IRL|2005]], after Chevrolet's departure. Despite some of the most talented drivers in the league, a long string of bad luck and underpowered engines rendered the team little more than mid-pack. With no sponsor for the [[2006 in IRL|2006 season]], Eddie decided to trim the team to a single car and return to the cockpit as both a cost-cutting move and to seize the opportunity to return to racing before he felt he got too old to be competitive. Cheever only committed to drive until the [[Indianapolis 500]] but continued until the 8th race of the season. The IRL operation shut down after the [[Kansas Speedway]] race when it could not find a sponsor or [[pay driver]] to continue. |
||
Cheever Racing also ran a Daytona Prototype car in the [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]. In 2007 Cheever purchased the intellectual property rights to the [[Fabcar]] chassis and has renewed its development and begun offering the chassis to other teams in the series.<ref>Braun, Travis. [http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/FREE/70919014/1531/FREE Cheever Racing to Offer Fabcar Chassis to Others], ''AutoWeek'', September 19, 2007</ref> The car was subsequently renamed the [[Coyote (chassis)|Coyote chassis]], in tribute to the racing cars built in the 1970s by [[A. J. Foyt Enterprises]].<ref>[http://www.foytracing.com/news/2007_archive/releases/index.shtml Cheever Group Revives A.J. Foyt's Coyote Chassis Brand] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231181333/http://www.foytracing.com/news/2007_archive/releases/index.shtml |date=December 31, 2007 }}, A.J. Foyt Racing News Releases, January 3, 2008</ref> Cheever Racing did not field any entries for the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona. |
Cheever Racing also ran a Daytona Prototype car in the [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]. In 2007 Cheever purchased the intellectual property rights to the [[Fabcar]] chassis and has renewed its development and begun offering the chassis to other teams in the series.<ref>Braun, Travis. [http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/FREE/70919014/1531/FREE Cheever Racing to Offer Fabcar Chassis to Others] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214935/http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070919%2FFREE%2F70919014%2F1531%2FFREE |date=2011-09-26 }}, ''AutoWeek'', September 19, 2007</ref> The car was subsequently renamed the [[Coyote (chassis)|Coyote chassis]], in tribute to the racing cars built in the 1970s by [[A. J. Foyt Enterprises]].<ref>[http://www.foytracing.com/news/2007_archive/releases/index.shtml Cheever Group Revives A.J. Foyt's Coyote Chassis Brand] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231181333/http://www.foytracing.com/news/2007_archive/releases/index.shtml |date=December 31, 2007 }}, A.J. Foyt Racing News Releases, January 3, 2008</ref> Cheever Racing did not field any entries for the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona. |
||
In [[2006 in IPS|2006]], Cheever also founded an [[Indy Pro Series]] team. In 2006 its car was driven by [[Chris Festa]]. Their driver for the [[2007 in IPS|2007]] season was [[Richard Antinucci]], Eddie's nephew, who captured two wins on a part-time schedule. |
In [[2006 in IPS|2006]], Cheever also founded an [[Indy Pro Series]] team. In 2006 its car was driven by [[Chris Festa]]. Their driver for the [[2007 in IPS|2007]] season was [[Richard Antinucci]], Eddie's nephew, who captured two wins on a part-time schedule. |
||
Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lucas Luhr]] (2006) |
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lucas Luhr]] (2006) |
||
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sascha Maassen]] (2007) |
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sascha Maassen]] (2007) |
||
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Mayer (driver)|Scott Mayer]](2008) |
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Mayer (driver)|Scott Mayer]] (2008) |
||
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mike Newton (racing driver)|Mike Newton]] (2007–2008) |
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mike Newton (racing driver)|Mike Newton]] (2007–2008) |
||
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Hoover Orsi]] (2006) |
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Hoover Orsi]] (2006) |
||
Line 334: | Line 334: | ||
!colspan=10| |
!colspan=10| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{nowrap|[[Riley & Scott]]}} Mk |
|{{nowrap|[[Riley & Scott]]}} Mk VII |
||
|rowspan=3| [[Infiniti]] [[Nissan VRH35 engine|VRH35ADE]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |
|rowspan=3| [[Infiniti]] [[Nissan VRH35 engine|VRH35ADE]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |
||
|rowspan=3| {{Firestone}} |
|rowspan=3| {{Firestone}} |
||
Line 1,010: | Line 1,010: | ||
|15th |
|15th |
||
|273 |
|273 |
||
|} |
|||
==IndyCar wins== |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |
|||
|- |
|||
! # !! Season !! Date !! Sanction !! Track / Race !! No. !! Winning Driver !! Chassis !! Engine !! Tire !! Grid !! Laps Led |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|1 |
|||
![[1996-97 Indy Racing League|1996-97]] |
|||
|January 25 |
|||
|[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] |
|||
|[[1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World|Walt Disney World Speedway]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align=center|'''51''' |
|||
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]] |
|||
|[[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF01 |
|||
|[[Oldsmobile]] [[Northstar engine series#L47|Aurora]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |
|||
|[[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] |
|||
|align=center| 5 |
|||
|align=center| 4 |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|2 |
|||
![[1998 Indy Racing League|1998]] |
|||
|May 24 |
|||
|IRL |
|||
|[[1998 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align=center|'''51''' |
|||
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever (2) |
|||
|[[Dallara]] IR8 |
|||
|Oldsmobile Aurora V8 |
|||
|Goodyear |
|||
|align=center| 17 |
|||
|align=center| 76 |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|3 |
|||
![[1999 Indy Racing League|1999]] |
|||
|January 24 |
|||
|IRL |
|||
|[[1999 TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200|Walt Disney World Speedway]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align=center|'''51''' |
|||
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever (3) |
|||
|Dallara IR9 |
|||
|Oldsmobile Aurora V8 |
|||
|Goodyear |
|||
|align=center| 13 |
|||
|align=center| 40 |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|4 |
|||
![[2000 Indy Racing League|2000]] |
|||
|June 18 |
|||
|IRL |
|||
|[[Pikes Peak International Raceway]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align=center|'''51''' |
|||
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever (4) |
|||
|Dallara IR-00 |
|||
|[[Infiniti]] [[Nissan VRH35 engine|VRH35ADE]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |
|||
|[[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]] |
|||
|align=center| 10 |
|||
|align=center| 39 |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|5 |
|||
![[2001 Indy Racing League|2001]] |
|||
|July 8 |
|||
|IRL |
|||
|[[RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300|Kansas Speedway]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align=center|'''51''' |
|||
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever (5) |
|||
|Dallara IR-01 |
|||
|Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 |
|||
|Firestone |
|||
|align=center| 2 |
|||
|align=center| 104 |
|||
|- |
|||
|align=center|6 |
|||
![[2002 Indy Racing League|2002]] |
|||
|July 28 |
|||
|IRL |
|||
|[[2002 Michigan Indy 400|Michigan International Speedway]] '''(O)''' |
|||
|align="center"|'''52''' |
|||
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Tomas Scheckter]] '''(R)''' |
|||
|Dallara IR-02 |
|||
|Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 |
|||
|Firestone |
|||
|align=center| '''Pole''' |
|||
|align=center| 122 |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
Line 1,021: | Line 1,106: | ||
[[Category:Grand American Road Racing Association teams]] |
[[Category:Grand American Road Racing Association teams]] |
||
[[Category:American auto racing teams]] |
[[Category:American auto racing teams]] |
||
[[Category:Red Bull sports clubs and teams]] |
Latest revision as of 15:31, 29 June 2024
Cheever Racing was an auto racing team founded in 1996 by Eddie Cheever as Team Cheever in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. They fielded a car for Cheever for much of its existence, but occasionally ran two cars, almost always for the Indianapolis 500. The team won the 1998 Indianapolis 500 with Cheever driving and then switched to Infiniti engines and gained sponsorship from Excite for 2000. The team continued to be moderately successful and gained Infiniti's first series win. When Infiniti left the series in 2003 the team, which by then was sponsored by Red Bull switched to Chevrolet engines and then switched to Toyota in 2005, after Chevrolet's departure. Despite some of the most talented drivers in the league, a long string of bad luck and underpowered engines rendered the team little more than mid-pack. With no sponsor for the 2006 season, Eddie decided to trim the team to a single car and return to the cockpit as both a cost-cutting move and to seize the opportunity to return to racing before he felt he got too old to be competitive. Cheever only committed to drive until the Indianapolis 500 but continued until the 8th race of the season. The IRL operation shut down after the Kansas Speedway race when it could not find a sponsor or pay driver to continue.
Cheever Racing also ran a Daytona Prototype car in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2007 Cheever purchased the intellectual property rights to the Fabcar chassis and has renewed its development and begun offering the chassis to other teams in the series.[1] The car was subsequently renamed the Coyote chassis, in tribute to the racing cars built in the 1970s by A. J. Foyt Enterprises.[2] Cheever Racing did not field any entries for the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
In 2006, Cheever also founded an Indy Pro Series team. In 2006 its car was driven by Chris Festa. Their driver for the 2007 season was Richard Antinucci, Eddie's nephew, who captured two wins on a part-time schedule.
Drivers who have driven for Cheever
[edit]IRL IndyCar Series
[edit]Alex Barron (2003–2005)
Ed Carpenter (2004)
Patrick Carpentier (2005)
Eddie Cheever (1996–2002, 2006)
Tomáš Enge (2006)
Wim Eyckmans (1999)
Scott Goodyear (2001)
Robby McGehee (2002)
Max Papis (2002, 2006)
Buddy Rice (2002–2003)
Tomas Scheckter (2002)
Robby Unser (1998)
Jeff Ward (1997)
Indy Pro Series
[edit]Richard Antinucci (2007)
Chris Festa (2006)
Grand Am
[edit]Fabio Babini (2008)
Matteo Bobbi (2008)
Harrison Brix (2007)
Patrick Carpentier (2006)
Eddie Cheever (2006–2007)
Emmanuel Collard (2007)
Tommy Erdos (2007–2008)
Christian Fittipaldi (2006–2008)
Antonio García (2008)
Stefan Johansson (2006)
Tom Kimber-Smith (2008)
Lucas Luhr (2006)
Sascha Maassen (2007)
Scott Mayer (2008)
Mike Newton (2007–2008)
Hoover Orsi (2006)
Stephane Ortelli (2008)
Brent Sherman (2008)
Racing results
[edit]Complete IRL IndyCar Series results
[edit](key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pts Pos | Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–1997 | NHA | LSV | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHA2 | LSV2 | ||||||||||||||
Lola T95/00 | Menard V6t | G | 51 | 15 | 25 | 3rd | 230 | |||||||||||||||||
G-Force GF01 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9* | 21 | |||||||||||||||
52 | 3 | 30th | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | NHA | DOV | CLT | PPIR | ATL | TXS | LSV | |||||||||||||
Dallara IR8 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | G | 51 | 24 | 10 | 1* | 26 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 9th | 222 | ||||||||
52 | 11 | 16th | 176 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G-Force GF01B | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | WDW | PHX | CLT | INDY | TXS | PPIR | ATL | DOV | PPIR | LSV | TXS | |||||||||||||
Dallara IR9 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | G | 51 | 1 | 17 | C1 | 7th | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 52 | 23 | 45th | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | WDW | PHX | LSV | INDY | TXS | PPIR | ATL | KTY | TXS | |||||||||||||||
Riley & Scott Mk VII | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | F | 51 | 3 | 10 | 3rd | 257 | |||||||||||||||||
Dallara IR-00 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
52 | DNQ | NC | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | PHX | HMS | ATL | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | |||||||||||
Dallara IR-01 | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | F | 51 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1* | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8th | 261 | ||||||
52 | 32 | 48th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | HMS | PHX | FON | NAZ | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | MCH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | |||||||||
Dallara IR-02 | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | F | 51 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10th | 280 | ||||
52 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 26* | 17* | 16 | 4 | 15* | 13 | 1* | 22 | Wth | 14th | 210 | |||||||||
4 | 9 | 6 | 22nd | 140 | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 43rd | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 21st | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | HMS | PHX | MOT | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | MCH | GAT | KTY | NAZ | CHI | FON | TXS | ||||||||
Dallara IR-03 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | F | 52 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 16th | 229 | ||||||
7 | 10 | 20 | 17th | 216 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | HMS | PHX | MOT | INDY | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MCH | KTY | PPIR | NAZ | CHI | FON | TXS | ||||||||
Dallara IR-04 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | F | 51 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 12th | 310 | |||
52 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 16th | 245 | ||||||
2005 | HMS | PHX | STP | MOT | INDY | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MCH | KTY | PPIR | SNM | CHI | WGL | FON | |||||||
Dallara IR-05 | Toyota Indy V8 | F | 51 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 11th | 329 | ||
83 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10th | 376 | |||||
2006 | HMS | STP | MOT | INDY | WGL | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MCH | KTY | SNM | CHI | ||||||||||
Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI6R V8 | F | 51 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 19th | 114 | ||||||||||||
19 | 32nd | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 14 | 27th | 16 |
- ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.
Complete Indy Pro Series results
[edit](key)
Year | Car | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | D.C. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | Dallara-Nissan | HMS | STP | INDY | WGL | IMS | NSH | MIL | KTY | SNM | CHI | ||||||||||
51 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | Wth | 8 | 5 | 8th | 205 | |||||||||
2007 | Dallara-Nissan | HMS | STP | INDY | MIL | IMS | IOW | WGL | NSH | MDO | KTY | SNM | CHI | ||||||||
51 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15th | 273 |
IndyCar wins
[edit]# | Season | Date | Sanction | Track / Race | No. | Winning Driver | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Grid | Laps Led |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1996-97 | January 25 | IRL | Walt Disney World Speedway (O) | 51 | G-Force GF01 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | Goodyear | 5 | 4 | |
2 | 1998 | May 24 | IRL | Indianapolis 500 (O) | 51 | Dallara IR8 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | Goodyear | 17 | 76 | |
3 | 1999 | January 24 | IRL | Walt Disney World Speedway (O) | 51 | Dallara IR9 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | Goodyear | 13 | 40 | |
4 | 2000 | June 18 | IRL | Pikes Peak International Raceway (O) | 51 | Dallara IR-00 | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | Firestone | 10 | 39 | |
5 | 2001 | July 8 | IRL | Kansas Speedway (O) | 51 | Dallara IR-01 | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | Firestone | 2 | 104 | |
6 | 2002 | July 28 | IRL | Michigan International Speedway (O) | 52 | Dallara IR-02 | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | Firestone | Pole | 122 |
References
[edit]- ^ Braun, Travis. Cheever Racing to Offer Fabcar Chassis to Others Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, AutoWeek, September 19, 2007
- ^ Cheever Group Revives A.J. Foyt's Coyote Chassis Brand Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, A.J. Foyt Racing News Releases, January 3, 2008