Ross Cheever

Ross Cheever (born April 12, 1964 in Rome ) is a retired American racing car driver and the younger brother of Eddie Cheever .

Career in motorsport

Ross Cheever is six years younger than his brother Eddie and spent the first years of his life in Italy . He celebrated his first successes in motorsport in Formula 3 in the early 1980s . The British Formula 3 Championship 1984 (Champion Johnny Dumfries ), he finished fifth overall. In 1987 he won the overall ranking of the Japanese Formula 3 championship ahead of Hitoshi Ogawa . Two years later, Ogawa was his strongest competitor again in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship . The championship was decided in the last round of the last championship run on the Suzuka International Racing Course , when he collided as championship leader while lapping with Osamu Nakako , who was spinning in front of him, and was eliminated; Ogawa became the overall winner. Also in 1991 he had to be content with second place in the championship, this time behind Ukyō Katayama . In the following three years he finished the championship in third overall.

In 1992 he took part in the 500-mile race in Indianapolis and in 1989 in the 24-hour race at Le Mans . After the end of the 1994 season, he retired from active racing.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Tom's Team Toyota	Toyota 89C	Hitoshi Ogawa	Paolo Barilla	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1987	Dome Motorsport	Dome 87C-L	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
												DNF

Web links

• Ross Cheever at the Driver Database