Second generation race driver Eddie Cheever III joined the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Action Express Racing team at Virginia International Raceway in Danville on Wednesday (October 28) for his first run in a world class prototype driving the Mustang Sampling Corvette Daytona Prototype on the southern Virginia road course. Tutoring Cheever was IMSA’s winningest driver Dane Cameron (7 wins).
Following the laps Cheever ran in the Coyote-chassis Corvette, team manager Gary Nelson said, “Eddie III did a fine job driving during our testing on Wednesday. I was impressed with his speed but also his car control”.
It was Cheever’s first time in a high powered sports car having spent the 2015 season in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series where he had one win and three podium finishes in a Toyota stock car. His previous racing experience came in single seat open wheel race cars in Europe. The Rome, Italy, native tested a Ferrari F1 car in Italy a few seasons ago so he had experience in a top-level race car.
Cheever is following the path forged by his father, Eddie Cheever, Jr., who competed in Formula One and Indy cars, winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1998.
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