Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te tau 1986 ki te 1988, i a ia e rere ana i te Momo Kotahi, i toa a Cheever i ngā whakataetae motokā hākinakina tekau mō Jaguar. I te tau 1990 ka neke ia ki te US ki te taraiwa mo Chip Ganassi Racing i te raupapa CART. I tana whakamātau tuatahi
i te Indianapolis 500, i mutu ia i te tuawaru, a, i tapaina ko te Rookie o te Tau o te whakataetae, me te Rookie o te Tau o CART. I te tau 1992, i eke ia ki te tuarua mo te whakataetae, a ka mutu ko ia te tuawha. I roto i te katoa, e wha nga waahi i eke ia ki te paepae i roto i te raupapa engari kaore ano kia wikitoria. I te taraiwa mo te roopu a A. J. Foyt, i tata atu a Cheever ki te wikitoria i Nahareta i te tau 1995; kei te arahi ia i te whakataetae i te huringa whakamutunga i te wa i pau ai tana wahie.