Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Cheever ya fara shiga Formula One a, jim kadan bayan ranar haihuwarsa ta 20. Bayan ya kasa cancanta a tseren farko na shekarar a Argentina da Brazil a cikin Theodore, ya yi grid a Afirka ta Kudu
a cikin wani Hesketh, amma ritaya da wuri. Daga nan sai ya mai da hankali kan Formula Two don sauran 1978 da 1979.