 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1998, zvinhu zvose zvakabatana nokuda kwaCheever apo akawana rukundo rukuru zvikurusa rwebasa rake. Akatanga kubva pachinzvimbo chechi 17 uye akatungamira mazana manomwe nemakumi matanhatu kubva pamakumi maviri emakumbo kuhwina 82nd Indianapolis 500, kunyangwe achitsvedza mukutendeuka kwekutanga kwemakwikwi ekutanga, achibatsira kuburitsa nguva yekutanga yekungwarira. Akanga ari muridzi wokutanga mutyairi kuti akunde nhangemutange kubva AJ Foyt mumwe Cheever aimbova maboss muna 1977. 