Team: Team Cheever
Nationality: American
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STATS
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Year
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Rank
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Wins
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Top 5
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Top 10
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Poles
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Best finish
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2002
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10
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0
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2
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7
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1
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5th, twice
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Career
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5
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18
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35
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1
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1st, five times
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2002 recap
The good: Cheever won the pole at Fontana, Calif., started sixth in the Indianapolis 500 and wound up fifth. The veteran also placed fifth at Chicago and sixth at Nashville.
Season highlight: He entered three Red Bull-sponsored cars at Michigan -- Tomas Scheckter, Buddy Rice and himself -- and they qualified 1-2-3.
The bad: Cheever crashed out of five races.
Season lowlight: He was put into the wall by teammate Scheckter on second lap of season opener at Homestead, Fla.
Key stat: Only led nine laps all season.
2003 outlook
The 45-year-old vet is talking about running a reduced schedule and has Rice signed up as a full-time gunner. He lost his factory deal with Nissan and will now have to go with Chevrolet.
Your take
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