1983 was another close finish for titles with Alain Prost (57 points), Nelson Piquet (55) and Rene Arnoux (49) as they went in to the last race of the season. Piquet scored 4 points and the others retired so he narrowly took the Drivers' Championship; having led for over a third of the laps during the season, this was perhaps well deserved.

In the Constructors' Championship, the Ferrari 126C took the honours with consistent driving from Arnoux and Patrick Tambay. The Renault RE40s of Prost and Eddie Cheever were a close second with Piquet and Riccardo Patrese in the Brabham-BMW BT52 & 52Bs third.

Ross Wardle’s excellent artwork depicts Nelson Piquet's Brabham-BMW BT52B leading from Rene Arnoux and Patrick Tambay in their Ferrari 126C3s, with Rene Arnoux's Renault RE40 in third place, separating the Ferraris.

American driver, EDDIE CHEEVER has signed the second special; he started racing go-karts and was the 1972 European and Italian 100cc Champion and in 1973 he was runner-up in the World Karting Championship.

In 1975, he won 4 British F3 races; upgrading to F2 for 1976/77 and winning at Rouen in his second season. He made his F1 debut for Hesketh in the 1978 South African GP at Kyalami but reverted to F2 for 1979, winning 3 races for Osella. A season of F1 with Osella followed in 1980 and he scored his first F1 points with Tyrrell in 1981. His results got even better, with 3 podium finishes for Ligier in 1982 and a further 4 with Renault in 1983. The 1984 / 85 seasons with the Alfa Romeo-engined Benetton yielded just one points finish and he had a single race for Lola in 1986.

On moving to Arrows for 3 seasons (1987-89) his fortunes improved and he scored points in 8 races. Although he was unlucky to have never won an F1 race, his total score of 70 points without a top team drive was a significant achievement.

In 1986 he made his CART debut at Miami with the Aiciero Team but also drove for the Silk Cut Jaguar team in WSCC, winning 11 races in the 1986-88 period. He returned to CART in 1990, gaining 'Rookie of the Year Award' through commendable podium placings. In 1996 he started his own team and became an owner / driver. In 1997 he achieved his first Indy-style victory art Orlando. 1988 was even better, winning the Indy 500 from 17th place on the grid in the Team Cheever Dallara; it was the longest climb of any race winner in the history of the event.

In 1999, he won the seasons opening race at the Walt Disney World Speedway in an Oldsmobile powered Cheever; he also won the MCI WorldCom Long Distance Award. He achieved Infiniti's first Northern Lights Series win at the Radison 200, Pikes Peak in 2000 and won the Scott Brayton Drivers' Trophy at the Indianapolis 500 for the most spirited performance. He also won the True Value International Race of Champions (IROC) at Michigan. In 2001 he scored his fifth career victory in the inaugural race at Kansas Speedway, driving an Infiniti-powered car.