Ko te tuakana o te 1979 Formula One toa Jody Scheckter me te matua keke o te kaieke IRL a Tomas Scheckter, ko ana whakataetae F1 tuatahi i te Grand Prix o Awherika ki te Tonga, i te wa tuatahi e taraiwa ana i te Lotus 72 mo te roopu Gunston o te rohe i te 1974. Te tau e whai ake nei
I te tau 1976, i eke ia ki tētahi Tyrrell 007 mō Lexington Racing, i ngā taha e rua o ngā haerenga Pākehā mō Williams.