Jocko Maggiacomo

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Chauncey T. Maggiacomo Jr. (born November 30, 1947) known as "Jocko" or, in high school, as "Chant," is a racing car driver from

Poughkeepsie, New York
.

His father Chauncey T. Maggiacomo (also nicknamed Jocko) was a famous modified

stock car racer in the northeast. Jocko Sr. won 31 feature races and multiple championships at Riverside Park Speedway in Agawam, Mass., and won the track's biggest event, the Riverside 500. He is eighth on the track's all-time win list. He is a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame
.

Jocko Jr., followed a different path, racing sportscars with the SCCA. He rose to the professional ranks, winning the 1976 SCCA

.

Moving to

Winston Cup races in 10 seasons, primarily in the Northeastern United States.[1]

Unable to avoid a spinning

Pocono
, the T-bone crash with Maggiacomo ended Allison's driving career. According to Maggiacomo's autobiography, he chose to end his career too out of post-traumatic stress disorder and guilt of hitting Allison.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

Winston Cup Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1977 Jocko's Racing 63
AMC
RSD DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
NWS
DAR
BRI
MAR
TAL NSV
DOV
CLT
RSD
MCH DAY NSV
POC

26
TAL MCH
27
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV

28
MAR NWS CLT
CAR
ATL
ONT
DNQ
81st 164 [2]
1978 RSD
DNQ
DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
BRI
DAR
NWS
MAR
TAL
DOV
CLT
NSV
RSD
MCH
DAY
NSV
POC

37
TAL
MCH
BRI
DAR RCH DOV MAR
NWS
CLT CAR
ATL
ONT 106th 52 [3]
1979 Olds RSD DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
NWS BRI
DAR
MAR
TAL
NSV
DOV
CLT TWS
RSD
MCH DAY
NSV
POC
24
TAL MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT
NWS
CAR
ATL
ONT 107th 91 [4]
1980 RSD DAY
DNQ
RCH
CAR
ATL
BRI
DAR
NWS
MAR
TAL
NSV
DOV

24
CLT
TWS
RSD
MCH
DAY
NSV
POC
39
TAL
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV NWS
MAR
CLT
CAR
ATL
ONT 80th 137 [5]
1981 RSD DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
BRI
NWS
DAR
MAR
TAL
NSV
DOV
CLT
TWS
RSD
MCH
DAY
NSV
POC
TAL
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV

31
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
ATL
RSD 100th 70 [6]
1982 DAY
RCH
BRI
ATL
CAR
DAR
NWS
MAR TAL
NSV
DOV

26
CLT
POC

32
RSD
MCH
DAY
NSV
POC

34
TAL
MCH BRI DAR
RCH
DOV

28
NWS
CLT
MAR
CAR
ATL

DNQ
RSD 61st - [7]
1983 Linro Motorsports DAY
DNQ
RCH
CAR
ATL
DAR
NWS
MAR
TAL
NSV
DOV

36
BRI
CLT RSD POC
26
TAL
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
ATL
RSD 60th 198 [8]
Buick
POC

35
MCH
DAY
NSV
1984 Olds DAY
DNQ
RCH
CAR
ATL
BRI
NWS
DAR
MAR
TAL NSV
DOV
CLT RSD
POC
MCH
DAY NSV
POC
TAL
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT
NWS
CAR
ATL
RSD NA - [9]
1986 Linro Motorsports 34 Olds DAY RCH CAR
ATL
BRI
DAR
NWS
MAR
TAL
DOV
CLT RSD
POC
MCH
DAY
POC

39
TAL
96th 101 [10]
63 Buick
GLN

36
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR
ATL
RSD
DNQ
1987 Chevy DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
NWS
BRI
MAR
TAL CLT
DOV
POC
RSD
MCH
DAY
POC

24
TAL
GLN

35
MCH

DNQ
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR NWS
CLT
CAR
RSD
37
ATL
63rd 201 [11]
1988 DAY
DNQ
RCH
CAR
ATL
DNQ
DAR
BRI
NWS MAR
TAL
CLT
DOV
RSD
30
POC

40
MCH
DAY
POC
TAL
GLN

35
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT

DNQ
NWS
CAR

DNQ
PHO
ATL 57th 174 [12]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1980 Jocko's Racing Oldsmobile DNQ
1983 Linro Motorsports Oldsmobile DNQ
1984 DNQ
1988 Linro Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 APSC Pts Ref
1988 Chevy
DAY
ATL
17
TAL
FRS PCS ROC POC
WIN
KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS
ISF
DSF
SLM ATL 113th - [13]

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR driver's statistics". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  9. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  10. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  11. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  12. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  13. ^ "Jocko Maggiacomo – 1988 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

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