Jocko Maggiacomo

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Jocko Maggiacomo
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Born (1947-11-30) November 30, 1947 (age 75)
Poughkeepsie (city), New York
Awards1976 SCCA Trans Am Category 1 champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
23 races run over 10 years
Best finish60th (1977)
First race 1977 Coca-Cola 500 (Pocono)
Last race 1988 The Budweiser At The Glen (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
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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.

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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 Trans Am Series championship driving an ex-Roger Penske/Mark Donohue AMC Javelin.

Moving to NASCAR, Maggiacomo started 23 Winston Cup races in 10 seasons, primarily in the Northeastern United States. [1]

Unable to avoid a spinning Bobby Allison in the 1988 Miller High Life 500 at 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

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPtsRef
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		81st164 [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 106th52 [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 107th91 [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 80th137 [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 100th70 [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 60th198 [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 96th101 [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 63rd201 [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 57th174 [12]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819APSCPtsRef
1988 Chevy DAY ATL
17		 TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 113th- [13]

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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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