Jocko Maggiacomo

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.

Jocko Maggiacomo
Born	(1947-11-30) November 30, 1947 (age 76) Poughkeepsie, New York
Awards	1976 SCCA Trans Am Category 1 champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
23 races run over 10 years
Best finish	60th (1977)
First race	1977 Coca-Cola 500 (Pocono)
Last race	1988 The Budweiser At The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

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
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.

External links

• Jocko Maggiacomo driver statistics at Racing-Reference