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

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

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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

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

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championship driving an ex-

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. Moving to

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, Maggiacomo started 23

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races in 10 seasons, primarily in the

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. Unable to avoid a spinning

Bobby Allison Robert Arthur Allison (December 3, 1937 – November 9, 2024) was an American professional stock car racing driver and owner. Allison was the founder of the Alabama Gang, a group of drivers based in Hueytown, Alabama, where there were abundant ...

in the 1988 Miller High Life 500 at Pocono, the T-bone crash with Maggiacomo ended Allison's driving career. According to Maggiacomo, the guilt and shame he felt despite being cleared of wrongdoing, along with the loss of a major sponsorship opportunity, led him to retire. Since 2002, Maggiacomo and his wife Debbie have owned a sign shop and graphics business in upstate New York.

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

=Daytona 500

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.)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maggiacomo, Jocko 1947 births Living people NASCAR drivers Trans-Am Series drivers Sportspeople from Poughkeepsie, New York Racing drivers from New York (state) ARCA Menards Series drivers American people of Italian descent