Jocko Maggiacomo (born November 30, 1947), American engineer

Jocko Maggiacomo

November 30, 1947

He is infamous for T-boning Bobby Allison, all but ending both careers, although most people agree that the accident was not Maggiacomo"s fault. Jocko Junior., followed a different path, racing sportscars with the SCCA. He rose to the professional ranks, winning the 1976 SCCA Transport Am Series championship driving an ex-Roger Penske/Mark Donohue Administrative Management College Javelin. Moving to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Maggiacomo started 23 Winston Cup races in 10 seasons, primarily in the Northeastern United States. 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-trauma stress disorder and guilt of t-boning Allison.

Jocko Maggiacomo

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Background

His father Chauncey T. Maggiacomo (also nicknamed Jocko) was a famous modified stock car racer in the northeast.

Career

He is infamous for T-boning Bobby Allison, all but ending both careers, although most people agree that the accident was not Maggiacomo"s fault. Jocko Junior., followed a different path, racing sportscars with the SCCA. He rose to the professional ranks, winning the 1976 SCCA Transport Am Series championship driving an ex-Roger Penske/Mark Donohue Administrative Management College Javelin. Moving to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Maggiacomo started 23 Winston Cup races in 10 seasons, primarily in the Northeastern United States.

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-trauma stress disorder and guilt of t-boning Allison.

Achievements

Jocko Senior won multiple championships at Riverside Park Speedway in Agawam, Massachusetts, and won the track"s biggest event, the Riverside 500.

Membership

He is a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame.

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