MOORESBURG, Tenn. (WFRV) – Five-time USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway winner Scott Bloomquist died on Friday after a plane crash in Tennessee.
Officials with the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Nexstar’s WJHL that the 60-year-old dirt racing legend was the pilot and only occupant of the plane.
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The aircraft Bloomquist was piloting, a single-engine Piper J3, crashed into a barn near Mooresburg, Tennessee, at around 7:50 a.m. on Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bloomquist was dominant at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin. He won his first USA Nationals in 1999, earning himself a nice $40,000 payday. From 2003 to 2010, he won four of the eight races, all with a $40,000 first-place purse.
Born in Iowa, Bloomquist was a nationally touring Dirt Super Late Model race car driver. He sits eighth on the all-time wins list with the World of Outlaws Late Models and was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002.
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His last start was at the rain-shortened 2024 USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway, where he took 23rd.
“We are devastated to report that one of the most charismatic and immensely talented to ever drive a Dirt Late Model tragically lost his life today in a small airplane crash at the family property in Mooresburg, Tennessee,” posted the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame on its social media page. “Our deepest condolences to Scott’s family, Ron, Georgie, Ariel, his loyal friends, and all his adoring fans. This is a tough one for all of us. God Speed.”
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