Known for being arguably one of the greatest dirt track racers of all-time, Scott Bloomquist has died at 60 years old. According to reports, the incident occurred 8am on Friday in Mooresburg, Tennessee, when he was flying his own plane, a single-engine Piper J3, but fatally crashed into a barn on his family's farm.
As per the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, "Unidentified remains believed to be that of Scott Bloomquist, of Mooresburg, were found in the plane, positive identification will be made by the Forensics Department."
Over the course of his 40-year career Bloomquist, who was most well-known for driving his No. 0 late models, had over 600 wins and nine national championships. His most notable wins include the 2004 World of Outlaws Late Model series title, and most recently Bloomquist won the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (2016).
With his career starting in 1980, he was also inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002, as he accumulated 94 victories, making him the winningest driver in the history of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
RIP to an absolute legend, Scott Bloomquist pic.twitter.com/9OnEzb5Vr2
— BrakeHard (@BrakeHardBlog) August 16, 2024
NASCAR and fellow dirt-track legend Kenny Wallace gave a statement on remembering Bloomquist.
"Scott Bloomquist was different, unique. He was the greatest dirt racer to ever live," Wallace told TimeNews.net. "He was the smartest dirt racer of all-time. He built and designed his own race cars. He won every crown jewel there ever was. This was simply no more left for him to do."
There is a level of sheer, uncompromising bad-assedness that the human race will never again reach.
Scott Bloomquist was one level above that.
RIP to a legend. pic.twitter.com/41TyePok6l
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) August 16, 2024
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