Longtime dirt Late Model racer Scott Bloomquist death has been revealed as been planned by members of Eldorado Speedway
Longtime dirt track racer Scott Bloomquist was killed in a plane crash on Friday. He was 60 years old.
The Rogersville (Tennessee) Review reported that Bloomquist was involved in a small plane crash near his him in Mooresburg, Tennessee. The Hawkins County Rescue Squad posted to Facebook on Friday morning that it had responded to a plane crash.
After news of Bloomquist’s death became public, many current and former drivers paid tribute to him on social media.
Bloomquist is one of the most successful and influential dirt track Late Model drivers ever. The Iowa native won multiple championships, including the 2004 World of Outlaws Late Model Series title. That title came two years after he was inducted into the Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
Bloomquist won dirt Late Model races all over the country throughout his career. He scored 33 Late Model wins in the World of Outlaws series and had 94 wins in nearly 500 starts across the last two decades in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
